working class culture, n.Definitions

Working-class culture (n.) once ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠meant a blacksmith paying a boy to read him the classics at the forge, and mill girls reading the best new books of their day.

Working-class culture (n.) once ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠had its own halls, papers, summer camps and picnics; now a group like this meets in a church because there is no union hall left.