Casey’s: Some Introductory Sketches

Abstract

So far I have examined external definitions of life in Luke Street. The housing reports, official delinquency statistics and Press stories were the formal indications of what other people thought and did about the neighbourhood. I want now to change the focus and look at what goes on inside Luke Street. My intention in the next five chapters is to analyse delinquency when and where it happens. But before I can deal specifically with delinquent activity in Luke Street it is necessary to describe the social context in which it occurs. That is the purpose of this chapter.

I dunno whether you’d call it the worst pub or the best pub in town. It depends on what you mean. Me — I’d call it the worst pub with the best people in it.

Jimmy