In the 1980s an old man told me that he was born into a reasonably well-off family early in the 20th century. He said that until the radio was coming in about 1925 you didn't see 'the hard side of life'. There were no supermarkets just lots of small shops like grocers, bakers, butchers, etc. People tended to stay in their own area of the city. Middle-class people just didn't see the poverty and hardship that existed in some areas.
In 1923 a woman was murdered in Portsmouth. What shocked people was not just the murder but the terrible conditions she was living in. Most people in the city had no idea those slums existed.
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