In Yorkshire there is only the impetus of decline; the farms, the woolen mills, the dairy rounds wither, unravel and turn sour. The family wears out, stumbles politely, tripping over drink and ennui and a genteel surrender to the momentum of underachievement.

Drink, Drinking, Drinking career, Familiar things, Families, Family, Leadership, Leads, Surrendered, Surround, Times, Times of difficulty,