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There were only two ways for boys to go in those days: down, working in the pits, or up if you happened to be good at football.
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The speaker describes a world in which boys seemed to have only two possible futures: going “down” into work in the pits or moving “up” through success at football. The directions suggest a sharp contrast between a hard, limited path and the rare chance to improve one’s position through sporting ability.
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