A cinder block, also called a breeze block, is a rectangular concrete block used in construction. Cinder blocks are typically in the shape of two squares joined on one side to form a rectangle, with the insides of the squares hollow. This allows structures to be built in the traditional masonry style of overlapping rows, with the structure's weight carried by the "walls" of the blocks.
Originally, blocks called clinker blocks were used, which were made from a mixture of clinker, from boilers and furnaces, and cement. Clinker blocks were typically manufactured close to power plants and other producers of furnace byproducts. Clinker blocks crumbled easily and were abandoned for the modern cinder block.
Breezeblock Park examines the existence of a working-class Liverpool family, the traditions and prejudices that form the dynamics of the relationship, set within the context of the socio-political climate.
Precursor to Educating Rita, Breezeblock Park portrays the constraints imposed on individuals by class identity and tradition, the suppression of ambition and the younger generation's desire to challenge orthodoxy.
Breezeblock Park, the story of a grisly Christmas on a Liverpool council estate, was so sturdily built that advocates of Russell's looser, more militant style saw it as a betrayal.
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