Yes, Arthur Seaton from Saturday Night and Sunday Morning who worked at his bicycle factory in Nottingham as a machinist in the mid-1950's could afford a motorc

Yes, Arthur Seaton from Saturday Night and Sunday Morning who worked at his bicycle factory in Nottingham as a machinist in the mid-1950's could afford a motorcycle "or perhaps an old car". He lived nearby with his family, in a terraced house, and would have had no need for a vehicle. Winston Smith would be in a similar social class.