Frederick Charles Wynne- Habits, Culture and Belief (Part One)
“Our home amusements were the envy of the street. There were four members of the family who played mandolins and banjos and …
“Our home amusements were the envy of the street. There were four members of the family who played mandolins and banjos and …
“Church Street School was always, it seemed to me, either cold and damp or dry and hot, never anything in between. The …
On bank holidays and on a few other occasions we had picnics on Portsdown Hill. There was a dusty road leading up …
‘Our house was tiny by modern standards. Two rooms and a bit upstairs and two rooms a kitchen and a scullery …
I did not know what to expect when beginning the Writing Lives project, as I had no real experience in this level …
“Our entertainment recreations were confined mainly to the street in which we lived. We would chase madly up and down with our …
‘The market in those days included many stalls on both sides of the street selling plants in full flower at ha’penny each. …
“We lived in a small world. Princes Street was our domain or rather our domain was in Princes Street, next to Victoria …
“The Boer War was on during the early years and everyone was consumed with emotion because of the troops besieged in Ladysmith. …
2:0854 WYNNE, Frederick Charles, ‘Old Pompey and Other Places’, TS, with MS additions, pp.79 (c.35,000 words). Brunel University Library. ‘Frederick Charles Wynne’ …