R.W. Morris b.1895: Education and Schooling.
Richard W Morris was a miner’s son from the Pelton Fell area of County Durham. His references to school are relatively few …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Home and Family.
Meals were a preoccupation of most miner’s wives…few miner’s families went hungry. Everything else might have to wait its turn in the …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Introduction.
I chose R. W. Morris’ autobiography, written in 1972, after looking at the entry in Burnett et al The Autobiography of the Working Class: …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Habits, Culture and Belief.
Richard, a miner from County Durham, never states his belief in any definitive way. At no point in the memoir does he …
R.W. Morris b.1895: War and Memory.
During WW1 Richard W. Morris was posted, by the Navy, at Malin Head in Ireland at the Wireless Station. This experience is …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Researching Writing Lives.
I initially chose my author, Richard W. Morris, because he was a coal miner from County Durham. It resonated with me on …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Purpose and Audience.
Richard W. Morris states quite clearly that he is writing his autobiography in response to a call from the Beamish Museum project, …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Politics and Protest.
Richard W. Morris was a coal miner from County Durham. There is no doubt that he had political leanings, though he keeps his …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Biographical Entry.
520 MORRIS, R. W., ‘Autobiography of R. W. Morris’, TS, c.350pp. (c.140,000 words). Extracts published as ‘A Boy goes down the pit’, …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Reading and Writing.
Richard W. Morris, a miner’s son from County Durham, does not write much about his reading habits. I believe this is due …