George Gregory (b.1888): Politics and Protest
George grew up in a way that limited his world-view. He was born in the late 19th Century into a working class family …
George Gregory (b. 1888): Home and Family
A very large portion of the first part of George Gregory’s autobiography – the part I earlier labelled as the memoir section …
George Gregory (b. 1888): Reading and Writing
I went into some detail about George’s reading habits in my previous post (Education and Schooling) but there is more to tell …
George Gregory (b.1888): Purpose and Audience
Not once during People > Ideas does George raise the subject of why he’s writing. Neither purpose nor audience is addressed; we …
George Gregory (b.1888): An Introduction
‘It cannot be said that I was privileged in any special way in the home in which I first saw the light …
George Gregory (b. 1888): Life and Labour
Labour is intrinsically linked to the idea of working class consciousness. Each and every one of the Brunel archive auto-biographies I have …
George Gregory (b. 1888): Habits, Culture, and Belief
We were unable to buy things that were essential for games, not even a ball… What could children do to obtain a …
George Gregory (b. 1888): Education and Schooling.
Despite being born to illiterate parents in a village which existed almost solely to house coal miners, George had an insatiable appetite …
George Gregory (b. 1888): War and Memory
Interestingly, for a man who was alive during both World Wars, George doesn’t dedicate much of his memoir to the topic. Only eight …