Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Biographical Entry

2:457 KNIGHT, Norah Fearon, ‘Nostalgia’, MS, pp.73 (c. 10,000 words). BruneI University Library.

Born in Seacombe, on the Wirral, in Aug 1910. Father a soldier. 11th child (6 boys, 5 girls). Educated at Riverside School and St. Joseph’s School. Married, with 2 sons. Living in Brislington, Bristol, in 1983.

No details of employments.

No details of interests or activities.

Of a large and close-knit family the author tells chiefly of her happy if poor home life, with brief comments on customs, street traders and entertainers. Written in 1964.