William Wright (b.1846): Class Matters – Part 1
‘I helped my father until I was fourteen years old’ (16). I have touched on this quote before, but here we can …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904) Class matters
“Class was dreadfully important then. It often puzzled me.” Bessie Wallis’s family was working class. She makes no effort to hide this …
William Wright (b.1846): Class Matters – Part 2
In the first half, William’s memoir focuses heavily on working, and being seemingly stuck in the working class. However, William was clever …
Alfred George Henry Lay (1869-1958) Class Matters
Regenia Gagnier’s commemorative storytellers narrative, ‘Such texts read like travelogs by tourists in their own land- typically transients or southerners. With minimal …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Class Matters
‘The story of a life so quiet as mine would be of little importance except to personal friends, unless it is so …
Leslie John Robinson (b.1929): Class Matters
For Leslie John Robinson, his working- class background is at the forefront of his autobiography. He explains the upkeep of his large …