Harry Dorrell (B.1903): Reading & Writing
‘Seeking answers as I did then and still do… It is the seeking that counts.’ (50) Although Harry always disliked school he …
Harry Dorrell (B. 1903): Researching Writing Lives
I have really enjoyed being part of the Writing Lives project and having the opportunity to read and represent Harry Dorrell’s memoir. …
Harry Dorrell (B.1903): Purpose and Audience
‘I do not want to die. I do not want to leave my loved and loving family and my secret life, secret …
Harry Dorrell (B. 1903): Life & Labour
‘I would not give up and risk my family’s security. It was unthinkable.’ (137) Labour plays a huge role in forming identity …
Harry Dorrell (B. 1903): Home and Family
‘Mother knew, with her concerned sensibility, that watching would quieten my fear.’ (27) Harry was the youngest of 8 children and seems …
Harry Dorrell (B. 1903): Illness, Health & Disability
‘Living, is for me a daily battle to be fought against this terminal illness and so very far from the terminus.’ (Prologue) …
Harry Dorrell (B.1903): Education and Schooling
‘Being sent to school was a threat for a naughty child.’ (4) Harry disliked school and he makes no secret of that …
Harry Dorrell (B.1903): An Introduction
‘I hear the sounds that others make. They hear me, but they do not know my shorthand.’ (1) Harry Dorrell was …
Harry Dorrell (B.1903): Politics, Protest & Class
‘All it meant then and will mean again, and it is with me stronger than our defeat at the hands of shabby …
Harry Dorrell (B.1903): War and Memory
‘Body of Able Seaman Alfred Edwin Dorrell recovered.’ Memory in general is selective and therefore our memoirs are likely to only include …