Norah Elliott (b.1903): Home & Family Part Two
This is part two on the home and family of Norah Elliott. For more of Norah’s home and family, read part one. As …
Cecil George Harwood (1894 – 1983): Home and Family
‘My father gave me invaluable advice: “Do all the things you have to do well.” I have tried to do this in …
Dorothy Squires (b. 1897): Home and Family Part 1
“There were 9 of us including mum and dad in a 2 bedroom house, but we were a happy family in spite …
Ellen Cooper (b. 1921-2000) Home and Family: Part 2
‘We had lived there for twenty four years and I will always remember it was great affection and sorrow too. It was …
Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 1)
‘Then father had a stroke on hot summer day whilst painting the outside of a house and died; exactly on my fourth …
Arthur Gill (b.1887): Home and Family
“My Parents hadn’t much of this worlds’ wealth, but they provided as much entertainment for us as they could afford- and because …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Home and Family
On the front of the farmhouse, above the front door and below a little round window was a coat of arms, a …
Martha Martin (b.1871): Home & Family [1/2]
David Vincent writes that ‘there was a sense in which autobiographers found themselves unable to write easily about their family life, or …
William Wright (b.1846): Home and Family – Part 2
Before reading about William Wright here, make sure you have checked out Part One. It is important to see how much his …
Mary Hollinrake (b. 1912): Home & Family
“Life was very much a family one” (35). I gathered from Mary’s memoir that family is one of the most important aspects …