Annie Lord (b.1899): Life and Labour – Part One
“…my first job was in service 10/- a week to start up at six in the morning and on the go [un]till …
“…my first job was in service 10/- a week to start up at six in the morning and on the go [un]till …
2:486 LORD, Annie, ‘My Life’, MS, pp.12 (c.2,750 words). Brunel University Library. Born around the turn of the century, probably in the district of …
My whole time and experience on the Writing Lives module has been only positive. I feel so privileged to have been able …
This copy of Annie Lord’s memoir, ‘My Life’, was transcribed by Writing Lives student Lydia Roberts, 2019 my life – by Annie …
“… the 1914 soldiers use[d] to line up for there dinners in the High street Hornsey from the drilly Hall Bottom of …
“I was Born deaf in one ear, But was never found out those days till late in life, even at school I …
“I was only married 2 years when I found out he was a cripple from 1914 War an ex[-]serviceman man mind you …
“Coming from a family of 15 life has Been very tough for me, as I was Born deaf in one ear…” Lord, …
“… so I had to carry on the Best I could th[r]ou[gh] life…” Lord, p:1 Regenia Gagnier, author of Social Atoms: Working-Class Autobiography, …
Adulthood “… Real[l]y my life was a misery. Beaten and knocked about for nothing at all.” Lord, p:3 In contrast to her …