Mary Hollinrake (b. 1912): An Introduction
Lancashire Lass “What strikes me now is that in spite of this fairly spartan life everybody seemed active and interested in everything, …
Pauline Wiltshire: Introduction
“On my passport I came here with it said ‘retarded’. It makes me have to joke about it… my new passport says …
Charles Whiten Sanderson (b. 1906-1990.): An Introduction.
‘It is said “Life is what you make it”. I disagree. Life is what other people, and events, make it for you.’ …
Olga Pyne Clarke (1915-1996): An Introduction
Olga Pyne Clarke was born in 1915. Born and raised in County Cork, Olga lived her childhood through The Troubles in Southern …
Albert Mansbridge (1876-1952): An Introduction
Albert Mansbridge was massively influential in the world of education. His autobiography The Trodden Road (first published in 1940) discusses his life between …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): An Introduction
During the years following my North Atlantic journeys I often thought about those times, my adventures and dangers and mad rolling oceans, …
“Having preserved these printed papers I will not further write of those days but rather will begin about the time I left school in July, 1846, going first as errand boy to Mr. Robert Thornely becoming afterwards his apprentice in Silk Hat Finishing on October 1st, 1847.†(Ashley p.1).
“My Father, at that time and ever afterwards, declared that he paid the account in the office at the mills, but as the receipts could not be produced a distress was put in the house and the furniture sold- at least so much as to meet the miller’s claim†(Ashley p.2)
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 …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): An Introduction
Figure 1 Piccadilly Circus Circa 1900 “I rarely raised my hand because pride held me back from admitting poverty” Lilian Westall was …
May Jones (b.1893): An Introduction
“I remember, I remember…” May Jones was born in 1893 in the small country village of Broken Cross near Macclesfield. She was …