Nora Isabel Adnams (B. 1901): An Introduction
MY MEMOIRS OF DR. BARNARDO’S HOME, BARKINGSIDE, ESSEX 1904 to June 1911 By Nora Isabel Adnams, nee Brazier. ‘We were placed in …
Arthur T. Collinson (b. 1893): An Introduction
From witnessing a shooting as a child, to seeing the likes of Kaiser Wilhelm and Alfonso of Spain buying newspapers from his blind …
Bessie Wallis (B. 1904): An introduction
I will be researching and posting about the memoir of Bessie Wallis, one of the autobiographies in the Burnett Collection. To begin …
Rosa Bell (b. 1902): An Introduction
“…the closeness to each other and all the friendly feelings carried us along and we still had some Happy Days in the …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): An Introduction
‘As a grubby kitchen maid I must NEVER go through the front of the house, always use the back stairs and remember …
James H. McKenzie (1862 -1952): An Introduction
“I am in conversation with them; my circus and show stories, amused them, no matter where ever I have been these stories …
William Wright (b.1846): An Introduction
William Wright intrigues me, as someone who grew up and is still part of a working-class life, because it is the story …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904): An Introduction.
‘My YESTERDAYS were an equal mixture of good and bad… Life was what we made it when I was a child in …
Annie Lord (b. 1899): Biographical Entry
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 …
Wally Ward (b.1914): An Introduction
‘Fit For Anything’, penned by Wally Ward (b. 1914), is an autobiography detailing the author’s struggles to maintain a normal life within …