Robert Ward (B. 1907): Life and Labour
This post discusses the role that labour plays in Robert Ward’s memoir ‘A Lancashire Childhood’. You can read in full here, which is …
Arthur Gill (b.1887): Life and Labour
At 13 years old Arthur left school to work as a gold beater for Mr Wallace Barnes. Arthur obtained this job through …
May Jones: Life and Labour
“Life was not all play, from a very early age mother taught us how to work and we never questioned out little …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Life and Labour
‘All the hustle and bustle, nowhere peace and quiet: the quest for the black diamond overruled sanity, order and grace. Yet, men …
A.W Todd: Working Class Pride
“I was actually responsible for some arches on a church in Marsham Street, of which I was very proud.” When we talk …
Albert Mansbridge (1876-1952): Life & Labour
Life and Labour sums up Albert Mansbridge very well. ‘His promising academic career stopped abruptly at the age of fourteen when he …
Daisy Cowper (1890 – 1985): Life & Labour
“There’s no doubt at all about Miss Cowper’s mark” – (I wondered “what”), and then she added – “It’s A – there’s …
Life and Labour – George Clifton Hughes, Part One
“Although wages had risen during the war, they had now flattened” Although, George Clifton Hughes does not write about his own occupation …
Patricia Saville (B.1933) Life and Labour: Part 2
“I must have stayed at the C.T.O for another 18 months to two years as it was here that I caught first …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Life and Labour
The memoir is driven by Thomas Waddicor’s working situation and labouring of the Waddicor family. The Waddicor family was under a lot …