Olga Pyne Clarke (1915-1996): Life and Labour
Olga Pyne Clarke always used her knowledge of horses to find work. Throughout her life, Olga trained horses, sold horses and worked …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): Life & Labour
‘There was a sense in which autobiographers found themselves unable to write easily about their family life, or felt that they ought …
Samuel Mountford (b. 1907) Life and Labour
Labour is a very important aspect of Samuel Mountford’s life and links directly with his pride. From a very early age we …
Alice Pidgeon (b.1898): Life & Labour
The depression of the 1930’s, has great significance in Alice Pidgeon’s memoir. Orphaned at just six years of age, Alice and her …
Mary Hollinrake (b. 1912): Life & Labour
“Then came the clatter of clogs on pavements (flags they were called) as the workers scurried along as if they had stepped …
Nora Lumb (b. 1912) Life and Labour Blog
“During the post war depression father always had work.” (Lumb, pg. 4) Throughout Nora Lumb’s 12-page autobiographical entry for The Burnett Collection, …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): Life and Labour (Part One)
Whilst many working-class autobiographers write centrally about the struggles of working life, talk of labour is ominously absent in John Edmonds’ …
Ernest Richard Shotton (Born 1878): Life and Labour Pt 2
As a result of Ernest Richard Shotton’s extensive working life I have taken the decision to write about his life and Labour …
Joseph Terry (1816-1889): Life and Labour
It was a struggle against the fates and each family fought it out the best they could (Roberts 31) Roberts invokes a …
Cecil George Harwood (1894 – 1983): Life and Labour I
‘The Manager came out and soon saw what I had done, and did he tell me what I was, I never knew …