Jade Barber Researching Writing Lives
Before I started the Writing Lives module, I had never considered working class writing as a form of literature that appealed to …
Mary Turner (B. 1921): War and Memory
‘Wars are appalling…one can see that side of the argument. At the same time, even de-glamorized, one is left with a picture …
Mary Turner (B. 1921): Life and Labour
‘I started in the bobbies a week before the war broke out. Ker-crash.’ (1) Coming from a family full of policemen, Mary …
‘Nowadays one’s children and grandchildren think one is staid and sober and has never done anything exciting. Little they know.’ (1)
Mary Turner (b.1921): Purpose & Audience
So many of my generation say, about the Second World War – “I wouldn’t have missed it!” This is my war – …
Mary Turner (B. 1921): Home and Family
‘I used to walk miles with my baby sister and brother in a pram, and I’d always pick up a few other …