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 …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Education and Schooling
In the mid-19th century, only half the population of England were able to sign the marriage register but, by the early 20th …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Habits, Culture and Beliefs
During the late 19th and early 20th century, there was a huge rise in rational forms of recreation amongst the working classes. …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Purpose and Audience
‘I had always thought of myself vaguely as Socialist, my father’s early influence and the poverty of my childhood contrasted later with …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Home and Family
When discussing working-class home and family experience, it is important to emphasise how varied the memoirs are and how differently each autobiographer …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Reading and Writing
Winifred Relph’s reading habits were highly influenced by her family and the people she met in her lifetime. From a young age, …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Life and Labour
Winifred started work as a domestic servant at the age of 14 and, consequently, labour is a central aspect of ‘Through Rough …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Illness, Health and Disability
‘I never remembered being in such pain before, my body and arms as well as my legs and feet throbbed and ached, …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): War and Memory
‘They were the generation whose young men were killed off like flies in the flower of their youth’ (21). War and memory …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Researching Writing Lives
Being part of the Writing Lives collaborative research project and having the opportunity to create an author blog of a person’s life …