Nora Hampton (1895-1918): An Introduction
‘It was myself who got into trouble as a tom boy and ripstitch’ (Hampton, 19) Born in Dudley, Worcestershire in 1895, Nora’s …
Nora Lumb (1912 onwards): An Introduction
“Looking back it seems that our family life was, apart from the usual upsets of minor ailments and setbacks which everyone had …
John Urie (b. 1820): An Introduction
John Urie first saw the light of Paisley in 1820. His life and autobiography “Reminiscences of eighty years by John Urie” (published …
Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): An Introduction
“I didn’t want to come to England and I didn’t have the money. But I did want to go to …
Ken Hayter (b.1940): An Introduction
‘Liverpool: a city where everybody seemed to know everybody else, where nobody seemed to have any money, but everyone seemed to be …
Pat O’Mara (1901-1983): An Introduction
Pat O’Mara’s The Autobiography of a Liverpool Slummy is a published autobiography about life in the city of Liverpool in the beginning …
Martha Martin (b.1871): An Introduction
“For they say we are all on this Earth to fill our own individual Places and to do perhaps what someone else …
May Owen (b.1896): An Introduction
May Owen wrote her ten page handwritten autobiographical letter at the age of eighty to Professor John Burnett who was searching for …