Minnie Frisby (b. 1877): Education and Schooling
Education for Victorian working-class women was somewhat of a luxury. The 1870 Education Act gave children an elementary education up to thirteen, …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Habits, Culture and Belief.
Richard, a miner from County Durham, never states his belief in any definitive way. At no point in the memoir does he …
Alfred Ireson (b. 1856): Habits, Culture and Belief
Alf’s habits and activities revolved around his ceaseless religious devotion. Growing up amidst a South-Eastern countryside community, where ‘Parishes were smaller, more …
Mary Laura Triggle (1888- 1985): Habits, Culture and Belief. (Part Two)
I do think how different life could have been if father had not gone to throw rotten fruit at the preacher…’ (14) …