May Jones: Life and Labour
“Life was not all play, from a very early age mother taught us how to work and we never questioned out little …
Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 1)
‘Then father had a stroke on hot summer day whilst painting the outside of a house and died; exactly on my fourth …
Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 2)
Jean’s mother seems to work hard throughout her childhood in the 1920s to provide a consistently clean home and daily meals. ‘All …
Frank George Marling (1863-1954): Life and Labour
I could not get any settled job. I helped my father in the post office, went with telegrams and eventually learnt to …