Lillian Westall (born 1893): War and Memory
The First World War, also known as The Great War began in 1914 and ended in 1918. Lilian was nineteen years old …
Minnie Frisby (b. 1877): Life and Labour
Alongside childhood, working life and labour is a significant theme in Memories. After discovering Minnie’s maiden name through her marriage on Ancestry …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): Life and Labour (Part 2)
To tell you the truth I was beginning to feel tired.’ (10) Lilian Westall started working from fourteen years of age. …
Edith Annie Williams (b. Nov. 1899): Life and Labour (Part 1.)
‘Shortly after leaving the grammar school my mother apprenticed me to the dressmaking trade with a local dressmaker’ (8) Many of the …
Edith Annie Williams (b. Nov. 1899): War and Memory
‘It was the time of the amassing of Hitler’s troops on the borders of Austria. This previously happy country was now in …
May Owen (b.1896): Life and Labour (Part 1)
May Owen had an extensive life in labour with many different occupations that is shown in her autobiographical letter as it is …
May Owen (b.1896): Life and Labour (Part 2)
During the 1940’s May Owen’s husband passed away and due to her no longer having the breadwinner there to provide for her, …