R.W. Morris b.1895: Education and Schooling.
Richard W Morris was a miner’s son from the Pelton Fell area of County Durham. His references to school are relatively few …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Purpose & Audience
‘Yes times have changed and the greater part for the better, but don’t believe that the old days were all bad. We …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): War & Memory
War is a subject that Adeline dedicates much of the second section of her memoir to. It is mainly focused on her late …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Life & Labour
Labour is an underlying topic in Adeline Hodges’ memoir as, though it is not mentioned constantly throughout the text, it is definitely deemed …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Purpose and Audience
‘Most working-class autobiographies begin not with a family lineage or a birthdate but rather with an apology for their authors’ ordinariness’ (Gagnier, …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Home & Family
‘God bless me ma, God bless me pa, God bless me granny and grandpa, aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters and brothers, God bless …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Home and Family
Family is a central theme in Thomas Jordan’s memoirs, but in a less than traditional way. He does not so much focus …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): An Introduction
Mr. Thomas Jordan. 2 Simpasture Court, Newton Aycliffe. Co. Durham. Thomas Jordan was born in January 1892 in Birtley, County Durham …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Education and Schooling
‘I had never been a very clever scholar… so I was doomed for the pits.’ (Jordan, 2) Thomas attended a church school …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Habits, Culture and Belief
‘Usworth colliery was a booming place… Cinemas and theatres appeared in New Washington and they filled to capacity.’ (Jordan, 6) Working-class people …