Miss P. Wilson (b.1918): Purpose and Audience
‘Someone wrote a hymn ‘we won’t give up the Sunday school’ Miss Wilson’s memoir focuses on sharing the lives of her family …
Edna Bold (1904 – 1987): An Introduction
Introducing Edna Bold (1904 – 1987) Upon first reading the memoir of Edna Bold, my first impression is that she is had …
Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Home and Family: Part 1
‘I also can look back & I think to me that was the highlight of my youth….’ (11). Mary’s memoir is predominantly …
Winifred Till: Extended Family
One regular occurrence I have noticed when reading working-class memoirs is the frequent occurrence of a death of a parent, mostly a …
Kay Garrett (b.1899): An Introduction
“I was small and had short hair and from the counter clerks in the outside office I learned that I was referred …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902- 1976): Home & Family
A small family, consisting of just of herself, her elder brother and their parents, Lea portrays an image of a close knit …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976): Life & Labour
“…her remark when she said “The working classes were a lazy lot” used to make me furious for, if people “work” how …
Harry Alfred West (b.1880): Home & Family
Harry West dedicates the beginning of his autobiography to describing his childhood in Stanton Drew, Somerset. Although his neighbourhood was “industrial, smoky, …
Alice Pidgeon (b.1898): Home & Family
Home and family is a bitter-sweet topic for Alice Pidgeon, whose memoir delves deeply into the heart of her family life and …