Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Fun and Festivities
“When we were on holiday from school or on Saturdays, we had various ways of amusing ourselves, other than playing in street.” …
Charles Whiten Sanderson (1906-1990): Fun and Festivities (Part One).
“All would gather round the organ on occasions and sing until the rafters rang” (31) Unlike other working-class men such as Cecil …
Jean Court: Fun and Festivities
Within Jean’s memoir, she is consistent in describing all the fun and festivities in which she and her family had and attended. …
Frederick Charles Wynne : Fun and Festivities (Part Two)
On bank holidays and on a few other occasions we had picnics on Portsdown Hill. There was a dusty road leading up …
Francis Alfred Peet (1882-1960) – Habits, Culture and Beliefs (Fun and Festivities):
“If any boys have mice in their pockets, turn them out” (p.8). A large amount of Francis’ memoir revolves around the fun …
May Jones: Fun and Festivities
“Games somehow were seasonable and all the children of the village played the same games at the same time. In the spring …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Fun & Festivities
Following on from my previous post, where I discussed Norah Fearon Knight’s experience of leisure and recreation growing up in a large, …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Fun and Festivities – Part Two
‘Having been in contact with children all my life, I have had ample opportunity to see the way they play the games …
Charles William Esam-Carter: Fun and Festivities
‘I remember nothing of Christmas, which seems to me very strange… Aunt Grace will have sent me a toy for Christmas.’ (46) …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Fun and Festivities – Part One
Had I have carried on to-day as I did then, I would be placed in the Local Authority as a child out …