May Jones: Illness, Health and Disability
“Misses let her go home,” if she lives she will be either a cripple or an imbecile,” Mother said I believe that …
Doris Hunt (1900): Illness, Health and Disability
The prospect of illness was not uncommon within the Hunt household. It inevitably ended in tragedy. The first instance was when Doris and …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Illness, Health and Disability
‘I never remembered being in such pain before, my body and arms as well as my legs and feet throbbed and ached, …
Frank George Marling (1863-1954): Illness, Health and Disability
[…] I was rather a delicate child. It must have been when I was not very well that one morning before I …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Illness, Health & Disability
Much of Norah’s memoir discusses illness, both physical and mental. Norah’s ancestors, her siblings and Norah herself suffered with illness and disability. Norah …
Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915) Illness, Health and Disability
I was sure he had magic powers and that none of us would get ill any more (Hutchinson 34) For the average …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Illness, Health & Disability
“Both my parents were very compassionate people, sometimes when one of us lay awake softly grizzling to ourselves with toothache in the …
Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Illness, Health and Disability
‘So there again mother got the first folding invalid chair’ (21) Mary’s memoir recalls how her parents faced illness and disability throughout …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Introduction
‘Born the son of a flour miller March 1913. I well remember my mother holding me up to the window to see …
Alexander Howison (b.1795): Home & Family
‘They were poor but honest’- Alexander Howison (p1) The way Alexander writes his memoir tangles home and family life and his …