Labour

Robert Ward (B. 1907): Life and Labour

This post discusses the role that labour plays in Robert Ward’s memoir ‘A Lancashire Childhood’. You can read in full here, which is …

“Life was not all play, from a very early age mother taught us how to work and we never questioned out little …

The education of the working-classes during the mid-nineteenth century, especially of those individuals residing in rural areas, was known to be of …

George grew up in a way that limited his world-view. He was born in the late 19th Century into a working class family …

Life and Labour sums up Albert Mansbridge very well. ‘His promising academic career stopped abruptly at the age of fourteen when he …

“These writings would not be complete if I did not something about the family. We are a united family, not only by …

Introduction The history of Australian immigration is as long as it is complex, so much so that readers could almost be excused …

Figure 1 Piccadilly Circus Circa 1900 “I rarely raised my hand because pride held me back from admitting poverty” Lilian Westall was …

The memoir is driven by Thomas Waddicor’s working situation and labouring of the Waddicor family. The Waddicor family was under a lot …

Although it is evident in Jack’s writing that he is literate, there is very little mention of his schooling and further education. …