Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Eight
On the 7th July 1948, Poor Law ceased, having been revoked by parliament. Out went public assistance institutions and hospitals, these now …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Seven
Flashes were coming from a wide are denoting that it was a heavy raid with bombs dropping all over the city [of …
Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Purpose and Audience.
‘PS. please forgive an old woman just having a little talk with you’ (pg. 22) Mary’s memoir is in the style …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Education & Schooling
A basic educational system was operating in Britain by 1914, and whilst for most schoolchildren it did not take them beyond the …
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 …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976): Politics, Protest & Class
Surprisingly absent from Lea’s memoir is the theme of politics. In spite of a large part of Lea’s memoir focusing on working …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976): War, Memory & Life Writing
Being alive for both World Wars, Lea had her fair share of wartime experience. A child during the First World War, and …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976) Introduction
At the age of fifty, Emily Gertrude Lea decided to pen her own memoir to reflect and record important memories from her life. …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976): Purpose and Audience
Although the purpose of Lea’s memoir is not clearly stated, that she does not begin to recollect her life until she is …
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 …