H J Harris (b.1903): Home and Family
I have decided to have two separate sections for the theme of ‘Home and Family’ because HJ has memories from his time …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Education and Schooling- Part Three
I was now a frightned [frightened] boy, and I felt this was [not] the end but the beginning of more trouble’ (Oates, …
Alfred Ireson (b.1856): Education and Schooling
“Education was not taken seriously…Child labour was encouraged” (22) The young Alf, ‘noted for mischief and exploits of many kinds’ (21) outlines …
Home & Family: Harold Heslop, 1898-1983.
Given the impressive length of Harold Heslop’s memoir, and the clarity and detail in which he writes about ‘life beneath the fields,’ …
H J Harris (b.1903): Autobiography, Class and Schooling
‘I am willing to give you any explanation of how Charity Schools were run, when there was no social security and NOBODY …
Jack Goring (1861 – 1942): Education and Schooling
‘Our rooms were small but I remember [my mother] had forms made to take the children of the neighbourhood who were …
Margaret Perry (b. 1922): Education & Schooling
Margaret Perry, born 1922 in Nottingham, had a traditional working class education in her formative years (note: for a creative way of enjoying …