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 …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Respectability and Improvement
I often wonder how I have been able to attain my present position, but it has only been done by… perseverance and …
Frederick Charles Wynne: Fun and Festivities (Part One)
“Our entertainment recreations were confined mainly to the street in which we lived. We would chase madly up and down with our …
Jack Lanigan (1890-1975): Habits, Culture & Beliefs
There was plenty of entertainment for all tastes if you could afford such expense Jack Lanigan, ‘Thy Kingdom Did Come’, 14. In …
Politics, Protest and Class, James Ashley (b.1833)
Politics in James Ashley’s memoir is not often spoke about, nor is it elaborated on. One would presume that because of this …