Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Life and Labour
The memoir is driven by Thomas Waddicor’s working situation and labouring of the Waddicor family. The Waddicor family was under a lot …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Purpose and Audience
The reader is able to draw many conclusions as to what Thomas Waddicor’s main purpose was for creating his memoir as he …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Habits, Culture and Belief
Overtime Thomas’s recreational time changes as described in the Leisure and New Experiences post. This blog post will investigate the different habits …
May Jones: Fun and Festivities
“Games somehow were seasonable and all the children of the village played the same games at the same time. In the spring …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Home and Family
Mother was finding it more than usually difficult to make ends meet’ (p. 4) ‘There were eight children in the family – …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): An Introduction
‘Memories of Hightown and Beyond’ Born in 1906 Thomas Waddicor is a working class boy who lives in one of the most …
Jack Lanigan (1890-1975): Education & Schooling
If ever fear was in us kids it was when we saw that cane. Once bitten, twice shy Jack Lanigan, ‘They Kingdom …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): War and Memory
Thomas Waddicor lives through both World War 1 and World War 2. His experience of World War 1 is nothing more …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Education and Schooling
One could leave school at the end of the term following one’s fourteenth birthday.’ (p.15) The theme of education is not an …
Jack Lanigan (1890-1975): Life & Labour (Childhood)
I now wanted to tell the world I was now a man, working and helping my mother Jack Lanigan, ‘Thy Kingdom Did …