Frank George Marling (1863-1954): Fun and Festivities – Part One
Frank’s memoirs include a range of different events and activities that he witnessed or took part in during his childhood. In particular, …
Joseph Terry (1816-1889): Purpose and Audience
To warn others; to teach others… to understand themselves. Regenia Gagnier (342) This quote from Gagnier relays some reasoning to the question, …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976): Reading & Writing
The fact that Lea penned a memoir of 32 pages to begin with assures us that Lea was highly literate and could …
Harry Alfred West (b.1880): Home & Family
Harry West dedicates the beginning of his autobiography to describing his childhood in Stanton Drew, Somerset. Although his neighbourhood was “industrial, smoky, …
Margaret Watson (b.1907) Life and Labour
After the death of her mother in 1912, when she “was almost six years old” (p.1) Margaret’s childhood was forced to come …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890-1977) Education and Schooling
Walter’s memoirs do not provide the reader with copious amounts of information regarding the educational system and school life in the late …
Hymie Fagan (1903-1988): Education & Schooling
“It was not education for living, but for work” (32) explains Hymie Fagan about his education at the Westborough Road Boys School. …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Purpose and Audience
‘…And I’ve reached 71 regardless. But I could never have done it without my wife’s constant help I’m sure.’ (Vere, 25). The …
Edna Bold (B.1904): Life & Labour
Edna Bold was an example of many from her time that moved from working-class to lower middle-class. Her memoir entitled THE LONG …
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 …