Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Home & Family
Family is an important aspect of Thomas Raymont’s life, as he goes into detail about his expansive family history. The first few …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Education & Schooling Cont.
Whilst my previous blog on Education and Schooling focused more on the state of the British schooling system at the time Thomas …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Home and Family
‘I was born and brought up in Tavistock, a dear old town charmingly situated on a river which varied from a tiny …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Purpose and Audience
‘The story of a life so quiet as mine would be of little importance except to personal friends, unless it is so …
Researching Writing Lives
Throughout my time on the Writing Lives project it has allowed me to refine my skills I had learned from my second …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Education and Schooling Continued
‘My headmaster, as I learnt years later, wrote in the school log-book that I had been with him eleven years as a …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Researching Writing Lives
Upon reading Thomas’ memoir firstly I have to confess I was slightly worried as to how I would present the autobiography of …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Home & Family Cont.
Whereas my previous blog focused on Thomas’ experiences of family life during his childhood, this one will focus on adult life as …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Life & Labour
A life of labour was undoubtedly the principle method of acquiring income for the working-class during the 19th century. Little had the …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Reading & Writing
The one continuing theme of Thomas Raymont’s memoir has been his education, his roots are firmly placed in his studies considering from …