Jim Ingram (b.1912): Home and Family Continued
As we know from the previous blog on Ingram’s home and family life, his memoir shows the strain the First World War …
Edith Annie Williams (b. Nov. 1899): Education and Schooling (Part 2.)
‘I recall an early occasion of telling my father of our being given the choice of learning a foreign language & that …
Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Education and Schooling.
So shall I have to go to school again? (13). Within Mary’s memoir, she talks very little of her school days. …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): Researching Writing Lives
I came to Writing Lives following my year taking part in another module at LJMU, run by Helen Rogers. This other module, …
Edith Annie Williams (b. Nov. 1899): An Introduction
‘I have never subscribed to the belief that there is not much one can do about life but endure whatever it may …
Violet Austin (1910-1983): Introduction
‘I remember wanting to stay a child like Peter Pan. I loved being young’ (15) Violet Austin[i], like me, grew up in …