Robert Ward (B. 1907): War and Memory
This post discusses how the themes of War and Class are mentioned in Robert Ward’s memoir ‘A Lancashire Childhood’. You can read …
Amy Gomm (b.1899-1984): War and Memory
‘Everbody’s war, that had been threatening for so long, actually broke out a few months later. It still had little impact on …
Samuel Mountford (b. 1907) War and Memory (Continued)
Following on from my last blog where I talked about Samuel Mountford’s experiences with the start of the war, including the announcement, …
Charles Whiten Sanderson (1906-1990): War and Memory Part Two.
‘After twenty years of uneasy peace it was all to begin again, begun by the same nation who had supposedly been the …
Annie Lord (b.1899): War and Memory
“… the 1914 soldiers use[d] to line up for there dinners in the High street Hornsey from the drilly Hall Bottom of …
Hilda Ann Salusbury (1906-1993): War and Memory
Although Hilda does not go into great detail about life during the years of the war, it did have a great impact …
Nora Lumb (b. 1912) War and Memory Blog
“The Great War was about to begin and no doubt the grim affairs and negotiations leading up to it were hastening to …
Thomas Mclauchlan (1888-1979): War and Memory
Like many of the working-class writers featured on the Writing Lives website, Thomas MacLauchlan lived through the many wars that Britain fought …
R.W. Morris b.1895: War and Memory.
During WW1 Richard W. Morris was posted, by the Navy, at Malin Head in Ireland at the Wireless Station. This experience is …
Joe Ayre (b.1910): War and Memory
The two World Wars have undoubtedly had a huge impact on history. I myself have studied the effects of both wars throughout …