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 …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Migration, Immigration & Emigration
“In 1938 feeling that life was getting too complicated I went to the League and started to arrange an exchange to Victoria …
Ruth Cox (born 1890): War and Memory Part I
Many people all over the British Isles suffered from injuries through bombings and air-raids, many too were courageous in their duties to …
Leslie John Robinson (b.1929): War and Memory
The theme of war and memory is present at the beginning of Leslie John Robinson’s memoir as he recalls traumatic military events …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b.1899): War and Memory – Part two
‘Life went on, though. I had to face it.’ (Gomm, pp.143) As we continue from part one, Amy told us of conscription …
Charles Whiten Sanderson (1906-1990): War and Memory (Part One.)
‘Joiners, bricklayers, miners, stockingers – all transformed into soldiers overnight, all under the great delusion that it would be over by Christmas, …
May Owen (b.1896): War and Memory
Having lived through both World Wars, May Owen rarely mentions it or specify very much the traumas of war for her for …