A. Gordon James (b.1885): Home & Family
As was mentioned in our introductory post, Alfred had a great resentment towards the brutality of Victorian familial traditions, writing of the …
Ada Marion Jefferis (1884-1981): Home and Family
Home and Family is a key theme in ‘The Memories of Ada Marion Jefferis’, which you can read in full here, transcribed by …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Home & Family (1/2)
The main focus of Norah Fearon Knight’s memoir ‘Nostalgia’ is undoubtedly her family and home life during her childhood. ‘Our family counting …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Home & Family (2/2)
‘Terry is painting a picture of the old house, so there will be a permanent memorial of an era of gas lamps, …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): An Introduction
“Our lives do not begin and end by opening and closing like a book. Life could be likened more to a surging …
Averil Edith Thomas: An Introduction
Averil Edith Thomas was born on 30th April 1893, in Melton Mowbray Leicester, England. Her untitled autobiography, written in 1973 at the age …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976) Introduction
At the age of fifty, Emily Gertrude Lea decided to pen her own memoir to reflect and record important memories from her life. …
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, …
Kathleen Hilton-Foord (1903-1998): Home & Family
Kathleen’s identity as a poet is derived from her experiences of family life. Her relationship with her grandmother has a significant influence …