A.W Todd: Working Class Pride
“I was actually responsible for some arches on a church in Marsham Street, of which I was very proud.” When we talk …
Mrs Yates (b.1882- 1976): Education and Schooling
“We had good teachers. Marvellous teachers, like I mean to say because I remember all the things that we was taught then, …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Fun & Festivities
Following on from my previous post, where I discussed Norah Fearon Knight’s experience of leisure and recreation growing up in a large, …
A.W Todd: Audience and Purpose
“In recording my memoirs of working as a mason, during these years in between the wars, I have endeavoured to relate the …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Researching Writing Lives
Participating in the Writing Lives collaborative research project has undoubtedly been one of the most rewarding experiences of my three years at …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Education and Schooling- Part Four
Was this his last and final attempt to break me. How could any human being so cruel. If this was my school …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Researching Writing Lives
In my final remarks let me read you these few lines, written many years ago, in one of my more serious moments: …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Researching Writing Lives
Whoever may read the following, try and place yourself in the position of the writer, the youngest but one of a family …
Violet Austin (1910-1983): Education and Schooling
Violet explains that she liked school, but ‘was so often away through illness’ (30) she constantly felt like she was catching up. She started …
Charles L. Hansford (B: 1902): Purpose & Audience
The title of Charles Hansford’s autobiography, ‘Memoir of a Bricklayer’ implies that he viewed the construction industry as his most significant purpose …