Writing Lives – Collaborative Research Project on Working-Class Autobiography

Special Update: Isaac Brown 6th April, 1880 – December 4th 1974 – Reading & Writing

Hello! This is an unexpected update for this blog. As you have read, I have already concluded this blog with my ‘Researching Writing Lives’ update, however I would like to quickly add this update to this blog because I recently received a very polite reply from another member of Isaac’s …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Researching Writing Lives

I cannot believe I have come to the end of my Writing Lives journey! Before I continue, I want to say a massive thank you to Nora’s daughter, Rosemary Macadam, Nora’s granddaughter, Ros Campbell, and Kevin Ashcroft, who is linked to Nora through the Monktons and Hamptons, for allowing me …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Reading and Writing

‘Chritsy’s Old Organ”, “What Katy did” to “David Copperfield”, “Oliver Twist”, “Dombey & Son”, “Robinson Crusoe” etc. and Pears Cyclopaedia which dad …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Education and Schooling

Nora was lucky enough to stay in education until she was in her late teens. She wrote about her schooling in a …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Habits, Culture and Belief

‘On Sundays we were in our “best” cream cashmere dresses with lace in our sleeves and neckline and leghorn hats – cream …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Home and Family part two

This is my second post on Nora Hampton’s Home and Family, focusing on affective relations and memory. You can read the first …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Home and Family part one

Nora’s memoir focuses heavily on the theme of home and family and so I have written two separate posts. This one covers …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Purpose and Audience

‘”They” say that it is within the ability of everyone to write one book, at least I have heard it said – …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): An Introduction

‘It was myself who got into trouble as a tom boy and ripstitch’ (Hampton, 19) Born in Dudley, Worcestershire in 1895, Nora’s …

Researching Writing Lives: Francis Alfred Peet (1882-1960) –

Being provided with the opportunity to both learn and write about the memoir of Francis Alfred Peet has been a pleasure from …