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 …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Eight On the 7th July 1948, Poor Law ceased, having been revoked by parliament. Out went public assistance institutions and hospitals, these now …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Seven Flashes were coming from a wide are denoting that it was a heavy raid with bombs dropping all over the city [of …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Six [Guy] soon found [him]self a very busy person, and for the first time, due to staff calling [him] sir [he] realised, [he] …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Four Until people read something like this they will never know what went on when workhouses were in use, and the Poor Law …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Five What a peculiar world this is. Here was I living in the prettiest institution, in beautiful surroundings, yet working and living with …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Two You were lucky to have a job, so you worked hard to keep it, there being no unemployment pay in those days. …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Three Poor Law Institution, York. 1927-28 It was a full time job, ordering, issuing, checking, and entering all the many items into the …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part One On the farm 1921 – 1922 I was still the same boy that I was when [I was] very young. A happy …
