Abbie Quigley

Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 1)

‘Then father had a stroke on hot summer day whilst painting the outside of a house and died; exactly on my fourth …

Within Jean’s memoir, she is consistent in describing all the fun and festivities in which she and her family had and attended. …

Jean’s mother seems to work hard throughout her childhood in the 1920s to provide a consistently clean home and daily meals. ‘All …

Within Jean Court’s memoir, health and illness are two main themes. She speaks of her family’s brushes with death as well as …

‘Mary found her schooldays quite acceptable but I did not.’ (p. 6) Within Jean Court’s memoir, education and schooling are two recurrent …

‘The school was intended for delicate children and the teachers were gentle and encouraging.’ (p. 10) Following her difficulties at school, Jean …

‘Mary my sister was a dainty neat child but I was just the opposite, a real scruff.’ (‘Living in the Lane’, p. …

‘All the ironing, washing up and pastry making were done on the wooden kitchen table, scrubbed every day until it was almost …

When I originally chose Writing Lives for one of my final year modules, I had no idea what to expect. Initially, I …

2:188 COURT, Jean, ‘Living in the Lane’, TS, pp.11 (c.10,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born c.1923. One of 2 daughters of an …