Joe Ayre (b. 1910): An Introduction Joe Ayre, 34-2150 Cadboro Bay Road Victoria, B.C V8R-5G7 Canada Joe Ayre – The (SOCIALIST). Vol No. 2:29 …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Purpose & Audience It appears that Joe Ayre wrote his memoir to reflect upon his childhood and his adolescence, looking back at events which have …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Life & Labour Much of the divide between the two classes was “deeply rooted in the mind of the ordinary citizen.”(1) With his strong and …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Home & Family Like many working class authors, Joe Ayre adored his family. His autobiography is largely a narrative of his family’s grievance, his family’s …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Education & Schooling Like many working class children, the education that Joe Ayre received at “St Emmanuel’s Church School”(8) was hardly beneficial for him in …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Reading & Writing “Working-class people may not have read books with an academic vision, but they still sought classics and highbrow.”[1] Amongst many working class …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Habits, Culture & Belief When families and communities face economic struggle, mainly because of unemployment, people have to rely upon each other to get by. Solidarity …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Politics, Protest & Class “The vision of British society as an ordered, integrated, layered hierarchy had almost always been historically the most powerful, the most popular …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): War, Memory & Life Writing “Although it was called ‘the war to end all wars’, we know now that this slogan was just another con-game that the …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Researching Writing Lives Joe Ayre was an author whose own working class life immediately appealed to me. Discovering that he was brought up in Liverpool …