Ellen Cooper (b. 1921-2000) Habits and Beliefs. ‘Dad said you did not need to go for a holiday elsewhere when you lived in Southend, and it suited us.’ (Pg. …
Ellen Cooper (b. 1921-2000) Home and Family: Part 1 ‘A whole house, all to ourselves, rented of course. It was wonderful’. (pg. 1)’ As indicated in the title of Ellen’s …
Ellen Cooper (b. 1921-2000) Home and Family: Part 2 ‘We had lived there for twenty four years and I will always remember it was great affection and sorrow too. It was …
Ellen Cooper (b. 1921-2000) Life and Labour: Part 2 ‘Now I was earning a wage, I do not remember how much, but it helped out at home and compensated a little …
Ellen Cooper (b. 1921-2000) Transcript Mrs. E. Cooper, ‘The House Where I Grew Up’, unpublished memoir, 1993, 8pp, Burnett Collection of Working Class Autobiography, Special Collections Library, …
Ellen Cooper (b.1921-2000) Education and Schooling: Part 1 ‘At Christmas we had a party and prize giving, and in the summer the teachers took the whole school on an outing …
Ellen Cooper (b.1921-2000) Education and Schooling: Part 2 ‘Being at the Art School was a lovely time of my life. I learned so much.’ (pg. 5). Ellen Cooper’s eight-paged memoir …
Ellen Cooper (b.1921-2000) Life and labour: Part 1. ‘Dad would blow up balloons by mouth and tie them to a stick to sell in the High St, and he would …
Ellen Cooper (b.1921-2000) Researching Writing Lives The Writing Lives module provided me with a new opportunity to participate in a large research collaborative project. Researching and writing on …
Ellen Cooper (b.1921-2000) An Introduction ‘We kept body and soul together, and we were happy together.’ (Pg. 3). On the 24th May 1921 Ellen Cooper was born …
