Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Fun and Festivities
“When we were on holiday from school or on Saturdays, we had various ways of amusing ourselves, other than playing in street.” …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Purpose and Audience
“In the following pages, I have endeavoured to convey how wonderful women, like my mother, carried on against sometimes fearful odds, to …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): War and Memory
Personally, I was terrified of the war, having seen pictures of fierce looking Germans in spiked helmets with dreadful bayonets, the Kaiser …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Education and Schooling
We were fortunate in living fairly near school, which was quite a big one divided into ‘Infants, Boys and Girls’. There was …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Reading and Writing
“I loved to curl up in the fireside corner with a book, I could read before I went to school, and there …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Home & Family
“My father was in the Royal Navy, and almost a complete stranger to my brothers and me. Like all naval personnel, he …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Biographical Entry
Born in Portsmouth in the first decade of the 20th century. Father a stoker in the Royal Navy. One of 7 children …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2011): Habits, Culture & Beliefs
“Life to me was simple but happy in spite of a lack of material possessions. What we never had, we never missed; …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): An Introduction
Dora belonged to a naval family, so was naturally born on the south coast in the naval town, Portsmouth. Her memoir acts …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Illness, Health & Disability
“Both my parents were very compassionate people, sometimes when one of us lay awake softly grizzling to ourselves with toothache in the …