Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Purpose & Audience
‘Yes times have changed and the greater part for the better, but don’t believe that the old days were all bad. We …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): War & Memory
War is a subject that Adeline dedicates much of the second section of her memoir to. It is mainly focused on her late …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Life & Labour
Labour is an underlying topic in Adeline Hodges’ memoir as, though it is not mentioned constantly throughout the text, it is definitely deemed …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Home & Family
‘God bless me ma, God bless me pa, God bless me granny and grandpa, aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters and brothers, God bless …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Education & Schooling
Education and schooling is not a prominent theme in Adeline’s memoir, as her home and family is, but she does write about it briefly …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): An Introduction
I Remember – the memoir of Adeline Hodges. Born on 20th May 1899 in Dawdon, County Durham, Adeline Hodges was one of …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Researching Writing Lives
Reflecting back on my research blogs for the Writing Lives project has made me realize just how much I have learnt throughout this process. …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Habits, Culture & Belief (Part 1)
‘Looking back we had more pleasures than the young have today. Now I know you won’t believe that, but our pleasures were …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Habits, Culture & Belief (Part 2)
Following on from my first post on ‘Habits, Culture & Belief’, I’d now like to take a closer look at how ‘leisure’ …