Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Life and Labour
The memoir is driven by Thomas Waddicor’s working situation and labouring of the Waddicor family. The Waddicor family was under a lot …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Purpose and Audience
The reader is able to draw many conclusions as to what Thomas Waddicor’s main purpose was for creating his memoir as he …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Habits, Culture and Belief
Overtime Thomas’s recreational time changes as described in the Leisure and New Experiences post. This blog post will investigate the different habits …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Home and Family
Mother was finding it more than usually difficult to make ends meet’ (p. 4) ‘There were eight children in the family – …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): An Introduction
‘Memories of Hightown and Beyond’ Born in 1906 Thomas Waddicor is a working class boy who lives in one of the most …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): War and Memory
Thomas Waddicor lives through both World War 1 and World War 2. His experience of World War 1 is nothing more …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Education and Schooling
One could leave school at the end of the term following one’s fourteenth birthday.’ (p.15) The theme of education is not an …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Researching Writing Lives
It has been a great experience to build upon the knowledge I learnt from my second year module: Prison Voices. Although both …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Leisure and New Experiences
Amusement in Hightown was very much a matter of making it for oneself… (p.2) Thomas moves from one extreme to another in …