Kathleen M. Lindley (b. 1920) “A Time to be Born”. Typescript. 98pp. 1976. Memories of her childhood in 1920s and 1930s. Born c.1920. Hong Kong. Begins with …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920) A time to be born: An Introduction ‘I did not realise at the time I recorded it that as one grows older events that took place a long time …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920): Education and Schooling, Part 1. ‘In September I attended my first English school with a proper uniform and games, much to Betty’s satisfaction.’ (p17) As a well-travelled …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920): Education and Schooling, Part 2. ‘It was the strangest school I have ever attended. The nuns, who were all Irish, were very welcoming, gentle and sweet.’ (p60) …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920): Home and Family, Part 1. ‘My happiest hours were when the whole family was together’ (p9) The close relationship between Kathleen and her family plays a heart-warming …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920): Home and Family, Part 2. ‘The mound of earth looked very small to cover such a big man. It meant nothing to me, his mortal remains might …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920): Life and Labour. Kathleen focuses solely on her childhood within her memoir. Not only is her childhood profoundly different to ours today in terms of …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920): Purpose and Audience Regenia Gagnier states that, ‘most working class autobiographies begin not with a family lineage or a birthdate but rather with an apology …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920): Researching Writing Lives. As my time on the Writing Lives module draws to an end, I feel it is time to reflect upon what I …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920): War and Memory, Part 1. Born two years after the first World War Kathleen’s memoir has very little focus on the adverse effects of war and how …