Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): An Introduction
We were all poor them days! But what enjoyment we got out of life! Elizabeth’s grandmother, having regretted sending her daughter to …
Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): Habits, Culture and Belief
And what fun was to be had in our long summer evenings and at weekends with the motor cycles All So Long …
Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): Politics, Protest and Class
Class politics pervade All So Long Ago. As a working-class writer, Elizabeth seems unable to avoid highlighting the social injustices she has …
Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): War and Memory
Later still in the war we would watch from our garden the “Fireworks” at night. These were localised and nowhere near as …
Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): Life and Labour
On leaving college I became a teacher in a recently opened slum school at the back of Walworth Road Terry Trainor states …
Elizabeth Rignall (B. 1894): Purpose and Audience
And I can now say, with complete honesty, that I think the life I have had was right for me. Regenia Gagnier …
Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): Researching Writing Lives
Having had no experience blogging, I was initially a little daunted at the prospect of my writing being available online. However, I …
Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): Home and Family
Mother, placid, imperturbable, accepting everything and turning immediately to cope with any disaster; Father “shot out of a gun end” as we …
Elizabeth Rignall (1894): Education and Schooling
This did not mean, however, that I neglected my studies; for at that time I had high ambitions-unfortunately not to be realised, …