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An index of the Biographical entries made by the students of Writing Lives.

Rosa Bell (b.1902) Biographical Entry

Born 1902. Youngest of 7 children. (4 boys, 3 girls) of a colliery clerk and dressmaker. Religious upbringing. Educated at village school. …

Guy Oates

8 books.Family History – family came from Knaresborough.Born Knaserbough (30th March 1905)Died in Aylesbury (28th January 1987) Volume One: Contents:The years that …

William Wright (b. 1846)

Wright, William. ‘From chimney-boy to councillor – The Story of my Life’. See John Burnett, David Vincent, David Mayall. The Autobiography of …

C.V. Horner (1897-1980): Biographical Entry

2. 422 HORNER, C.V., ‘Ups and Downs: A Lifetime spent in the Yorkshire Dales’, TS, pp.242 (c.80,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born …

Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Biographical Entry

783 VERE, Percy [pseud. of H.V. SMITH], ‘The Autobiography of a Working Man’, TS, pp.10 (c.6,500 words). Brunel University Library. Born …

Jean Court, born c. 1923: Biographical Entry

2:188 COURT, Jean, ‘Living in the Lane’, TS, pp.11 (c.10,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born c.1923. One of 2 daughters of an …

Dorothy Squires (1897-1992): Biographical Entry

2:735 SQUIRES, Dorothy, Untitled, MS, pp.142 (c.18,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born 13 April 1897 at Waltham Cross. 4th child of 7 …

Mrs RM Downer (b.1884): Biographical Entry

211 DOWNER, Mrs. R., ‘A Bygone Age’, TS, pp.31 (c.lO,OOO words). West Sussex Record Office. Born 1884. Father: ‘connected with horses’, working …

Charles Whiten Sanderson (1906-1990): Biographical Entry.

2:688 SANDERSON, Charles Whiten, ‘Half a Lifetime in the 20th Century: A Book of Memoirs’, TS, pp.115 (c.78,000 words). Extracts published in …

Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Biographical Entry

1:719 TRIGGLE, Mary Laura, Series of autobiographical letters, MS, pp.25 (c.4,000 words). BruneI University Library. Born 1888 at Heanor, Derbys. Father: coal …