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Eleanor Hutchinson

Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Habits, Culture and Belief

“It was as well that I found comfort in melody as I never remember having much else for Christmas” For Eleanor Hutchinson, …

Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): War and Memory

“I wasn’t afraid of the Germans” (Hutchinson 30) Eleanor Hutchinson was born in 1915 in the midst of the First World War. …

Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Purpose & Audience

“There would be no point in my writing this – all be it rough- account of my childhood unless I was prepared …

Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Researching Writing Lives

Contributing to the writing lives collaborative research project has been an exceptionally insightful experience. Prior to the module, I had little to …

Eleanor Hutchinson (b.1915): An Introduction

“The near afar-off seems, the distant nigh, the now a dream, the past reality” – Eleanor Hutchinson ‘The Bells of St. Mary’ …

Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Home and Family

“His Spirit lives on – in me” (Hutchinson 5) Family and loss is perhaps the main theme of Eleanor Hutchinson’s memoir. Her …

Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915) Illness, Health and Disability

I was sure he had magic powers and that none of us would get ill any more (Hutchinson 34) For the average …

Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Home and Family and the Workhouse

“I had been thrown into the abyss of hell and, to a child that hell is really bottomless” (Hutchinson 66) Following the …

Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Education and Schooling

“The pole broke, but she had another, and on she went like a raving lunatic” (Hutchinson 70) Throughout the 19th century, literary …

Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Reading & Writing

“The feeling that came over me can only be described as Dickensian” (Hutchinson 69) Eleanor Hutchinson explores her childhood reading habits throughout …