May Jones: Fun and Festivities “Games somehow were seasonable and all the children of the village played the same games at the same time. In the spring …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Fun & Festivities Following on from my previous post, where I discussed Norah Fearon Knight’s experience of leisure and recreation growing up in a large, …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Fun & Festivities [Part 1] ‘If anyone like a fortune teller, had told me that someday I would walk onto the stage in that theatre, and for …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Fun & Festivities [Part 2] ‘The Drama League was run by idealists and artists, and by down to earth enthusiasts who made a living in the academic …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Fun and Festivities – Part Two ‘Having been in contact with children all my life, I have had ample opportunity to see the way they play the games …
Charles William Esam-Carter: Fun and Festivities ‘I remember nothing of Christmas, which seems to me very strange… Aunt Grace will have sent me a toy for Christmas.’ (46) …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Fun and Festivities – Part One Had I have carried on to-day as I did then, I would be placed in the Local Authority as a child out …
Frederick Charles Wynne: Fun and Festivities (Part One) “Our entertainment recreations were confined mainly to the street in which we lived. We would chase madly up and down with our …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Fun and Festivities Henrietta celebrates her family in her memoir and participates in every celebratory occasion she can. The Burkins’ pay particular attention to birthdays, …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Fun and Festivities “When we were on holiday from school or on Saturdays, we had various ways of amusing ourselves, other than playing in street.” …
