Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part One
On the farm 1921 – 1922 I was still the same boy that I was when [I was] very young. A happy …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Two
You were lucky to have a job, so you worked hard to keep it, there being no unemployment pay in those days. …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Education and Schooling- Part One
Being educated at my particular charity school, my learning was slow and poor, and my vocabulary is small- hence the small words …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Education and Schooling- Part Three
I was now a frightned [frightened] boy, and I felt this was [not] the end but the beginning of more trouble’ (Oates, …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Eight
On the 7th July 1948, Poor Law ceased, having been revoked by parliament. Out went public assistance institutions and hospitals, these now …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Home and Family – Part One
The history of some of the men in the Oates family: ‘My Grandfather 1816 to 1872’ (1:66) [Guy’s] grandfather loved to entertain all …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Four
Until people read something like this they will never know what went on when workhouses were in use, and the Poor Law …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Six
[Guy] soon found [him]self a very busy person, and for the first time, due to staff calling [him] sir [he] realised, [he] …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Five
What a peculiar world this is. Here was I living in the prettiest institution, in beautiful surroundings, yet working and living with …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Education and Schooling- Part Two
For the last two years this place had taught me all I knew, which wasn’t much. It had sustained me as best …