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Habits, Culture & Belief

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And we’re going to Wembley Hughes’ memoirs are littered with a common theme, and that common theme is the joy he has …

Frank George Marling (1863-1954): Habits, Culture and Belief

As a family we were attached to the Union Chapel, Berkeley. I remember attending the infant class where we were taught words …

Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Habits, Beliefs & Recreation

Leisure and recreation is a key topic in ‘Nostalgia’, the unpublished memoir of Norah Fearon Knight, which you can read in full …

Habits and Beliefs

The very first cultural or religious acknowledgment made by Edna in her memoir is her religious background. She states many times about …

“from my experience, when I have needed help it is people outside the church who have given it to me” (Wiltshire, 1985: 25). In the preface of Living and Winning, publisher Maggie Hewitt explains from the outset her and Pauline had mixed views and experiences with …

Marion Owen (b. 1909): Habits, Culture and Belief

‘how glad I am now […] to have had this experience when young’ (Owen, p. 46) Independence was important to Marion and …

Annie Ford (1920 Onwards): Habits, Culture and Beliefs

“They were always painted and grained every few years by the Landlord, but the tenants would wash and revarnish each Whitsuntide. It …

Faizur Rasul (b. 1910): Habits, Culture & Belief

From Bengal to Birmingham could be seen as a clash of cultures, with an Indian man making his way to England with …

Ernest Richard Shotton (Born 1878): Habits, cultures and beliefs- the festivities

Ernest Richard Shotton didn’t include much in his memoir about this particular topic. This had a lot to do with the fact …

Bessie Wallis (b. 1904) Habits, Culture & Beliefs

‘A gradual reduction in working hours and a higher level of disposable income for many people throughout the twentieth century created the …