Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 2) Jean’s mother seems to work hard throughout her childhood in the 1920s to provide a consistently clean home and daily meals. ‘All …
Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 1) ‘Then father had a stroke on hot summer day whilst painting the outside of a house and died; exactly on my fourth …
May Jones: Home and Family “I had a happy childhood tho a very strict one” May’s memoir is about her childhood and early adult life at the …
C.V. Horner (1897–1980): Home and Family As mentioned in the introductory blog, C.V. Horner’s childhood was seemingly defined by his father, given that his mother passed away while …
Dorothy Squires (b. 1897): Home and Family Part 1 “There were 9 of us including mum and dad in a 2 bedroom house, but we were a happy family in spite …
Dorothy Squires (b.1987): Home and Family Part 2 Sadly, Dorothy was to lose her daughter Joan. Joan had a brain haemorrhage and did not regain consciousness. This left Dorothy understandable …
Thomas McLauchlan (1888-1979): Home and Family “These writings would not be complete if I did not something about the family. We are a united family, not only by …
Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Home and Family: Part 1 ‘I also can look back & I think to me that was the highlight of my youth….’ (11). Mary’s memoir is predominantly …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): Home and Family John Edmonds’ memoir, ‘The Lean Years’, is firmly rooted in the home. Whilst he is careful not to fall to nostalgia, it …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Home and Family My mother, Isabella Errington (her maiden name Carr). She was a very very industrious dutiful mother amongst her family. And my farther …
