Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Home and Family part two
This is my second post on Nora Hampton’s Home and Family, focusing on affective relations and memory. You can read the first …
Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Home and Family part one
Nora’s memoir focuses heavily on the theme of home and family and so I have written two separate posts. This one covers …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904): Home and Family
“The family had closed ranks. At last we were a tribe united against all else.” Bessie Wallis’s account of her younger years …
Robert Ward (B. 1907): Purpose and Audience
This post discusses the Purpose and intended Audience of Robert Ward’s memoir ‘A Lancashire Childhood’. You can read in full here, which is …
George Mockford (1826-1899): Home and Family
The eldest surviving member of twelve children, George Mockford was born in Southerham, Lewes, Sussex on 27 Dec 1826 to Isaac Mockford, …
Lucy Luck (1848-1922): Home and Family Part 2
Lucy’s home-life following her childhood in the workhouse offers an insight into the hardships and instability facing many working-class people and families …
Introducing Robert Ward (B.1907)
“The everyday background to my life consisted of our house and the shops, houses and pubs in the Featherstall area” (8) Robert …
Mrs Yates (b.1882- 1976) Home & Family
“My mother used to say this ‘It’s not what your wearing it’s what you make do” Mrs Yates (p.5) Naturally, many authors …
Ken Hayter (b. 1940): Home & Family (1/2)
“This then was my immediate family: Mam, Charlie, someone called Dad and me. We lived in No. 43 Tagus Street, off Lodge …
Ken Hayter (b. 1940) Home & Family (2/2)
‘Until the war ended, there were just the three of us: Mam, Charlie and me. There was the occasional reference to someone …