Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Researching Writing Lives
Taking part in such a compelling collaborative research project has been a truly fulfilling experience. It was a new challenge for myself …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Purpose and Audience
The reason of my wrighting the particulars of my life and transactions are to inform my famely and the world. I write …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Life & Labour (Part 1)
For the working class, labour was the duty that helped them provide for themselves and their family through a certain trade that …
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 …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Illness, Health and Disability
“As in developing countries today, children in large families with poor living conditions and inadequate nutrition, would have been at high risk …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Biographical Entry
1:231 ERRINGTON, Anthony, Untitled, MS, 25 loose pages, paginated as 40pp. (c.17,000 words). MS in the Local Studies Collection, Gateshead Public Library. …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): An Introduction
The reason of my wrighting the particulars of my life and transactions are to inform my famely and the world. I write …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Life & Labour (Part 2)
“I had saved my own life and others and the whole colliery.” (48) Anthony’s most defining moments are found in the heroic …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Education and Schooling
In a later day, I was put to Skool to Mrs Thobren at High Felling. Having a small stoppage in my speech …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Habits, Culture and Belief (Part 2)
“After prayer he gave me the Book to Kiss with a promise of secrecy until; that should be fulfilled which was shown …