Ruth Cox (b. 1890) – An Introduction “We had some happy days and sad ones too” (p4) Ruth Cox was born in 1890 and her memoir, titled White Knob Row, …
Annie Ford (1920 onwards): Introduction ‘[A]lthough we are better off by far than our Mothers and Fathers, we seem to have lost something. Shall we say “Lost …
Kathleen M Lindley (b.1920) A time to be born: An Introduction ‘I did not realise at the time I recorded it that as one grows older events that took place a long time …
Ellen Cooper (b.1921-2000) An Introduction ‘We kept body and soul together, and we were happy together.’ (Pg. 3). On the 24th May 1921 Ellen Cooper was born …
Leslie John Robinson (b.1929): An Introduction. ‘”Begin at the beginning……”‘ (p.20) In his nostalgic, five-part memoir, One Step at a Time, Leslie John Robinson writes with pleasure about …
Letitia Simpson (B.1926.): An Introduction The public house or “pub” has been a common destination for many working-class people, in particularly men, for over 1000 years, also …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968) Fortune Grass: An introduction. “Work, which to me was the passport to the outer world” Mabel Florence Lethbridge arrived into the world on 7th July 1900. …
Nora Lumb (1912 onwards): An Introduction “Looking back it seems that our family life was, apart from the usual upsets of minor ailments and setbacks which everyone had …
Rosa Bell (b.1902): An Introduction Rosa Bell, born in 1902 as the youngest of seven children to Joseph and Elizabeth Holliday, lived a long and, unfortunately, not …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): An Introduction ‘During my childhood, my father carried on his business with ups-and-downs of fair prosperity and dire poverty, and I cannot recall with …
