Annie Lord (b. 1899): Home and Family – Part One Childhood “[We] use[d] to have a good time dressing up making all our own amusement and Believe me we use[d] to thour[ough]ly …
Eva Shilton (b. 1907): An Introduction Eva Annie Shilton was born on November 6th, 1908, on Colchester Street in Hillfields, Coventry. I felt an immediate affinity with Eva on account …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): An Introduction ‘My visit seemed to me akin to that of viewing an old friend’s corpse prior to its funeral, and on my journey …
Thomas McLauchlan (1888-1979): An Introduction “I do not want people who read this to think I am any different to any other man that has reached the …
Frank Prevett (b.1904): An Introduction Frank Prevett’s memoir entitled ‘Memoirs of a Railwayman’ is a thorough account of his life working on the railway through his numerous …
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 …
Annie Lord (b. 1899): An Introduction “Coming from a family of 15 life has Been very tough for me, as I was Born deaf in one ear…” Lord, …
Annie Lord (b. 1899): Disabilities – Part Two “I was only married 2 years when I found out he was a cripple from 1914 War an ex[-]serviceman man mind you …
Annie Lord (b.1899): Disabilities – Part One “I was Born deaf in one ear, But was never found out those days till late in life, even at school I …
Annie Lord (b.1899): Life and Labour – Part One “…my first job was in service 10/- a week to start up at six in the morning and on the go [un]till …
