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 …
Jean Court: Fun and Festivities Within Jean’s memoir, she is consistent in describing all the fun and festivities in which she and her family had and attended. …
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: Illness, Health and Disability Within Jean Court’s memoir, health and illness are two main themes. She speaks of her family’s brushes with death as well as …
Jean Court: Education and Schooling (Part 1) ‘Mary found her schooldays quite acceptable but I did not.’ (p. 6) Within Jean Court’s memoir, education and schooling are two recurrent …
Jean Court: Education and Schooling (Part 2) ‘The school was intended for delicate children and the teachers were gentle and encouraging.’ (p. 10) Following her difficulties at school, Jean …
Introducing Jean Court (b.1923) ‘Mary my sister was a dainty neat child but I was just the opposite, a real scruff.’ (‘Living in the Lane’, p. …
Jean Court: Life and Labour ‘All the ironing, washing up and pastry making were done on the wooden kitchen table, scrubbed every day until it was almost …
Jean Court: Researching Writing Lives When I originally chose Writing Lives for one of my final year modules, I had no idea what to expect. Initially, I …
Jean Court, born c. 1923: Biographical Entry 2:188 COURT, Jean, ‘Living in the Lane’, TS, pp.11 (c.10,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born c.1923. One of 2 daughters of an …
