Joe Ayre (b. 1910): An Introduction
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Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Purpose & Audience
It appears that Joe Ayre wrote his memoir to reflect upon his childhood and his adolescence, looking back at events which have …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Life & Labour
Much of the divide between the two classes was “deeply rooted in the mind of the ordinary citizen.”(1) With his strong and …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Home & Family
Like many working class authors, Joe Ayre adored his family. His autobiography is largely a narrative of his family’s grievance, his family’s …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Education & Schooling
Like many working class children, the education that Joe Ayre received at “St Emmanuel’s Church School”(8) was hardly beneficial for him in …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Reading & Writing
“Working-class people may not have read books with an academic vision, but they still sought classics and highbrow.”[1] Amongst many working class …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Habits, Culture & Belief
When families and communities face economic struggle, mainly because of unemployment, people have to rely upon each other to get by. Solidarity …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Politics, Protest & Class
“The vision of British society as an ordered, integrated, layered hierarchy had almost always been historically the most powerful, the most popular …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): War, Memory & Life Writing
“Although it was called ‘the war to end all wars’, we know now that this slogan was just another con-game that the …
Joe Ayre (b. 1910): Researching Writing Lives
Joe Ayre was an author whose own working class life immediately appealed to me. Discovering that he was brought up in Liverpool …