Joe Loftus (1914-1998): War & Memory
“I can understand now how men were brutalised by the idiotic slaughter and years of doing everything by army numbers, cut off …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): An Introduction
Joe Loftus, known officially as Micheal Joseph Loftus, was the youngest out of five brothers and two sisters, and was born in …
Joe Loftus (1914 – 1998): Life & Labour – Part 2
This is the second instalment of ‘Life & Labour’ in the memoir of Joe Loftus. Read ‘Part 1’ here. Joe’s unemployment in …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Researching Writing Lives
I have thoroughly enjoyed researching and writing about my author Joe Loftus on this module. He was a brilliant author to write …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Home & Family
“As the youngest born it was not surprising that I owed a lot to my five brothers and two sisters. Wittingly or …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Education & Schooling
“Schooling could and should have been such a thrilling adventure, vividly understandable no matter what the subject. In history-rich Lancashire with the …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Biographical Entry
484 LOFTUS, Joe, ‘Lee Side’, TS, pp.197 + 4pp. glossary (c.60,000 words). Extracts published in The Leigh Journal, December 1983 and January …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Life & Labour – Part 1
Labour is a central and heavily detailed aspect in Joe’s memoir ‘Lee Side’, so I have decided to spread the topic of …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Habits, Culture & Beliefs
Joe’s life was fuelled by a simple idea, which I have mentioned in posts ‘Life & Labour (Part 1)‘ and ‘An Introduction’: …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Purpose & Audience
“History should be telling about the lives of tidy, ordinary folk pegging away as they always have done; folk like you and …