Albert Mansbridge (1876-1952): Life & Labour Life and Labour sums up Albert Mansbridge very well. ‘His promising academic career stopped abruptly at the age of fourteen when he …
Patricia Saville (B.1933) Life and Labour: Part 2 “I must have stayed at the C.T.O for another 18 months to two years as it was here that I caught first …
A.W Todd: Autobiography and the literary. In this post I’ll be looking at the role of more literary and fiction orientated aspects of Todd’s memoir and what they …
Samuel Mountford (b. 1907) Life and Labour Labour is a very important aspect of Samuel Mountford’s life and links directly with his pride. From a very early age we …
Mary Bradbury (b. circa 1900): Life and Labour What is clear throughout Mary Bradbury’s memoir is the amount of labour she completes alongside her father and his workers. But Mary …
Frank Prevett (b.1904): Life and Labour Part One Despite naming his memoir ‘Memoirs of a Railwayman’, Frank initially had no interest in working on the railway. Frank writes that ‘I …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Life and Labour Memories of Long Ago, is a nostalgic account of some of Mrs W.E. Palmer’s childhood years which she spent living at Harting …
A.W Todd: Work Pays. Leisure and Recreation In keeping with the work orientated themes, we come to the most revered day in the worker’s monthly calendar: pay day. And …
Jack William Jones born 1900: Life & Labour At the beginning of the 20th century poverty was regarded as the natural condition of the labouring poor, those who worked with …
A.W Todd: Working Class Pride “I was actually responsible for some arches on a church in Marsham Street, of which I was very proud.” When we talk …
