Letitia Simpson(1926-2012): Life and Labour (Part 1) My Day Before Yesterday speaks vividly about the professions and labour of the people in it. Due to Letitia’s memoir being about …
Life and Labour – George Clifton Hughes, Part One “Although wages had risen during the war, they had now flattened” Although, George Clifton Hughes does not write about his own occupation …
Life and Labour Part Two – George Clifton Hughes “During the time of the long strike the mid-day meal for many was little more than ha’penny banana” Hughes gives off the …
Martha Martin (b.1871): Life & Labour [1/3] But when you can combine the two, then it is enjoyable as you do not mind how hard you work if there …
Martha Martin (b.1871): Life & Labour [2/3] Hotel life was a new experience from private life to public Martha Martin, ‘The Ups and Downs of Life’, p.97 David Vincent …
Maud Clarke (1887-1982): Life and Labour – Part 2: Men at Work Maud Matilda Clarke (née Mills, b.1887) was very proud that in 1913 when she married her husband Nehemiah Clarke (1882-c.1965) she no …
Letitia Simpson (1926-2012): Life and Labour (Part 2) In the previous blog on Life and Labour the focus was primarily on Letitia’s mother, Mrs Dawson, However , the memoir also mentions …
Letitia Simpson (1926-2012): Life and Labour (Part 3) Letitia Audrey Simpson has had one of the biggest varieties of jobs I have ever came across. In a span of nine …
Nora Lumb (b. 1912) Life and Labour Blog “During the post war depression father always had work.” (Lumb, pg. 4) Throughout Nora Lumb’s 12-page autobiographical entry for The Burnett Collection, …
William Webb (1830-1919): Life & Labour While much of what follows has already been discussed in detail elsewhere. This blog differs in that it will form a chronology …
