Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Seven Flashes were coming from a wide are denoting that it was a heavy raid with bombs dropping all over the city [of …
Molly Keen Childhood Memories (1903-1921): Life and Labour I would situate the Keen family as upper-working-class because they had little income, apart from the father’s work as a master sign …
Alfred George Henry Lay (1869-1958) Life and Labour Part 1 The title on Alfred’s first diary entry epitomises his life, an ‘Adventure’. From his diary entries we get to see how far …
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 …
C.V. Horner (1897–1980): Life and Labour Much of C.V. Horner’s life revolves around gamekeeping, so much so that an entire chapter of his memoir is dedicated to the …
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 1) My Day Before Yesterday speaks vividly about the professions and labour of the people in it. Due to Letitia’s memoir being about …
Minnie Frisby (b. 1877): Life and Labour Alongside childhood, working life and labour is a significant theme in Memories. After discovering Minnie’s maiden name through her marriage on Ancestry …
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 …
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 …
