Lottie Martin (1899-1976): An Introduction
Lottie Barker’s autobiography is not a typical account that would be expected of a working-class adolescent in the late nineteenth and early …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Life and Labour
Never Let Anyone Draw the Blinds by Lottie Martin illustrates, with great honesty, the life and labour of the working-classes. Indeed, there …
Lottie Martin (1899 – 1976): Purpose and Audience
‘I remember well seeing the first aeroplane to fly over Beeston. What an awe inspiring sight…My mother stood silently…and said “My, my …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Contextualising Lottie’s Place of Birth
In recent blog posts, I have explored, predominantly, major themes concerning the life of Lottie Martin. By researching such themes as war, …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Researching Writing Lives
After an introductory lecture on Writing Lives, I took away a concept that I wished to explore and contradict in both my …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Politics, Protest and Class
Lottie Martin’s autobiography Never Let Anyone Draw the Blinds does not engage with great political themes. On the whole, we can see …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Habits, Culture and Belief
Any reader of Lottie Marin’s Never Let Anyone Draw the Blinds would see that this memoir is primarily concerned with the home …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): War, Memory and Life Writing
‘The war was now in its fourth year and despite the suffering and rationing the country did put on a good face …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Reading and Writing
Lottie Martin was born in Nottingham in 1899 into a working-class family. Throughout Never Let Anyone Draw the Blinds – her published …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Education and Schooling
‘I was developing into a clever little girl … I wanted very badly to get good marks, to please my mother, she …