Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968) : Politics,Protest and Class. ”A letter had been written to the Lieut.Colonel H.K.Gordon, who had endeavoured to interest the King in the blunder of the condemned …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968): Purpose and Audience To My MOTHER IN EXPLANATION ‘The years of war had left their mark on Mother. My accident had nearly broken her heart …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968) Fortune Grass: An introduction. “Work, which to me was the passport to the outer world” Mabel Florence Lethbridge arrived into the world on 7th July 1900. …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968):War and Memory Part 2.WW2 ”Women were wanted everywhere, gone were the days when they fluttered fine cambric handkerchiefs from castle walls as the men rode forth …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968): Education and Schooling ”We were kept practically entirely on a diet of porridge, bread and margarine, boiled rabbit and potatoes. The dormitories were unheated and …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968):Life and Labour Part 2 ”Daddy and I proved an excellent “married couple,” both from our own point of view as well as from that of our …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968):Life and Labour Part 1 ”Girls in your station in life do not become factory hands” Lethbridge- p.114 In 1917 at Hayes Filling Factory Mabel made many …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968): War and Memory, Part 1. The Great War World War 1 The Great War (1914-1918) ” Can anyone imagine the anguish and terror I experienced when I realised that my leg …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968):Home and Family ”This being an autobiography I shall not attempt to portray the great lady who was my Mother, and whose biography I would …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968): Researching Writing Lives What a privilege it has been to be part of Writing Lives Collaborative Research Project on Working-Class autobiography. I have been on …
