May Jones, born 1893: Habits, Culture and Belief “at about the age of four I became staunch or perhaps stupid vegetarian” (Jones, 49). May Jones’s autobiography details her life growing …
May Jones: Life and Labour “Life was not all play, from a very early age mother taught us how to work and we never questioned out little …
May Jones: Fun and Festivities “Games somehow were seasonable and all the children of the village played the same games at the same time. In the spring …
May Jones (born 1893): Researching Writing Lives Being part of the Writing Lives Collaborative Research Project has been an interesting and unique experience. I saw this an opportunity to …
May Jones: War and Memory “I knew then that I should die an old maid, I was only twenty years old” May’s memoir is about her childhood …
May Jones: Home and Family “I had a happy childhood tho a very strict one” May’s memoir is about her childhood and early adult life at the …
May Jones: Purpose and Audience “The little village where I lived was on the outskirts of a large manufacturing town, where all the mills found work for …
May Jones: Illness, Health and Disability “Misses let her go home,” if she lives she will be either a cripple or an imbecile,” Mother said I believe that …
May Jones: Transcript 1.401 JONES, May, Untitled, MS (c.17,000 words). Brunel University Library. Transcribed by Jess Brandwood, 2018 1 1893 AD First Chapter I remember, …
May Jones (b.1893): An Introduction “I remember, I remember…” May Jones was born in 1893 in the small country village of Broken Cross near Macclesfield. She was …
