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 (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 …
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: 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: Biographical Entry
1.401 JONES, May, Untitled, MS (c.17,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born 1893 in cottage in small country village. Father a carpenter and …
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: 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: 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: 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: Education and Schooling
“I loved going to school and cried a bit when no one was looking.” May Jones’s memoir is about her life growing …