Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000)

Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Researching Writing Lives

Participating in the Writing Lives collaborative research project has undoubtedly been one of the most rewarding experiences of my three years at …

“I had hoped to end on a happy note, but while I have been writing, two more of the family have gone …

[DEDICATED?] TO MY DEAR SISTER KATHLEEN WITH MY SPECIAL LOVE NOSTALGIA [1] [page too faded, illegible] [2] her dark skirt. She knew …

Reading is a particularly prominent theme in Norah Fearon Knight’s unpublished memoir ‘Nostalgia’ and books and poetry are both things she speaks …

As soon as I saw Norah Fearon Knight’s entry for her memoir in the Burnett et al The Autobiography of the Working …

The main focus of Norah Fearon Knight’s memoir ‘Nostalgia’ is undoubtedly her family and home life during her childhood. ‘Our family counting …

2:457 KNIGHT, Norah Fearon, ‘Nostalgia’, MS, pp.73 (c. 10,000 words). BruneI University Library. Born in Seacombe, on the Wirral, in Aug 1910. …

Following on from my previous post, where I discussed Norah Fearon Knight’s experience of leisure and recreation growing up in a large, …

Leisure and recreation is a key topic in ‘Nostalgia’, the unpublished memoir of Norah Fearon Knight, which you can read in full …

‘Terry is painting a picture of the old house, so there will be a permanent memorial of an era of gas lamps, …