Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Purpose and Audience “I had hoped to end on a happy note, but while I have been writing, two more of the family have gone …
Matthew Grimes (b. 1885) – Purpose and Audience Dingle man Matthew Grimes was interviewed by John Berger at Granada Television Studios on 19th July 1963, just months after the first …
Ken Hayter (b.1940): Purpose and Audience “All the events in the tales are as true as my memory allows and, whilst the characters are fictional, they can be …
Maud Clarke (1887-1982): Purpose and Audience In 1974, social historian John Burnett appealed to the working-class authors of the nation on BBC’s Woman’s Hour to send him their …
Margaret Watson b.1907: Purpose and Audience As a reader, it can be assumed that during the writing of her memoir, Margaret Watson is now reliatvely old. This can …
Martha Martin (b.1871): Purpose & Audience But if I had ever thought I might have written all this, I would have kept a diary Martha Martin, ‘The Ups …
William Wright (b.1846): Purpose and Audience From the title of William Wright’s memoir, ‘From Chimney-Boy to Councillor’, we know his life is work-focused. There is also going to …
Leslie John Robinson (b.1929): Purpose and Audience. The reason for writing a memoir can sometimes be detrimental to understanding why the authors have discussed these significant moments in their …
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 …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Purpose and Audience ‘The story of a life so quiet as mine would be of little importance except to personal friends, unless it is so …
