Mrs Yates (b.1882): Purpose and Audience Granada Studios The autobiography of Mrs Yates is interestingly presented in the Burnet Archive as an interview transcript which sets it apart …
Lorna Kite (b. 1916): Purpose and Audience Lorna’s motivation for writing lies at the beginning of her autobiography. Her purpose was to show her dedication towards her nursing duties. …
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 …
Ken Hayter (b.1940): Purpose & Audience “All the events in the tales are as true as my memory allows and, whilst the characters are fictional, they can be …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Claude Robinson (b.1898) – Purpose and Audience Claude Robinson’s memoir depicts his life as a teacher and more broadly ‘the history of the school’ in the town of Jarrow …
Ellen Cooper (b.1921-2000): Purpose and Audience ‘Life-writing is intimately connected to the body and the passing of time’ (Rogers and Cuming; 2018, 185). Ellen Cooper’s unpublished memoir is …
