Reg Beeston (1905-1999) Purpose and audience
Beeston is casual in his autobiography, as if he has been asked to write his story down after a conversation. The purpose …
Reg Beeston (1905-1999) Reading and writing
Reading and writing. http://theripariancorridor.com/?p=505 Beeston’s cursive handwriting in which he has written his autobiography is already proof that reading and writing was …
Reg Beeston (1905-1999) Life writing, class & identity
http://www.gloswheelcarriage.co.uk/ “Such class-bound notions of the self have resulted in working class auto-biographies being relegated to illustrating the psychological effects of social …
Reg Beeston (1905-1999) Politics, protest and class.
http://bioeddie.co.uk/uley/ Politics, protest and class feature in Beeston’s working class account. Village politics seem prevalent in his autobiography, where they have …
Reg Beeston (1905-1999) Habits, culture and belief.
Habits, culture and belief. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uley Reg Beeston grew up in a small working class village in Gloucestershire. He lived a very simplistic …
Reg Beeston (1905-1999) Life and labour
Life and Labour. Life and labour play a huge part in Beeston’s life. He only discusses his work life from the age …
Reg Beeston (1905-1999) Education and schooling.
http://www.dursleyglos.org.uk/html/dursley/schools/dursley_c_of_e_infants_dept_1959.htm The image is Dursley infants school where Beeston may have attended as he does not mention the name of the school, …
Reg Beeston (1905-1999) Home and family
Home and family. Beeston’s autobiography is mysterious as it does not go into detail about his home life or his family. There …
Reg Beeston (1905-1999) Introducing our authors.
Reg Beeston was born in Stitchcombe in 1905 but moved to the small village of Uley aged two. It is Uley that …