Syd Metcalfe (B.1910): Life & Labour
“I remained certain that there must be somewhere far more exciting than the life I was seeing all around me.” Syd Metcalfe, …
Syd Metcalfe (b.1910): Reading & Writing
“Life likes to play games with us at times, I think.” Syd Metcalfe, ‘One Speck of Humanity’ No-one in the Metcalfe family …
Syd Metcalfe (B. 1910): Education & Schooling
“We were children until the day we left school.” Syd Metcalfe, ‘One Speck of Humanity’ There is a sense that Metcalfe did …
Syd Metcalfe (b.1910): Home & Family
“The fact is that very early in our family history I was made aware that both Arthur and Doona were accorded more …
Syd Metcalfe (b. 1910): An Introduction
“Does one need to end up a figure of national importance to have a story to tell?” Syd Metcalfe, ‘One Speck of …
Syd Metcalfe (B.1910): Researching Writing Lives
“We all like to read of people who remind us to some extent of ourselves.” Syd Metcalfe, ‘One Speck of Humanity’ I …
Syd Metcalfe (B.1910): War, Memory & Life Writing
“Our world was without meaning.” Syd Metcalfe, ‘One Speck of Humanity’ War. War never changes. Syd Metcalfe’s earliest memories were of death …
Syd Metcalfe (B.1910): Politics, Protest & Class
“I always treated my ‘lesser’ fellows decently.” Syd Metcalfe, ‘One Speck of Humanity’ It seems that in his older years Syd Metcalfe …
Syd Metcalfe (B.1910): Habits, Culture & Belief
“I started boxing at school and found that on account of my enthusiasm I beat more boys than boys beat me.” Syd …
Syd Metcalfe (b.1910): Purpose & Audience
“For the whole story we need to go back to the very beginning and work our way slowly through.” Syd Metcalfe, …