Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Home and Family
‘I was born and brought up in Tavistock, a dear old town charmingly situated on a river which varied from a tiny …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Home and Family Continued
In my previous post regarding Thomas Raymont’s home and family life I concentrated on the aspects of his childhood that he divulged …
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 …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Class Matters
‘The story of a life so quiet as mine would be of little importance except to personal friends, unless it is so …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Reading and Writing
‘Let me confess at once that I was drawn into the ranks of ‘P.T.’s’, not because I loved teaching, but because I …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Habits and Beliefs
‘It was mere accident that led my parents to attend the United Methodist Free Church in Russell Street. That church, or rather …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Education and Schooling Continued
‘My headmaster, as I learnt years later, wrote in the school log-book that I had been with him eleven years as a …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Education and Schooling
‘My earliest school, attended as soon as I could toddle down the street, was a dame school, the dame being, as I clearly …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Researching Writing Lives
Upon reading Thomas’ memoir firstly I have to confess I was slightly worried as to how I would present the autobiography of …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Biographical Entry
Born 1864 in Tavistock, Devon to Methodist parents Simon and Elizabeth. One of thirteen children of whom only a handful survived as …