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Fredrick Hobley (b. 1833): Biographical Entry

332 HOBLEY, Frederick, ‘From the Autobiography of Frederick Hobley – a nineteenth century schoolteacher’, Alta. The University of Birmingham Review, No. 6, …

Special Update: Isaac Brown 6th April, 1880 – December 4th 1974 – Reading & Writing

Hello! This is an unexpected update for this blog. As you have read, I have already concluded this blog with my ‘Researching …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Researching Writing Lives

I cannot believe I have come to the end of my Writing Lives journey! Before I continue, I want to say a …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Reading and Writing

‘Chritsy’s Old Organ”, “What Katy did” to “David Copperfield”, “Oliver Twist”, “Dombey & Son”, “Robinson Crusoe” etc. and Pears Cyclopaedia which dad …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Education and Schooling

Nora was lucky enough to stay in education until she was in her late teens. She wrote about her schooling in a …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Habits, Culture and Belief

‘On Sundays we were in our “best” cream cashmere dresses with lace in our sleeves and neckline and leghorn hats – cream …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Home and Family part one

Nora’s memoir focuses heavily on the theme of home and family and so I have written two separate posts. This one covers …

Nora Hampton (1895-1918): Purpose and Audience

‘”They” say that it is within the ability of everyone to write one book, at least I have heard it said – …

George Acorn – Purpose & Audience (b. Late 19)

‘Most working-class autobiographies begin not with a family lineage or a birthdate but rather with an apology for their authors’ ordinariness, encoded …

George Acorn – Labour, politics & class (b. Late 19th C)

The industrial revolution and the late 19th century brought around some huge changes for the lives of those in lower classes in …