Comments for Writing Lives Collaborative Research Project on Working-Class Autobiography Fri, 14 May 2021 16:11:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.2 Comment on Ada Marion Jefferis (1884-1981): Purpose and Audience by Hattie Hitie /purpose-and-audience/ada-marion-jefferis-1884-1981-purpose-and-audience#comment-548549 Tue, 11 May 2021 22:38:05 +0000 /?p=34414#comment-548549 I love the fact that Ada dictated her life story to her daughter. It must have been such a lovely experience for her daughter to learn so much in-depth information about her mother’s life!

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Comment on Ada Marion Jefferis (1884-1981): Education and Schooling by Hattie Hitie /education-and-schooling/ada-marion-jefferis-1884-1981-education-and-schooling#comment-548548 Tue, 11 May 2021 22:35:13 +0000 /?p=34440#comment-548548 This blog post is so beautifully written, you have taken the time to research behind Ada Marion Jefferis’s schooling experience. It is so interesting how both our authors share similar experiences with school. Nora Hampton loved school and made the most of what she learnt, both out others defiantly come under the “two thirds of working people” who remember “school as a positive experience”!

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Comment on George Acorn – Education and Schooling (b. Late 19th C) by Leah Magee /uncategorized/george-acorn-education-and-schooling#comment-548514 Sun, 09 May 2021 18:38:32 +0000 /?p=35432#comment-548514 In reply to Katie Molloy.

Thank you so much for your comment Katie! I am very happy to see you enjoyed to read about George’s education, it really sets him apart from what people may think about the education system and what they might believe it was like all those years ago.

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Comment on George Acorn – Education and Schooling (b. Late 19th C) by Katie Molloy /uncategorized/george-acorn-education-and-schooling#comment-548513 Sun, 09 May 2021 18:10:54 +0000 /?p=35432#comment-548513 Really enjoyed reading this, it’s a great blog post! I found the part about George staying behind school to talk with the caretaker very endearing. My author has a deep interest for English and reading also, so it was very nice to see we had slightly similar authors. I think the way you have written this is very engaging and I like the inclusion of a picture!

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Comment on Wilfred Middlebrook (b.1899): Life and Labour by Katie Molloy /life-and-labour/wilfred-middlebrook-b-1899-life-and-labour#comment-548510 Sun, 09 May 2021 16:27:42 +0000 /?p=34952#comment-548510 I really enjoyed reading this it’s a great blog post! My author’s father worked in a mill but there wasn’t much detail about it, so it was very refreshing to read a bit more information about this on your blog! I really liked the mention of lip reading being a form of communication as it seems like an easy thing to do but they would’ve had to have been extremely good at it in order to not mess up any orders!

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Comment on Hilda Swettenham (b. 1907): Education & Schooling by Holly Fenn /authors/hilda-swettenham-b-1907-education-schooling#comment-548493 Fri, 07 May 2021 22:36:09 +0000 /?p=34137#comment-548493 In reply to Ellie Chesters.

Thanks for your comment, I’m glad you enjoyed this blog post! It’s interesting that you mention this, as I didn’t think much of her reference to Laurel and Hardy at first, it was only after I undertook some more research that I noticed the similarities between their style of comedy and Hilda’s.

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Comment on Hilda Swettenham (b. ~1907): Habits, Culture & Belief by Holly Fenn /authors/hilda-swettenham-b-1907-habits-culture-belief#comment-548492 Fri, 07 May 2021 22:34:10 +0000 /?p=34135#comment-548492 In reply to Ellie Chesters.

Wow, Mrs. N. Jones’ memoir seems to have a lot of similarities with Hilda’s! I’m so pleased that she decided to include this section about smells and noises into her memoir as it makes for such an engrossing read. Thanks for your comment, I’m glad you enjoyed this blog post!

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Comment on Hilda Swettenham (b. ~1907): Purpose & Audience by Holly Fenn /authors/hilda-swettenham-b-1907-purpose-audience#comment-548491 Fri, 07 May 2021 22:32:22 +0000 /?p=34133#comment-548491 In reply to Ellie Chesters.

Thanks for your comment, I’m glad you enjoyed this blog post! I love this idea, as Hilda recounts many shared memories and local histories about her tight-knit community in Collyhurst.

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Comment on Hilda Swettenham (b. ~1907): Politics, Protest & Class by Holly Fenn /authors/hilda-swettenham-b-1907-politics-protest-class#comment-548490 Fri, 07 May 2021 22:31:02 +0000 /?p=34131#comment-548490 In reply to Ellie Chesters.

Thanks for your comment, I’m glad you enjoyed this blog post! The Punch illustration really seemed to resonate with me when I happened upon it, I agree that it exemplifies the treatment of working-class women in the textile industry. I’m sure Hilda could relate to Mrs. N. Jones in many ways.

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Comment on Hilda Swettenham (b. ~1907): Life & Labour by Holly Fenn /authors/hilda-swettenham-b-1907-life-labour#comment-548489 Fri, 07 May 2021 22:29:22 +0000 /?p=34120#comment-548489 In reply to Ellie Chesters.

Thanks for your comment, I’m glad you enjoyed this blog post! I was shocked to read the detail Hilda wrote about the dangerous and unsanitary conditions of factories in the sewing trade during the early-twentieth century.

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