Dorothy Squires (1897-1992): Biographical Entry 2:735 SQUIRES, Dorothy, Untitled, MS, pp.142 (c.18,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born 13 April 1897 at Waltham Cross. 4th child of 7 …
May Jones: Education and Schooling “I loved going to school and cried a bit when no one was looking.” May Jones’s memoir is about her life growing …
Jean Court, born c. 1923: Biographical Entry 2:188 COURT, Jean, ‘Living in the Lane’, TS, pp.11 (c.10,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born c.1923. One of 2 daughters of an …
May Jones: War and Memory “I knew then that I should die an old maid, I was only twenty years old” May’s memoir is about her childhood …
May Jones, born 1893: Habits, Culture and Belief “at about the age of four I became staunch or perhaps stupid vegetarian” (Jones, 49). May Jones’s autobiography details her life growing …
May Jones: Fun and Festivities “Games somehow were seasonable and all the children of the village played the same games at the same time. In the spring …
May Jones: Illness, Health and Disability “Misses let her go home,” if she lives she will be either a cripple or an imbecile,” Mother said I believe that …
May Jones: Life and Labour “Life was not all play, from a very early age mother taught us how to work and we never questioned out little …
May Jones: Home and Family “I had a happy childhood tho a very strict one” May’s memoir is about her childhood and early adult life at the …
C.V. Horner (1897–1980): Researching Writing Lives As stated in ‘An Introduction’, my original purpose for selecting C.V. Horner was to settle my curiosity; the title of his memoir …
