Molly Keen’s Childhood Memories 1903-1921: An Introduction During Molly Keen’s childhood, along with her family, she faced the emergence of the First World War in 1914 when she was …
Allen Hammond (b.1894): An Introduction ‘[I worked] after school. Every night. Five o’clock to eight o’clock. And on Saturday, I used to go eight o’clock in the morning til ten o’clock on Saturday night and I used to get two shillings and a bag of faded apples.’
Margaret Watson b.1907: An Introduction “In spite of my many hard times I would not have my life any other way.” Margaret Watson was born in 1907 …
Rosa Bell (b.1902): An Introduction Rosa Bell, born in 1902 as the youngest of seven children to Joseph and Elizabeth Holliday, lived a long and, unfortunately not …
Claude Robinson (b.1898): An Introduction ‘The Anti-Labour elements, who had bitterly resented my appointment as Headmaster, came to recognise that I was only concerned about the welfare …
James H. McKenzie (1862-1952): An Introduction “You will want this man in a year or two” James H McKenzie, The Autobiography Of A Circus Showman, Pg 185 “The …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Education & Schooling Schooling for me was not a happy memory as far as liking it was concerned and I’m afraid I was not a …
William Webb (1830-1919) – Education & Schooling The education of the working-classes during the mid-nineteenth century, especially of those individuals residing in rural areas, was known to be of …
