Bessie Wallis (B.1904) Home & Family ‘I realise now we were one of the luckier families’ (1, J) When it comes to family relationships Bessie withholds little …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): Purpose and Audience ‘for all my family especially my dear husband Ron, our lovely daughters Lindsey and Rosslyn, our supportive sons-in-law Ted and Paul and …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Home and Family Family is a central theme in Thomas Jordan’s memoirs, but in a less than traditional way. He does not so much focus …
Thomas R. Flintoff (1904-1994): Home & Family Thomas R. Flintoff was born into a working class family in 1904 and spent the whole of his life in Preston. He …
Mary Denison (1906 -1997): Habit, Culture and Belief. ‘Sunday coats, Sunday hats, best shoes; felt hats in winter, straw ones with ribbons or flower trimmings in summer.’ (33) In last …
Joe Ayre (b.1910): Home and Family ‘I felt very privileged at being able to sleep in the house’ (57) To many, the home and family are perhaps the …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): Researching Writing Lives. As this module comes to an end I have began to reflect on this entire process. At first, I was overwhelmed both …
Doris Hunt (born 1900) : Home and Family The theme of home and family runs throughout Doris’s autobiography as she discusses her various family homes, her parents, siblings and also …
Mary Howitt (1888-1983): An Introduction Introducing our Authors: Mary Howitt (b.1888) Mary Howitt was born on the 5th of December, 1888, to James Howitt and Mary …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Home & Family ‘No instant hot water by Immersion Heater, and no electric fires as of today, but somehow what we had we accepted as …
