Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 1)
‘Then father had a stroke on hot summer day whilst painting the outside of a house and died; exactly on my fourth …
Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 2)
Jean’s mother seems to work hard throughout her childhood in the 1920s to provide a consistently clean home and daily meals. ‘All …
Marion Owen (b. 1909): Researching Writing Lives
I have always loved reading memoirs with one of my favourite books being Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love. Reading Marion …
Marion Owen (b. 1909): Education and Schooling
Marion Owen’s father was educated at ‘Aske’s Haberdashers School’ (Owen, p. 9) but he decided to take a more creative route. However, …
Introducing Jean Court (b.1923)
‘Mary my sister was a dainty neat child but I was just the opposite, a real scruff.’ (‘Living in the Lane’, p. …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): Purpose and Audience.
‘The old Vicarage – its bones and frame; every part of it was alive with its own special life and having its …
Jean Court: Researching Writing Lives
When I originally chose Writing Lives for one of my final year modules, I had no idea what to expect. Initially, I …