Edith Annie Williams (b. Nov. 1899): Education and Schooling (Part 2.)
‘I recall an early occasion of telling my father of our being given the choice of learning a foreign language & that …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Education and Schooling- Part One
Being educated at my particular charity school, my learning was slow and poor, and my vocabulary is small- hence the small words …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Education and Schooling- Part Two
For the last two years this place had taught me all I knew, which wasn’t much. It had sustained me as best …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Reading and Writing
“I loved to curl up in the fireside corner with a book, I could read before I went to school, and there …
Doris Hunt (1900) : Purpose and Audience
Doris Hunt starts her memoirs off in a very normal fashion, telling us her date and place of birth, ‘I was born …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Education and Schooling Part Two
Taking it all round, schooldays for most of them were happy, in later years Francesca and her school friends believed they owed …
Winifred Till: Education and Schooling
‘I became a very happy school girl. I loved my school. It was new and only ten minutes walk from my …
Margaret Watson (b. 1907) Education and Schooling
Looking back on her childhood, Margaret recalls how she often felt as though she was “not very clever” in comparison to her …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1906-1972) Education & Schooling
Up until changes in the education act in 1870, schooling was viewed as a privilege rather than a right, with schools being …
Doris Hunt (1900) : Reading, Writing and Identity
‘Interest in reading is a part of a lifelong commitment, initiated in childhood, but not confined to childhood’ (Swindells, 1985, 128) Doris …