Wally Ward : Purpose and Audience Wally Ward (born in 1914) wrote his memoir ‘Fit For Anything’ (2.798) during the 1960s, detailing his life as a sufferer of …
Arthur P Jacobs: Purpose and Audience In Arthur’s memoir, he very much speaks for himself in a very personal way. His memoir is almost a chain of memories …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): Purpose and Audience A visit to his childhood home in 1948 spurred John Edmonds to ‘set down a record of people and memories with the …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Home and Family Henrietta’s life is filled with powerful emotions, happy memories and strong family bonds. She prides herself on her close knit family and …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Purpose and Audience Complying with her recurrent theme of mystery, Mrs W.E. Palmer does not specify who her intended audience was, or even the reason …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890-1977): Purpose and Audience Many working-class people felt that they had to apologise for writing their memoirs. They often felt that they held little importance and …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Researching Writing Lives “I shall have had a wonderful life, much love, some sadness, but oh, so very much laughter” (5.7) I have thoroughly enjoyed …
George Gregory (b.1888): Purpose and Audience Not once during People > Ideas does George raise the subject of why he’s writing. Neither purpose nor audience is addressed; we …
H J Harris (b.1903): Purpose and Audience ‘I have often tried to write about my experiences, but my hands are very shaky, that my writing becomes illegible’ (Harris, 18/04/1978) …
Annie Ford (1920 onwards): Purpose and Audience Mrs Annie Ford wrote an autobiography as she was motivated by another individual. “After reading Mary Turner’s book, I doubt very much …
