Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Researching Writing Lives In my final remarks let me read you these few lines, written many years ago, in one of my more serious moments: …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Researching Writing Lives Whoever may read the following, try and place yourself in the position of the writer, the youngest but one of a family …
Annie Lord (b.1899) Researching Writing Lives My whole time and experience on the Writing Lives module has been only positive. I feel so privileged to have been able …
Annie Lord (b.1899): Purpose and Audience “… so I had to carry on the Best I could th[r]ou[gh] life…” Lord, p:1 Regenia Gagnier, author of Social Atoms: Working-Class Autobiography, …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): An Introduction ‘My visit seemed to me akin to that of viewing an old friend’s corpse prior to its funeral, and on my journey …
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 …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Education and Schooling In the mid-19th century, only half the population of England were able to sign the marriage register but, by the early 20th …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Education and Schooling “I always got on well with my teachers, although I was so dumb” (1.21) The 20th century introduced a variety …
Florence Powell – Home and Family Home and Family – Florence Powell Home and family are difficult factors to identify in Florence Powell’s memoir. Although her experiences of …
