Margaret Watson (b.1907) Reading and Writing “I was due to leave school in three weeks as I would be fourteen years of age. Bessie suggested Domestic Service. I …
Margaret Watson (b.1907) War and Memory Margaret Watson was just seven-years-old when the First World War began. By the start of the Second World War, Margaret was a …
George Gregory (b.1888): An Introduction ‘It cannot be said that I was privileged in any special way in the home in which I first saw the light …
Nora Isabel Adnams: Home and Family ‘The first thing I thought when we went into our OWN door was how small and how crowded, when we were all …
Wally Ward: Politics and Protest Wally Ward, b.1914, wrote his memoir ‘Fit For Anything’ detailing his life with epilepsy in the twentieth century. Wally’s memoir is, on …
Nora Isabel Adnams: Life and Labour ‘For the first time in my life I had money problems to be explained to me and just how much money ran …
Margaret Watson (B.1907) Politics, Protest and Class Margaret does not comment on her political opinions in her memoir, as the primary focus of her writing is to reflect on …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) War and Memory Part 1 Then I received a letter to report to Bulford Camp as Heavy Goods driver in RASC where I did my Army training …
H J Harris (b.1903): Reading and Writing HJ went into the orphanage at age 3 and was there till the age of 14, so any reading that he …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Purpose and Audience. Richard W. Morris states quite clearly that he is writing his autobiography in response to a call from the Beamish Museum project, …
