Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): Education and Schooling Florence’s education is not a prominent theme in her memoir ‘Seventh Child’ and we are barely given an insight into her own …
May Jones: Transcript 1.401 JONES, May, Untitled, MS (c.17,000 words). Brunel University Library. Transcribed by Jess Brandwood, 2018 1 1893 AD First Chapter I remember, …
Joseph Terry (1816-1889): Home and Family Working-class fathers existed…but working-class fatherhood remained uncertain- Julie Marie Strange (1) Time spent together for working-class families would often be scarce as …
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 …
Edith Annie Williams (b. Nov. 1899): Purpose & Audience ‘If I have a message at all it is that one should accept life’s challenges, no matter what form they take: the …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): War and Memory (2) I previously wrote about how Walter approaches the discussion of his experiences in the first world war, in War and Memory (1). …
Cecil George Harwood (1894 – 1983): Biographical Entry 1:309 HARWOOD, Cecil George, ‘Down Memory Lane’, TS, pp.104 (c.65,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born 9 Oct 1894. Father a gardener. Family …
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 …
Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): Class, Politics and Protest. Florence’s memoir does not dedicate its time to focusing on her political or class views. However, we can make our own assumptions …
Jack William Jones born 1900: Education & Schooling I can vaguely remember my schooling. Schooling? A joke! A joke in bad taste might be a better description [1] Jack was …
