Hilda Ann Salusbury (1906-1993): War and Memory Although Hilda does not go into great detail about life during the years of the war, it did have a great impact …
Researching Writing Lives blog post Over the past few months, I have been writing an author blog all about the talented James H. McKenzie, a performer and …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): Life writing, class and identity. ‘But your nursey years were running to a close, your private school years, your childhood years. All running to a close, coming …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): War and Memory. What did you know about the Great War, as it was called – the background to four of your childhood years?’ (63) …
Mary Denison (1906 -1997): Habit, Culture and Belief. ‘Sunday coats, Sunday hats, best shoes; felt hats in winter, straw ones with ribbons or flower trimmings in summer.’ (33) In last …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Home & Family [Part 2] Jack McQuoid’s lengthy memoir of 343 pages is too long to contain all of his home and family experiences into one post. …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): Reading and Writing. ‘You were carried into new worlds, your own mind and imagination were beginning to work’ (30) In the purpose and audience blog …
Hilda Ann Salusbury (1906-1993): Home and Family (Part 2) Since leaving school to undertake the domestic duties at home, Hilda Salusbury became very lonely. Her only real company was her Grannie …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): Home and Family (2/2) Did the baby come last night? – with the unbelievable statement that the baby had indeed come but had died’ (53). Mary …
Guy Oates (1905-1987) The Years That Are Gone: An Introduction ‘The Years That Are Gone’ is a 750 page, eight volume, memoir, which explores the history of the Oates family through the …
