Fermin Rocker (b.1907.) : An Introduction Fermin Rocker (22 December 1907 – 18 October 2004) Fermin Rocker, born on the 22nd December 1907 in the East End of …
Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): Biographical entry 181 COOTER, Florence Anne, ‘Seventh Child’, MS, pp.71 (c.71,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born Aug 1912 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. Father worked as …
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): 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 …
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 …
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 …
James H. McKenzie (1862 -1952): An Introduction “I am in conversation with them; my circus and show stories, amused them, no matter where ever I have been these stories …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Home and Family ‘I was born and brought up in Tavistock, a dear old town charmingly situated on a river which varied from a tiny …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): An Introduction Figure 1 Piccadilly Circus Circa 1900 “I rarely raised my hand because pride held me back from admitting poverty” Lilian Westall was …
