Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): Home and Family [part 1] ‘We were a family of five, but sadly did not live together as a family for very long because of our financial …
Edward S. Humphries: Habits, Culture and Beliefs Edward S. Humphries lead a wonderful and exciting life crossing three continents with the British Army. This dutiful and fulfilling lifestyle all …
Edward S. Humphries b.1889: Biographical Entry. 361 HUMPHRIES Edward S., ‘Childhood. An Autobiography of a Boy from 1889-1906’, TS, pp.63 (c.35,000 words). Extract in J. Burnett (ed.), Useful …
Averil Edith Thomas: An Introduction Averil Edith Thomas was born on 30th April 1893, in Melton Mowbray Leicester, England. Her untitled autobiography, written in 1973 at the age …
Averil Edith Thomas: Habits, Culture and Belief Averil uses her memoir as a way of expressing her rural culture’s beliefs and customs. She does so by recreating numerous celebrations …
Winifred Till: Purpose and Audience ‘It occurred to me that as these years were spent at the turn of the century, you my grandchildren, might like …
An Introduction to Wilhelmina Tobias An Introduction: Tobias, Wilhelmina Wilhelmina Tobias’s father, a ship worker, speaks from his upturned box to a small crowd outside his …
