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Hilda Swettenham (b. 1907): Education & Schooling

While she does not go into much detail regarding her formal schooling, the voice, language and style of Hilda Swettenham’s memoir acts …

“Life to me was simple but happy in spite of a lack of material possessions. What we never had, we never missed; …

As Margaret’s memoir mainly discusses the importance of her work and family life, the cultural activities she remembers engaging in are almost …

And what fun was to be had in our long summer evenings and at weekends with the motor cycles All So Long …

Stanley Rice remembers vividly going to the cinema as a child, on a Saturday afternoon, and it is an activity that most …

‘We were never at a loss for ways to use our leisure time’ (31) ‘Saturday was the best day of the week’ …

Where habits, cultures and beliefs were concerned, Hymie Fagan’s childhood was rigidly Jewish. The ‘cockney urchin’ (29) grew up in the district …

“At Brockenhurst, I had attended a tiny private school run by an old lady in her cottage. Primarily a music teacher, she …

Throughout the early twentieth century people had very little time for recreational activities, and even less money. However by the 1950’s, there …

George Clifton Hughes, raised in the mining village of Rhosllanerchrugog, tells of many recreational activities which he took part in as a …