Audience and Purpose, James Ashley (b.1833) Within James Ashley’s memoir he talks largely about his family, especially his children and speaks in great depth about their achievements, particularly about …
George Gregory (b.1888): An Introduction ‘It cannot be said that I was privileged in any special way in the home in which I first saw the light …
Wally Ward: Politics and Protest Wally Ward, b.1914, wrote his memoir ‘Fit For Anything’ detailing his life with epilepsy in the twentieth century. Wally’s memoir is, on …
Margaret Watson (B.1907) Politics, Protest and Class Margaret does not comment on her political opinions in her memoir, as the primary focus of her writing is to reflect on …
Nora Isabel Adnams: Class, Politics and Protest ‘Strip them of their wealth, and how would they stand. Many would make a pathetic a sight!’ (17) Nora Isabel Adnams’ autobiography …
Wally Ward (b.1914): An Introduction ‘Fit For Anything’, penned by Wally Ward (b. 1914), is an autobiography detailing the author’s struggles to maintain a normal life within …
Wally Ward : Purpose and Audience Wally Ward (born in 1914) wrote his memoir ‘Fit For Anything’ (2.798) during the 1960s, detailing his life as a sufferer of …
Margaret Watson (b.1907) Introduction “In spite of my many hard times I would not have my life any other way.” In 1912, when she was just …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Life and Labour The firm I was working for closed down, therefore I was out of work for the first 12 weeks of married life. …
George Gregory (b. 1888): Education and Schooling. Despite being born to illiterate parents in a village which existed almost solely to house coal miners, George had an insatiable appetite …
