Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Researching Writing Lives “I shall have had a wonderful life, much love, some sadness, but oh, so very much laughter” (5.7) I have thoroughly enjoyed …
Arthur T. Collinson (b. 1893): Reading & Writing Despite being very articulate and in control of a turn-of-phrase, Arthur T. Collinson does not mention reading or writing in his memoir. …
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 …
Jack William Jones: An Introduction My author Jack William Jones, born in 1900 in East End London, began writing his memoir post-retirement as a London busman, towards the …
Arthur T. Collinson (b. 1893): Home & Family “United we stand, divided, we fall” (63). With Arthur T Collinson’s memoir being dedicated to his late Mother, Father, first wife and …
Emanuel Lovekin (1820-1905): Life Writing, Class and Identity Regenia Gagnier argues that 19th Century working-class autobiographies did not fit the classic model for autobiographical writing. I think that two of …
Harold Gill (1919-2003): Class Matters Harold Gill immediately identifies himself as a working-class man. This is seen through his account of childhood and the hardship that his …
Harold Gill (1919-2003): Home and Family Family life in the early phases of the 20th century was a daily battle for Britain’s working class. Harold Gill’s experience was …
Harold Gill (1919-2003): War and Memory Part Two Perhaps the most refreshing aspect of Harold’s memoir is the gruesome authenticity of it. He does not try to glorify his experiences …
Annie Ford (1920 Onwards): Life Writing and Class Identity After engaging thoroughly in Annie Ford’s insightful memoir of her life as a child growing up in the 1920’s and 1930’s in …
