Education and Schooling: Harold Heslop, 1898-1983.
By the time, Harold Heslop was born into the small mining village of New Hunwick, his father had acquired both of his …
Reading and Writing: Harold Heslop, 1898-1983.
Harold Heslop’s desire to continue his education was realised when, at the age of twenty-six, he was granted a scholarship from the …
Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): Politics, Protest and Class
Class politics pervade All So Long Ago. As a working-class writer, Elizabeth seems unable to avoid highlighting the social injustices she has …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Life & Labour – Part 1
Labour is a central and heavily detailed aspect in Joe’s memoir ‘Lee Side’, so I have decided to spread the topic of …
Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): Home and Family
Mother, placid, imperturbable, accepting everything and turning immediately to cope with any disaster; Father “shot out of a gun end” as we …