Bessie Wallis (b. 1904)- Purpose and Audience ‘Most working-class autobiographies begin not with a family lineage or a birthdate but rather with an apology for their authors’ ordinariness’ (Gagnier, …
Minnie Frisby (b.1877): Politics, Protests and Class In Memories, Minnie does not discuss any political tendencies she or her family had. Instead Minnie focuses her memoir with references to …
Purpose and Audience: Harold Heslop, 1898-1983. Harold Heslop’s autobiography offers a detailed account of his life as the child of a miner, his own experience of working in …
Harry Dorrell (B. 1903): Life & Labour ‘I would not give up and risk my family’s security. It was unthinkable.’ (137) Labour plays a huge role in forming identity …
Minnie Frisby (b.1877): Habits, Culture and Belief Music was an important pastime for Minnie. She remembers her father teaching her to play musical instruments and dance with her when …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Habits, Culture and Belief. Richard, a miner from County Durham, never states his belief in any definitive way. At no point in the memoir does he …
Mary Stewart (B.1909-): Habits, Culture & Belief Although Mary does not go into any detail regarding her own recreational activities and does not appear to be in any way …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Purpose and Audience. Richard W. Morris states quite clearly that he is writing his autobiography in response to a call from the Beamish Museum project, …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Habits, Culture & Belief (Part 1) ‘Looking back we had more pleasures than the young have today. Now I know you won’t believe that, but our pleasures were …
Edith Annie Williams (B. Nov. 1899): Habits, Culture & Belief ‘…as long as one generation avoids making the mistakes of the previous generation, as far as possible, then mankind can hope to …
