Mrs RM Downer (b.1884): Biographical Entry 211 DOWNER, Mrs. R., ‘A Bygone Age’, TS, pp.31 (c.lO,OOO words). West Sussex Record Office. Born 1884. Father: ‘connected with horses’, working …
Mrs RM Downer (b.1884): Life and Labour (Part 2, Social Mobility) In my introductory post I spoke briefly about RM Downer’s experiences of high society, and the opportunities she was given through her …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): War and Memory “We were brought up to be very patriotic… saluting a large union Jack” (1.20) War is a predominant theme in Henrietta Burkin’s …
Mrs RM Downer (b.1884): War and Memory RM Downer lived through two World Wars in her lifetime. The First World War began when she was 30, and Second did …
Mrs RM Downer (b.1884): Habits, Culture and Belief RM Downer spent much of her free time with her employers. She was friends with many of her clients and while completing …
Mrs RM Downer (b. 1884): An Introduction “Your Grandmother was a lady, and don’t you ever forget that”! (p30) RM Downer was a dressmaker working in the first half …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890-1977) An Introduction ‘For sometime past when talking to various people about events that have happened during my lifetime they have said “You ought to …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): War and Memory The war wended its way to a close, […] and Jimmy climbed the highest tree he could find, to hang a Union …
Edward Balne (b. 1895) Habits, Culture & Belief ‘Drinking in pubs, playing in brass bands, singing in choral societies, betting ‘on the dogs’, pigeon fancying, all were instances of popular …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Home and Family When discussing working-class home and family experience, it is important to emphasise how varied the memoirs are and how differently each autobiographer …
