Nora Isabel Adnams (B. 1901): An Introduction
MY MEMOIRS OF DR. BARNARDO’S HOME, BARKINGSIDE, ESSEX 1904 to June 1911 By Nora Isabel Adnams, nee Brazier. ‘We were placed in …
Nora Isabel Adnams: Education and Schooling
‘Our school hours were our happiest time, the teachers were very nice to us, unless of course we played them up.’ (15) …
Nora Isabel Adnams: Reading and Writing
‘If wet in the afternoon and we had to stay in, we would have word-making, letters cut out in cardboard, but we …
Joe Loftus (1914 – 1998): Life & Labour – Part 2
This is the second instalment of ‘Life & Labour’ in the memoir of Joe Loftus. Read ‘Part 1’ here. Joe’s unemployment in …
Nora Isabel Adnams: Purpose and Audience
‘Well, Husband of mine and you, my children, this is the end of six and a half years of your old “Mum’s” …
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 …
Jack Goring (1861 – 1942): Home and Family
‘That we were all and always very poor is most certain but I am equally certain that as children we did not …
John Castle (1819 – 1888): An Introduction
“Ahead; them; keep pushing; and elbow your way;Unheeding the envious who wish you to stray; All obstacles vanish; all enemies quail …
John Castle (1819 – 1888): Timeline
Timeline 1819: Born, Great Coggeshall, Essex 1821: Moved to fathers native Soulbury 1823: Father dies of ‘inflammation of the body’ aged 27. …