Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Life and Labour
Memories of Long Ago, is a nostalgic account of some of Mrs W.E. Palmer’s childhood years which she spent living at Harting …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Home and Family – Part One
The history of some of the men in the Oates family: ‘My Grandfather 1816 to 1872’ (1:66) [Guy’s] grandfather loved to entertain all …
Miss P Wilson (b.1918-) Family : Early years
Family had always played a role of vital significance to Miss Wilsons story. In fact she talks more about her family within …
Amy Gomm (b.1899-1984): Home and Family Part 2
‘However tender your years, you knew better than to show any resentment to who footed the bill’ (26). Sundays in Charlbury were …
Home & Family: Harold Heslop, 1898-1983.
Given the impressive length of Harold Heslop’s memoir, and the clarity and detail in which he writes about ‘life beneath the fields,’ …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b. 1899): Home and Family
‘mother, peace-loving, with a quiet strength, was the force that held the situation on an even keel, welding these diverse units together …
H J Harris (b.1903): Home and Family
‘I can give you the official way my father met his death, but you would have to accept my word for what …
Alfred Ireson (b. 1856): Home and Family
As a child, home and family were extremely important for Alfred Ireson. His strict religious upbringing has evidently instilled a sense of …
Mary Denison (1906 -1997): Habit, Culture and Belief.
‘Sunday coats, Sunday hats, best shoes; felt hats in winter, straw ones with ribbons or flower trimmings in summer.’ (33) In last …
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 …