Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Migration, Immigration & Emigration ‘These American songs seemed to be her favourites. They seemed to inspire pictures of a land that was rich and free – …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): An Introduction “Our lives do not begin and end by opening and closing like a book. Life could be likened more to a surging …
Alice Pidgeon (b.1898): Life & Labour The depression of the 1930’s, has great significance in Alice Pidgeon’s memoir. Orphaned at just six years of age, Alice and her …
Kay Garrett (b.1899): Life and Labour Hello and welcome back to Writing Lives. This blog post will focus on Kay’s work life from working as a child scrubbing …
Syd Metcalfe (B.1910): Life & Labour “I remained certain that there must be somewhere far more exciting than the life I was seeing all around me.” Syd Metcalfe, …
