Annie Lord (b.1899) Researching Writing Lives My whole time and experience on the Writing Lives module has been only positive. I feel so privileged to have been able …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Researching Writing Lives In my final remarks let me read you these few lines, written many years ago, in one of my more serious moments: …
Joseph Terry (1816-1889): Home and Family Working-class fathers existed…but working-class fatherhood remained uncertain- Julie Marie Strange (1) Time spent together for working-class families would often be scarce as …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): War and Memory (2) I previously wrote about how Walter approaches the discussion of his experiences in the first world war, in War and Memory (1). …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Education and Schooling “I always got on well with my teachers, although I was so dumb” (1.21) The 20th century introduced a variety …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Reading, Writing and Identity Regenia Gagnier states that ‘the storytellers give counsel from their own experience and that of others… they are always nostalgic (and)… these …
Mary Howitt (1888-1983): Researching Writing Lives As I scrolled through over 200 names on the Brunell Collection of working-class authors, I had an idea of the kind of …
Annie Ford (1920 Onwards): Education and Schooling Annie’s first recollection of schooling was at Willet Street Nursery, she describes this as a happy and content time in her life. …
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 …
Arthur Gill (b.1887): Life and Labour At 13 years old Arthur left school to work as a gold beater for Mr Wallace Barnes. Arthur obtained this job through …
