Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Home and Family Mother was finding it more than usually difficult to make ends meet’ (p. 4) ‘There were eight children in the family – …
Bessie Wallis (B.1904) Home & Family ‘I realise now we were one of the luckier families’ (1, J) When it comes to family relationships Bessie withholds little …
Charles Whiten Sanderson. (1906-1990): Home and Family. ‘I must hasten to add that we were much luckier than many other children, being blessed with splendid parents, who always kept …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Home and Family Continued In my previous post regarding Thomas Raymont’s home and family life I concentrated on the aspects of his childhood that he divulged …
George Gregory (b.1888): An Introduction ‘It cannot be said that I was privileged in any special way in the home in which I first saw the light …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Home & Family ‘God bless me ma, God bless me pa, God bless me granny and grandpa, aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters and brothers, God bless …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) Childhood and Education ‘My father had eight rows of allotments, and grew chrysanthemums and mint. My eldest sister and I used to have to go …
Daisy Cowper (1890 – 1985): Home & Family ‘Almost every house had children, and we played as one big family’ Given that Daisy explicitly states that her memoir was written …
Frank George Marling (1863-1954): Purpose and Audience Frank George Marling, born on the 7th January 1863, introduces his memoirs with the accounts of his most vivid “recollections” (p.3). He …
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 …
