Annie Lord (b.1899): Home and Family – Part Two Adulthood “… Real[l]y my life was a misery. Beaten and knocked about for nothing at all.” Lord, p:3 In contrast to her …
Annie Lord (b. 1899): Home and Family – Part One Childhood “[We] use[d] to have a good time dressing up making all our own amusement and Believe me we use[d] to thour[ough]ly …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Home and Family My mother, Isabella Errington (her maiden name Carr). She was a very very industrious dutiful mother amongst her family. And my farther …
Charles William Esam-Carter: Early Childhood, Home and Family Part Two From the earliest point of his childhood, Charles is able to recall that there was something, someone missing. Eventually, reveals to us …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Home and Family – Part Two In writing about my mother, it is now that I wish more than ever that I had been well educated and possessed …
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 …
Hilda Ann Salusbury (1906-1993): Home and Family (Part 2) Since leaving school to undertake the domestic duties at home, Hilda Salusbury became very lonely. Her only real company was her Grannie …
Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): Home and Family “My body is getting old now. I think everybody should die on them born spot.” (33) Isaac focuses on home life …
Martha Martin (b.1871): Home & Family [2/2] John Burnett writes that the growth of consciousness which occurs in childhood was ‘described in terms of the physical expansion of the …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): Home and Family (2/2) ‘Did the baby come last night? – with the unbelievable statement that the baby had indeed come but had died’ (53). Mary …
