Islington

Lilian Westall (born 1893): An Introduction

Figure 1 Piccadilly Circus Circa 1900 “I rarely raised my hand because pride held me back from admitting poverty” Lilian Westall was …

‘I [have] written it all down, just as it flowed. Nothing added, nothing taken away. No preservatives, No colouring matter. The boozing …

1901. Edwardian London. Harry Young enters the world. Given the family’s terrible financial state, and his father’s poor business sense, Harry was …

Harry grew up in Islington, London, on the busy and bustling Holloway Road, or ‘The Hollow’ as named by its residents. He …

Harry began his schooling at the age of four and ended at thirteen. Due to the reclamation of their house in Stoke …