Robert Ward (B. 1907): Life and Labour This post discusses the role that labour plays in Robert Ward’s memoir ‘A Lancashire Childhood’. You can read in full here, which is …
May Jones: Life and Labour “Life was not all play, from a very early age mother taught us how to work and we never questioned out little …
William Webb (1830-1919) – Education & Schooling The education of the working-classes during the mid-nineteenth century, especially of those individuals residing in rural areas, was known to be of …
George Gregory (b.1888): Politics and Protest George grew up in a way that limited his world-view. He was born in the late 19th Century into a working class family …
Albert Mansbridge (1876-1952): Life & Labour Life and Labour sums up Albert Mansbridge very well. ‘His promising academic career stopped abruptly at the age of fourteen when he …
Thomas McLauchlan (1888-1979): Home and Family “These writings would not be complete if I did not something about the family. We are a united family, not only by …
William Webb (1830-1919): Migration, Immigration & Emigration Introduction The history of Australian immigration is as long as it is complex, so much so that readers could almost be excused …
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 …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Life and Labour The memoir is driven by Thomas Waddicor’s working situation and labouring of the Waddicor family. The Waddicor family was under a lot …
Jack Vallance (b.1914) – Education and Schooling Although it is evident in Jack’s writing that he is literate, there is very little mention of his schooling and further education. …
