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 …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): Life writing, class and identity.
‘But your nursey years were running to a close, your private school years, your childhood years. All running to a close, coming …
Arthur Gill (b.1887): Home and Family
“My Parents hadn’t much of this worlds’ wealth, but they provided as much entertainment for us as they could afford- and because …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): Reading and Writing.
‘You were carried into new worlds, your own mind and imagination were beginning to work’ (30). In the purpose and audience blog …
Arthur Gill (b.1887) Habit, Culture and Belief
“I had some very happy times in that office, (along with some hectic ones, such as when the preacher couldn’t turn up …
Arthur Gill (b.1887): Researching Writing Lives
I have learned a great deal from the writing lives project and from my positive warm Author himself. Reading and researching about …
Arthur Gill. (b.1887): Education and Schooling
“Even as a boy I could discern who had the best of these transactions. I made a resolution that never would I …
Arthur gill (b.1887): War and Memory
“Whether it was a sense of patriotism or not, I wouldn’t like to say but I do know we lads bought as …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): An Introduction.
‘Church was like home – familiar, accepted, and unconsciously loved.’ (40) Born on the 8th September 1906 in Far Headingley, Leeds, Mary …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): Home and Family (1/2).
‘It was a strange, unexpected house – one moved from one century to another as one walked through it.’ (3) Mary Denison’s …