A.W Todd: Work Pays. Leisure and Recreation In keeping with the work orientated themes, we come to the most revered day in the workers monthly calendar; Pay day. And …
Politics, Protest and Class, James Ashley (b.1833) Politics in James Ashley’s memoir is not often spoke about, nor is it elaborated on. One would presume that because of this …
Frederick Charles Wynne- Habits, Culture and Belief (Part Two) “The Boer War was on during the early years and everyone was consumed with emotion because of the troops besieged in Ladysmith. …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Habits, Culture & Beliefs Joe’s life was fuelled by a simple idea, which I have mentioned in posts ‘Life & Labour (Part 1)‘ and ‘An Introduction’: …
Mrs RM Downer (b.1884): Habits, Culture and Belief RM Downer spent much of her free time with her employers. She was friends with many of her clients and while completing …
Habits and Beliefs: Harold Heslop, 1898-1983. It would appear, through Harold Heslop’s memoir ‘From Tyne to Tone a Journey’ that as an adult Heslop took his fun very …
Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Life and Labour ‘we had a dreadful over looker she was really frightening, we were not allowed to talk to the girls who sat next …
Doris Hunt (1900) : Habits, Culture and Belief ‘I have a few early memories going back to about 1903’ (p1). This quote is from the first sentence of Doris’s autobiography, …
Joseph Terry (1816- 1889): Reading and Writing My warm thirsty enthusiastic mind drank in the sweetest and purest draughts of knowledge (Terry 33) James Hinton proposed that many of …
Florence Powell – Fun and Festivities Florence Powell’s documentation of the fun and festivities throughout her childhood is limited yet appears deeply sentimental to her, as Powell describes …
