A.W Todd: Work Pays. Leisure and Recreation In keeping with the work orientated themes, we come to the most revered day in the worker’s monthly calendar: pay day. And …
Rosa Bell (b.1902): Habits and Beliefs – Part 1: Entertainment From the 1870s onwards, working-class society saw a rise in the production and availability of mass entertainment. Organised sports and clubs to …
Samuel Mountford (b. 1907) Life and Labour Labour is a very important aspect of Samuel Mountford’s life and links directly with his pride. From a very early age we …
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, …
Emanuel Lovekin (1820-1905): Habits and Beliefs Lovekin did not go in to detail about any activities that he had taken part in as a child which may be …
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 …
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. …
Samuel Mountford (b. 1907) Marriage, Health & Labour Marriage is an important aspect of Mountford’s memoir, with his deep affection for his wife Dora taking a forefront in early chapters. …
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 …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Habits, Culture & Belief (Part 1) ‘Looking back we had more pleasures than the young have today. Now I know you won’t believe that, but our pleasures were …
