Life and Labour

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 …

“Life was not all play, from a very early age mother taught us how to work and we never questioned out little …

‘Sometimes I think of the furnaces, but only to tell myself that I’m glad we’ve parted. I hold nothing against them…but I …

“Although wages had risen during the war, they had now flattened” Although, George Clifton Hughes does not write about his own occupation …

“I must have stayed at the C.T.O for another 18 months to two years as it was here that I caught first …

“…my first job was in service 10/- a week to start up at six in the morning and on the go [un]till …

For many working-class people, much like Jack, schooling was cut short in order to start work. As he notes in his memoir, …

When researching and writing on Joe Ayre’s life I often find him lacking. His life lacked education, family, and support. One area …

“I AM THE SON OF HARRY PEET WHO WAS THE LEADING CARPENTER” (P.5). A High Street, East Hertfordshire, 1900. Work and labouring are major themes of …

For the majority of the working-class, work dominated their lives and Wilfred was no different. At the age of 12, Wilfred began …