Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): An Introduction I was born Florence Anne on August 1912 in Acre Road Kingston-Upon-Thames to Jane and Walter Watson. Born in August …
Margaret Watson (b.1907) Reading and Writing “I was due to leave school in three weeks as I would be fourteen years of age. Bessie suggested Domestic Service. I …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): Home and Family Mother was finding it more than usually difficult to make ends meet’ (p. 4) ‘There were eight children in the family – …
Guy Oates (1905-1987) The Years That Are Gone: An Introduction ‘The Years That Are Gone’ is a 750 page, eight-volume, memoir, which explores the history of the Oates family through the life …
Charles Whiten Sanderson. (1906-1990): Home and Family. ‘I must hasten to add that we were much luckier than many other children, being blessed with splendid parents, who always kept …
Margaret Watson (B.1907) Politics, Protest and Class Margaret does not comment on her political opinions in her memoir, as the primary focus of her writing is to reflect on …
Annie Lord (b.1899): Purpose and Audience “… so I had to carry on the Best I could th[r]ou[gh] life…” Lord, p:1 Regenia Gagnier, author of Social Atoms: Working-Class Autobiography, …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Purpose and Audience ‘The story of a life so quiet as mine would be of little importance except to personal friends, unless it is so …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): Education and Schooling (Part Two) In Part One, I discussed how the teacher Mr Evans’ interactions with John on a human level transformed the dangerous perception of …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): An Introduction “This is the story of my Welsh childhood- shot through with the richness of our community and the jagged edge of poverty and …
