Mary Denison (1906-1997): Purpose and Audience. ‘The old Vicarage – its bones and frame; every part of it was alive with its own special life and having its …
Guy Oates: ‘The Years That Are Gone’ ‘The Years That Are Gone’ is a 750 page, eight volume, memoir, which explores the history of the Oates family through the …
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 …
Margaret Watson (b.1907) War and Memory Margaret Watson was just seven-years-old when the First World War began. By the start of the Second World War, Margaret was a …
Nora Isabel Adnams: Home and Family ‘The first thing I thought when we went into our OWN door was how small and how crowded, when we were all …
Wally Ward: Politics and Protest Wally Ward, b.1914, wrote his memoir ‘Fit For Anything’ detailing his life with epilepsy in the twentieth century. Wally’s memoir is, on …
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 …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Purpose and Audience. Richard W. Morris states quite clearly that he is writing his autobiography in response to a call from the Beamish Museum project, …
Nora Isabel Adnams (B. 1901): An Introduction MY MEMOIRS OF DR. BARNARDO’S HOME, BARKINGSIDE, ESSEX 1904 to June 1911 By Nora Isabel Adnams, nee Brazier. ‘We were placed in …
Wally Ward (b.1914): An Introduction ‘Fit For Anything’, penned by Wally Ward (b. 1914), is an autobiography detailing the author’s struggles to maintain a normal life within …
