Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) Childhood and Education ‘My father had eight rows of allotments, and grew chrysanthemums and mint. My eldest sister and I used to have to go …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): Life & Labour ‘There was a sense in which autobiographers found themselves unable to write easily about their family life, or felt that they ought …
Purpose and Audience: Harold Heslop, 1898-1983. Harold Heslop’s autobiography offers a detailed account of his life as the child of a miner, his own experience of working in …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Purpose and Audience “This was to have been an account of my early youth… but I think I had better commence with my Mother’s early …
Samuel Mountford (b. 1907) Education and Schooling Samuel Mountford’s depiction of education was not so much on the education itself, but rather the impact of being poor whilst in …
Mary Hollinrake (b. 1912): Life & Labour “Then came the clatter of clogs on pavements (flags they were called) as the workers scurried along as if they had stepped …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Researching Writing Lives In my final remarks let me read you these few lines, written many years ago, in one of my more serious moments: …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): An Introduction Francesca’s thoughts went back down the years to Harting Coombe Farm, near Rogate where she lived with her parents, her sister and …
Edward S. Humphries: War and Memory Part Two Humphries’ time in World War One was spent fighting Turkish soldiers in Mesopotamia (now known as Iraq). He took many photographs of the …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Researching Writing Lives Whoever may read the following, try and place yourself in the position of the writer, the youngest but one of a family …
