Jack William Jones, born 1900: Politics, Protest & Class Part 1 From the very beginning of his memoir Jack details the history of the London bus sector over a period of 15 years …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): An Introduction ‘My visit seemed to me akin to that of viewing an old friend’s corpse prior to its funeral, and on my journey …
Jack William Jones born 1900: Life & Labour At the beginning of the 20th century poverty was regarded as the natural condition of the labouring poor, those who worked with …
Jack William Jones born 1900: Education & Schooling I can vaguely remember my schooling. Schooling? A joke! A joke in bad taste might be a better description [1] Jack was …
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 …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): Home and Family Walter’s memoirs focus on his life up until the Armistice of The Great War, when he was 28. Readers are therefore given …
Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Purpose & Audience “There would be no point in my writing this – all be it rough- account of my childhood unless I was prepared …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): Purpose and Audience A visit to his childhood home in 1948 spurred John Edmonds to ‘set down a record of people and memories with the …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): War and Memory (1) The First World War was a traumatic experience for all involved. It was a time of devastation which still haunts the world …
Annie Ford (1920 Onwards) : War and Memory The war was inevitable in how it impacted the lives of those in Great Britain. All different classes were affected by the …
