Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Life and Labour The firm I was working for closed down, therefore I was out of work for the first 12 weeks of married life. …
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 …
Ruth Cox (1890): War and Memory Part II Welcome back to Part Two of my blog on Ruth Cox (1890): War and Memory. Ruth writes that in order to be …
Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): War and Memory Part One Florence witnessed and lived through the effects of two world wars. Memories of war began early in Florence’s life as a child …
Edward Cain (1891-1978): An Introduction Edward Cain, in his memoir ‘Memories’, recalls the ups and downs of growing up in North East England as part of a …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Home and Family He wanted me to stay in the army. Had I not been happily married with a son, I think I might have …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Reading and (Life) Writing Percy does not focus on the reading or writing very much at all within his memoir , similarly to Edward S. Humphries. …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Home and Family On the front of the farmhouse, above the front door and below a little round window was a coat of arms, a …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): Fun and Festivities ‘What did it matter if there were a few blisters on the fingers and sparks in the eyes, it was all part …
Amy Gomm (b.1899-1984): War and Memory ‘Everbody’s war, that had been threatening for so long, actually broke out a few months later. It still had little impact on …
