Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Biographical Entry Jack McQuoid, “One Man in His Time: an autobiography”. Typescript. 328pp. plus 6 photocopies of newspaper cuttings etc. c. 1985. Part 1 …
Kay Garrett (b.1899): Home and Family Part Two Hello folks! Welcome back to writing lives and welcome to part two of Kay Garrett’s home and family blog posts. This post …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Migration, Immigration & Emigration ‘These American songs seemed to be her favourites. They seemed to inspire pictures of a land that was rich and free – …
Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): Migration, Immigration and Emigration “To go to America is not like coming here To go to America they have to come over and employ …
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 …
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 …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): Politics, Protest & War. ‘Against the backdrop of the economic depression, socialism exerted a strong influence’ Mary does not write much about the political situation of …
Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): Life and Labour, part two To move further into Isaac Gordon’s life and labour, I will focus on his journey to America and England, adding reference to …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Migration, Immigration & Emigration “In 1938 feeling that life was getting too complicated I went to the League and started to arrange an exchange to Victoria …
Joe Ayre (b.1910): Migration To reach the point where you wish to completely start over in life is a sad thought. To have reached this point …
