Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Life and Labour
Memories of Long Ago, is a nostalgic account of some of Mrs W.E. Palmer’s childhood years which she spent living at Harting …
Joseph Terry (1816-1889): His Mother the Martyr
Rosey-faced woman with one of the tenderest hearts that ever beat in a human Joseph incessantly showers his mother with compliments; she …
Miss P Wilson (b.1918-) Family : Early years
Family had always played a role of vital significance to Miss Wilsons story. In fact she talks more about her family within …
Annie Ford (1920 Onwards): Home and Family (Part 1)
Home and Family plays a large part in Annie’s memoir. This theme plays a significance in Annie’s life as she focuses the …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Three
Poor Law Institution, York. 1927-28 It was a full time job, ordering, issuing, checking, and entering all the many items into the …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b. 1899): Home and Family
‘mother, peace-loving, with a quiet strength, was the force that held the situation on an even keel, welding these diverse units together …
H J Harris (b.1903): Home and Family
‘I can give you the official way my father met his death, but you would have to accept my word for what …
Alfred Ireson (b. 1856): Home and Family
As a child, home and family were extremely important for Alfred Ireson. His strict religious upbringing has evidently instilled a sense of …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Home and Family – Part Two
In writing about my mother, it is now that I wish more than ever that I had been well educated and possessed …
Alexander Howison (b.1795): Home & Family
‘They were poor but honest’- Alexander Howison (p1) The way Alexander writes his memoir tangles home and family life and his …