Purpose

Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Purpose and Audience

‘The story of a life so quiet as mine would be of little importance except to personal friends, unless it is so …

Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Purpose and Audience

‘Most working-class autobiographies begin not with a family lineage or a birthdate but rather with an apology for their authors’ ordinariness’ (Gagnier, …

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 …

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 …

Edward S. Humphries: Purpose and Audience

Written from his retirement in the years following 1974, Edward S. Humphries’ memoir explains in great detail a wonderful working class childhood. He writes …

Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): Purpose and Audience

Florence Anne Cooter reveals little in her nostalgic memoir as to why she is writing an autobiography nor does she reveal the …

Wally Ward : Purpose and Audience

Wally Ward (born in 1914) wrote his memoir ‘Fit For Anything’ (2.798) during the 1960s, detailing his life as a sufferer of …

Arthur P Jacobs: Purpose and Audience

In Arthur’s memoir, he very much speaks for himself in a very personal way. His memoir is almost a chain of memories …

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 …

Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Purpose and Audience

Complying with her recurrent theme of mystery, Mrs W.E. Palmer does not specify who her intended audience was, or even the reason …

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