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, …
Amy Gomm (b.1899-1984) : Purpose and Audience ‘The depths of grief, the peaks of happiness – they’re all water under the bridge now, to be forgotten unless we do …
James H. McKenzie (1862-1952): Purpose and Audience ‘The many stories I could pen of what incidents occur’d during my stay with my Peggotty Hut would fill a volume’ James …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Purpose & Audience Often some of my clients (assurance) whose husbands were at sea, would tell me what their men were putting up with when …
William Webb (1830-1919) – Purpose & Audience This blog looks at the purpose of William’s autobiography, as well as observing the audience he targets. In order to fully appreciate …
Mary Hollinrake (b. 1912): Purpose & Audience Mary Hollinrake, born in 1912 in Todmorden, wrote her memoir covering the early years in her life, the first 20 or so …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Purpose & Audience ‘Yes times have changed and the greater part for the better, but don’t believe that the old days were all bad. We …
Pat O’Mara (1901-1983) Purpose and Audience There is no denying that Pat found pleasure in his writing. Before the publication of The Autobiography of a Liverpool Slummy, he had …
Ken Hayter (b.1940): Purpose & Audience “All the events in the tales are as true as my memory allows and, whilst the characters are fictional, they can be …
Marion Owen (b. 1909): Purpose and Audience ‘It seems rather like the ship in the bottle, its in there, but how does one get it out?’ Marion Owen begins …
