Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): Life writing, class and identity. ‘But your nursey years were running to a close, your private school years, your childhood years. All running to a close, coming …
Mary Denison (1906 -1997): Habit, Culture and Belief. ‘Sunday coats, Sunday hats, best shoes; felt hats in winter, straw ones with ribbons or flower trimmings in summer.’ (33) In last …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): An Introduction. ‘Church was like home – familiar, accepted, and unconsciously loved.’ (40) Born on the 8th September 1906 in Far Headingley, Leeds, Mary …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): Home and Family (1/2). ‘It was a strange, unexpected house – one moved from one century to another as one walked through it.’ (3) Mary Denison’s …
Faizur Rasul (b. 1910): Habits, Culture & Belief From Bengal to Birmingham could be seen as a clash of cultures, with an Indian man making his way to England with …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): Purpose and Audience. ‘The old Vicarage – its bones and frame; every part of it was alive with its own special life and having its …
Miss P. Wilson (b.1918): Purpose and Audience ‘Someone wrote a hymn ‘we won’t give up the Sunday school’ Miss Wilson’s memoir focuses on sharing the lives of her family …
Minnie Frisby (b.1877): Habits, Culture and Belief Music was an important pastime for Minnie. She remembers her father teaching her to play musical instruments and dance with her when …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): Home and Family (Part 1) ‘If he was late – midnight, or after, he would be drunk’ (1) The family and the home, for Westall, are expressed …
H J Harris (b.1903): Home and Family I have decided to have two separate sections for the theme of ‘Home and Family’ because HJ has memories from his time …
