Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 2) Jean’s mother seems to work hard throughout her childhood in the 1920s to provide a consistently clean home and daily meals. ‘All …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Researching Writing Lives “I shall have had a wonderful life, much love, some sadness, but oh, so very much laughter” (5.7) I have thoroughly enjoyed …
Frank Goss (b. 1896): Education and Schooling (Older years) Following on from my first post on ‘Education and Schooling’, I will now be focusing on Goss’s later experiences with education and the affect …
Harold Gill (1919-2003): Education and Schooling Harold Gill was something of a model pupil during his time at school. Or at least he was a pupil well-liked by …
Martha Martin (b.1871): Education & Schooling [1/2] ‘…it was while we lived at the Hough that my Father I don’t remember about mother that he got interested in a …
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 …
Alfred Ireson (b.1856): Education and Schooling “Education was not taken seriously…Child labour was encouraged” (22) The young Alf, ‘noted for mischief and exploits of many kinds’ (21) outlines …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): Education and Schooling (Part Two) In Part One, I discussed how the teacher Mr Evans’ interactions with John on a human level transformed the dangerous perception of …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) Childhood and Education ‘My father had eight rows of allotments, and grew chrysanthemums and mint. My eldest sister and I used to have to go …
