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 …
Winifred Relph (B.1912): Education and Schooling In the mid-19th century, only half the population of England were able to sign the marriage register but, by the early 20th …
Ruth Cox (1890): Education and Schooling ‘I started to work at 13’ (White Knobs Row, p9) Education, particularly the education Ruth received during her time in school, was …
Frank George Marling (1863-1954): Education and Schooling There was no national free education in those days but there had been and were being established in some places: Board schools …
Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 1) ‘Then father had a stroke on hot summer day whilst painting the outside of a house and died; exactly on my fourth …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Habits, Culture and Beliefs Henrietta’s memoir reminisces on a variety of hobbies and cultural activities in her community. These activities are heavily influenced by her beliefs …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): Reading and Writing. ‘You were carried into new worlds, your own mind and imagination were beginning to work’ (30). In the purpose and audience blog …
