Siblings

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 …

Jean’s mother seems to work hard throughout her childhood in the 1920s to provide a consistently clean home and daily meals. ‘All …

Rosa’s childhood and time spent with her parents was overwhelmingly positive and influenced her cheerful and moral attitude toward others (see Home …

‘One of my most treasured photographs of that lovely day is that of my dear grandmother, sitting at the wedding breakfast table, …

‘mother, peace-loving, with a quiet strength, was the force that held the situation on an even keel, welding these diverse units together …

‘I can give you the official way my father met his death, but you would have to accept my word for what …

Childhood “[We] use[d] to have a good time dressing up making all our own amusement and Believe me we use[d] to thour[ough]ly …

‘Mother knew, with her concerned sensibility, that watching would quieten my fear.’ (27) Harry was the youngest of 8 children and seems …

Margaret Perry was born in 1922, in Nottingham. She was the third of four children, Raymond (born 1914), Leonora (1916), and Beryl …

Family very obviously formed a huge part of Molly’s life. Her memoir attributes many experiences and memories informed by her family and …