Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): Education and Schooling Florence’s education is not a prominent theme in her memoir ‘Seventh Child’ and we are barely given an insight into her own …
Frank George Marling (1863-1954): Habits, Culture and Belief As a family we were attached to the Union Chapel, Berkeley. I remember attending the infant class where we were taught words …
Emanuel Lovekin (1820-1905): Religion It was not unusual for the working class of the 19th Century to have very little to no contact with the Church. …
Dora R. Hannan (1909-2001): Education and Schooling We were fortunate in living fairly near school, which was quite a big one divided into ‘Infants, Boys and Girls’. There was …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Education and Schooling “I always got on well with my teachers, although I was so dumb” (1.21) The 20th century introduced a variety …
Amy Gomm (b.1899-1984): Home and Family Part 2 ‘However tender your years, you knew better than to show any resentment to who footed the bill’ (26). Sundays in Charlbury were …
Miss P. Wilson (b.1918-): Habits and Beliefs Routine played a large role in Miss Wilson’s and her family’s lives. From a young age she was taught by her aunts, …
Rosa Bell (b.1902): Habits and Beliefs – Part 2: Religion Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, England was a predominantly Christian country. The Victorian Era placed great importance on the significance …
Minnie Frisby (b.1877): An Introduction ‘By musing and living in the happy past, I am able to forget much of the very painful present.’ (I:1) Minnie Frisby …
May Jones: Fun and Festivities “Games somehow were seasonable and all the children of the village played the same games at the same time. In the spring …
