Minnie Frisby (b. 1877): Life and Labour Alongside childhood, working life and labour is a significant theme in Memories. After discovering Minnie’s maiden name through her marriage on Ancestry …
Thomas Raymont (1864-1949): Class Matters ‘The story of a life so quiet as mine would be of little importance except to personal friends, unless it is so …
Elizabeth Rignall (B.1894): An Introduction We were all poor them days! But what enjoyment we got out of life! Elizabeth’s grandmother, having regretted sending her daughter to …
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 …
Minnie Frisby (b. 1877): Education and Schooling Education for Victorian working-class women was somewhat of a luxury. The 1870 Education Act gave children an elementary education up to thirteen, …
Daisy Cowper (1890 – 1985): Education & Schooling Schooling is a topic that Daisy discusses extensively in her memoirs, though this is perhaps due to the impact it had upon …
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 …
Nora Isabel Adnams: Education and Schooling ‘Our school hours were our happiest time, the teachers were very nice to us, unless of course we played them up.’ (15) …
Mrs W.E. Palmer (b.1908): Education and Schooling Part One The village elementary school which came under the auspices of the church, was a very good one (13) This post is the …
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 …
