HJ Harris (b.1903): Life and Labour
‘A lady tried to sympathise with me in my plight of homelessness, so she sheltered me for a few days. She fussed …
‘A lady tried to sympathise with me in my plight of homelessness, so she sheltered me for a few days. She fussed …
We are delighted to share the second post in our Guest Blog series on autobiographical recollections on working-class history. Here John Field …
‘This autobiography will cover seven decades of the life of a working-class man, of his struggle to survive, his political life and …
When researching and writing on Joe Ayre’s life I often find him lacking. His life lacked education, family, and support. One area …
Labour was Arthur T. Collinson’s life. Due to a poverty-smothered childhood, Collinson knew that he had to work. He had no second …
‘Against the backdrop of the economic depression, socialism exerted a strong influence’ Mary does not write much about the political situation of …
Collinson was very politically minded. From suffering the intricacies of inner-city poverty to being one of the first members of the Organ …
I now wanted to tell the world I was now a man, working and helping my mother Jack Lanigan, ‘Thy Kingdom Did …
Henrietta’s life is filled with powerful emotions, happy memories and strong family bonds. She prides herself on her close knit family and …
John Benson’s The Working Class in Britain 1850-1939 argues that: ‘It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of work in working-class life…Work …