Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): Biographical entry 181 COOTER, Florence Anne, ‘Seventh Child’, MS, pp.71 (c.71,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born Aug 1912 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. Father worked as …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Life and Labour The firm I was working for closed down, therefore I was out of work for the first 12 weeks of married life. …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Home & Family “As the youngest born it was not surprising that I owed a lot to my five brothers and two sisters. Wittingly or …
Annie Lord (b.1899): Home and Family – Part Two Adulthood “… Real[l]y my life was a misery. Beaten and knocked about for nothing at all.” Lord, p:3 In contrast to her …
Ruth Cox (1890): War and Memory Part II Welcome back to Part Two of my blog on Ruth Cox (1890): War and Memory. Ruth writes that in order to be …
Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): War and Memory Part One Florence witnessed and lived through the effects of two world wars. Memories of war began early in Florence’s life as a child …
Edward S. Humphries: War and Memory Part Two Humphries’ time in World War One was spent fighting Turkish soldiers in Mesopotamia (now known as Iraq). He took many photographs of the …
Frederick Charles Wynne: Fun and Festivities (Part One) “Our entertainment recreations were confined mainly to the street in which we lived. We would chase madly up and down with our …
Molly Keen Childhood Memories (1903-1921): Home and Family Blog Two Molly Keen’s family lived through times that included many tragedies, many of which were outside of their control. For example, the sinking …
Edward Cain (1891-1978): An Introduction Edward Cain, in his memoir ‘Memories’, recalls the ups and downs of growing up in North East England as part of a …
