Pat O’Mara (1901-1983) Life and Labour “With my brief sojourn in America I had caught a new glimpse of life; a different perspective and I had no intention …
Miss P Wilson (b.1918-) Life and Labour “It was his proud boast that his children never wore clogs. . . I used to long for clogs, to go running …
Alfred Ireson (b.1856): Education and Schooling “Education was not taken seriously…Child labour was encouraged” (22) The young Alf, ‘noted for mischief and exploits of many kinds’ (21) outlines …
A.W Todd: Yard Culture Like any work place, Masonry had a culture of its own that existed within the confines of the working day and the …
Jack Vallance (b. 1914) – The Railway As I have indicated in each of the preceding posts, Jack was heavily involved in the Railway up until his death in …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): Life and Labour (Part 1) Figure 1 Household Maids for a London Family in the early 20th Century Throughout Westall’s memoir, work is a main theme …
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 …
John Edmonds (1911-1984): Life and Labour (Part One) Whilst many working-class autobiographers write centrally about the struggles of working life, talk of labour is ominously absent in John Edmonds’ …
Cecil George Harwood (1894 – 1983): Life and Labour I ‘The Manager came out and soon saw what I had done, and did he tell me what I was, I never knew …
Florence Powell – Education and Schooling Education and Schooling Florence Powell’s experience of education and schooling may have been somewhat limited, however the orphanage she attended describes itself …
