Norah Fearon Knight (b.1910): An Introduction As soon as I saw Norah Fearon Knight’s entry for her memoir in the Burnett et al The Autobiography of the Working …
Harry Young: (1901-1996) Дом и семья (Home and Family) 1901. Edwardian London. Harry Young enters the world. Given the family’s terrible financial state, and his father’s poor business sense, Harry was …
Eleanor Hutchinson (b.1915): An Introduction “The near afar-off seems, the distant nigh, the now a dream, the past reality” – Eleanor Hutchinson ‘The Bells of St. Mary’ …
Mary Denison (1906-1997): An Introduction. ‘Church was like home – familiar, accepted, and unconsciously loved.’ (40) Born on the 8th September 1906 in Far Headingley, Leeds, Mary …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): Food ‘I can never remember being hungry, but I am sure Mama and Dada often denied themselves so that Ron and I could …
Hilda Ann Salusbury (1906-1993): Home and Family (Part 1) The family and the home form the basis of Hilda Salusbury’s memoir. Her first chapter is titled ‘The Family and the Setting’, …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) War and Memory Part 2 I was returning from one of these trips across Dartmoor when I was tailed by a Red Cap. He said ‘Pull in’; …
John Gibson (1887-1980): Purpose & Audience Unlike many of the texts in the collection and on our website, John Gibson’s autobiography is in fact a tape recording that …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Life and Labour “The woman as a worker was a particular site of argument about gender roles. The mobilisation of women in industry… offered up …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): War and Memory “We were brought up to be very patriotic… saluting a large union Jack” (1.20) War is a predominant theme in Henrietta Burkin’s …
