Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Illness, Heath & Disability
The first mention of poor health in Percy’s memoir, is when appendicitis puts his marriage on hold. ‘ As on September 19th …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): Home and Family
Walter’s memoirs focus on his life up until the Armistice of The Great War, when he was 28. Readers are therefore given …
Wally Ward : Purpose and Audience
Wally Ward (born in 1914) wrote his memoir ‘Fit For Anything’ (2.798) during the 1960s, detailing his life as a sufferer of …
Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 1)
‘Then father had a stroke on hot summer day whilst painting the outside of a house and died; exactly on my fourth …
Margaret Watson (b.1907) Introduction
“In spite of my many hard times I would not have my life any other way.” In 1912, when she was just …
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 …
Robert Ward (B. 1907): Purpose and Audience
This post discusses the Purpose and intended Audience of Robert Ward’s memoir ‘A Lancashire Childhood’. You can read in full here, which is …
Introducing Robert Ward (B.1907)
“The everyday background to my life consisted of our house and the shops, houses and pubs in the Featherstall area” (8) Robert …
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’; …
Mrs Yates (b.1882-1976): An Introduction
“I never wanted to go near the mill[…] I really didn’t like the mill. At all”– Mrs Yates Across England in the …