A.W Todd: Audience and Purpose “In recording my memoirs of working as a mason, during these years in between the wars, I have endeavoured to relate the …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Researching Writing Lives Participating in the Writing Lives collaborative research project has undoubtedly been one of the most rewarding experiences of my three years at …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Researching Writing Lives In my final remarks let me read you these few lines, written many years ago, in one of my more serious moments: …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Researching Writing Lives Whoever may read the following, try and place yourself in the position of the writer, the youngest but one of a family …
A.W Todd: Working Class Pride “I was actually responsible for some arches on a church in Marsham Street, of which I was very proud.” When we talk …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Fun & Festivities Following on from my previous post, where I discussed Norah Fearon Knight’s experience of leisure and recreation growing up in a large, …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Education and Schooling- Part Four Was this his last and final attempt to break me. How could any human being so cruel. If this was my school …
Violet Austin (1910-1983): Education and Schooling Violet explains that she liked school, but ‘was so often away through illness’ (30) she constantly felt like she was catching up. She started …
Charles L. Hansford (B: 1902): Purpose & Audience The title of Charles Hansford’s autobiography, ‘Memoir of a Bricklayer’ implies that he viewed the construction industry as his most significant purpose …
Writing Lives and the Burnett Collection of Working-Class Autobiography Writing Lives is a final-year module on the BA English degree at Liverpool John Moores University, taught by Helen Rogers. Autobiographies are …
