Pat O’Mara (1901-1983) Researching Writing Lives Researching Pat O’Mara’s life has provided me with a new-found love for history and autobiographies. I’ve learned through Pat’s story why memoirs …
Martha Martin (b.1871): Life & Labour [1/3] But when you can combine the two, then it is enjoyable as you do not mind how hard you work if there …
Miss P. Wilson (b.1918): Purpose and Audience ‘Someone wrote a hymn ‘we won’t give up the Sunday school’ Miss Wilson’s memoir focuses on sharing the lives of her family …
A.W Todd: “The Intellectuals” Whilst the topic of education isn’t on Todd’s agenda during the writing of his memoir, he does allude to the role of …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part One On the farm 1921 – 1922 I was still the same boy that I was when [I was] very young. A happy …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Home & Family (1/2) The main focus of Norah Fearon Knight’s memoir ‘Nostalgia’ is undoubtedly her family and home life during her childhood. ‘Our family counting …
Hilda Salusbury (1906-1993): Life Writing, Class and Identity Class status is not something which Hilda goes into great depth about during the course of her memoir. She tells the reader …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976): Politics, Protest & Class Surprisingly absent from Lea’s memoir is the theme of politics. In spite of a large part of Lea’s memoir focusing on working …
Harry Alfred West (b.1880): Life & Labour Harry West’s main ambition in life was to be educated, however at the age of 14 he was forced to leave school …
Harry Alfred West (B.1880): Purpose and Audience As has been a long established trend in working class autobiography, Harry West begins his work with an apology for having written …
