working class life

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Hymie Fagan (1903-1988): An Introduction

Meet the Jewish Communist, Hymie Fagan! The riveting and political context to his, ‘An Autobiography’ reveals the life of a working-class politician. …

Kathleen Hilton-Foord (1903-1908): Life & Labour

Changing policies in the early twentieth century with regard to compulsory education, such as The 1902 Balfour Education Act, meant that unlike children …

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