Patrick McGeown (b. 1897): Purpose and Audience ‘For me there was no prouder title, nothing I wanted more than to be a writing man’ – (190) After a lifetime …
John Urie (b. 1820) Life and Labour This entry focuses on will focus on John Urie’s professional career as a printer, publisher and photographer in the early years of …
A.W Todd: The Apprentice Humble beginnings now for Todd. Whilst some of the previous blogs have looked at stops along the way in Todd’s memoir, it …
John Urie (b. 1820): An Introduction John Urie first saw the light of Paisley in 1820. His life and autobiography “Reminiscences of eighty years by John Urie” (published …
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, …
Norah Fearon Knight (1910-2000): Habits, Beliefs & Recreation Leisure and recreation is a key topic in ‘Nostalgia’, the unpublished memoir of Norah Fearon Knight, which you can read in full …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Education and Schooling- Part Three I was now a frightned [frightened] boy, and I felt this was [not] the end but the beginning of more trouble’ (Oates, …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Four Until people read something like this they will never know what went on when workhouses were in use, and the Poor Law …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Life and Labour – Part Five What a peculiar world this is. Here was I living in the prettiest institution, in beautiful surroundings, yet working and living with …
