Guy Oates (1905-1987): Fun and Festivities – Part Two
‘Having been in contact with children all my life, I have had ample opportunity to see the way they play the games …
‘Having been in contact with children all my life, I have had ample opportunity to see the way they play the games …
Participating in the Writing Lives collaborative research project has undoubtedly been one of the most rewarding experiences of my three years at …
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 …
‘I can never remember being hungry, but I am sure Mama and Dada often denied themselves so that Ron and I could …
In this post I’ll be looking at the role of more literary and fiction orientated aspects of Todd’s memoir and what they …
‘for all my family especially my dear husband Ron, our lovely daughters Lindsey and Rosslyn, our supportive sons-in-law Ted and Paul and …
Had I have carried on to-day as I did then, I would be placed in the Local Authority as a child out …
At the beginning of Hilda’s memoir, she dedicates it to her two grandsons, Julian and Austen who were the children of her …
‘Church was like home – familiar, accepted, and unconsciously loved.’ (40) Born on the 8th September 1906 in Far Headingley, Leeds, Mary …
‘Mary my sister was a dainty neat child but I was just the opposite, a real scruff.’ (‘Living in the Lane’, p. …