James H. McKenzie (1862-1952): Purpose and Audience ‘The many stories I could pen of what incidents occur’d during my stay with my Peggotty Hut would fill a volume’ James …
Ernest Richard Shotton (born 1878): An Introduction Ernest Richard Shotton was born in 1878 and he lived a long life of 100 years. Born in Birmingham, he was one …
Edward Balne (B:1895) An Introduction Edward Balne’s memoir, titled ‘Autobiography of an ex-Workhouse and Poor Law Schoolboy’ was written in 1972, when Edward Balne was 77. It details …
Lorna Kite (b. 1916): An Introduction Imagine the dismay, excitement and uncertainty of going ‘all that way’ into the uncertain future. I bade a tearful farewell to my …
