working-class writing

Guy Oates (1905 – 1987) The Years That Are Gone: An Introduction

‘The Years That Are Gone’ is a 750 page, eight volume, memoir, which explores the history of the Oates family through the …

Harry Young: (1901-1996) Дом и семья (Home and Family)

1901. Edwardian London. Harry Young enters the world. Given the family’s terrible financial state, and his father’s poor business sense, Harry was …

Thomas Jordan (B.1892): An Introduction

Mr. Thomas Jordan. 2 Simpasture Court, Newton Aycliffe. Co. Durham. Thomas Jordan was born in January 1892 in Birtley, County Durham …

Margaret Watson (b.1907) War and Memory

Margaret Watson was just seven-years-old when the First World War began. By the start of the Second World War, Margaret was a …

Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Purpose and Audience

‘Most working-class autobiographies begin not with a family lineage or a birthdate but rather with an apology for their authors’ ordinariness’ (Gagnier, …

Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Biographical Entry

8 books.Family History – family came from Knaresborough.Born Knaserbough (30th March 1905)Died in Aylesbury (28th January 1987) Volume One: Contents:The years that …

Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Reading and (Life) Writing

Percy does not focus on the reading or writing very much at all within his memoir , similarly to Edward S. Humphries. …

Wally Ward : Purpose and Audience

Wally Ward (born in 1914) wrote his memoir ‘Fit For Anything’ (2.798) during the 1960s, detailing his life as a sufferer of …

Margaret Watson (b.1907) Introduction

“In spite of my many hard times I would not have my life any other way.” In 1912, when she was just …

Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Life and Labour

The firm I was working for closed down, therefore I was out of work for the first 12 weeks of married life. …

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