Annie Lord (b.1899): Life and Labour – Part One
“…my first job was in service 10/- a week to start up at six in the morning and on the go [un]till …
Wilfred Middlebrook (b.1899): Life and Labour
For the majority of the working-class, work dominated their lives and Wilfred was no different. At the age of 12, Wilfred began …
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 …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Six
[Guy] soon found [him]self a very busy person, and for the first time, due to staff calling [him] sir [he] realised, [he] …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Three
Poor Law Institution, York. 1927-28 It was a full time job, ordering, issuing, checking, and entering all the many items into the …
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 …
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 life …
Guy Oates (1905 – 1987): Researching Writing Lives
In my final remarks let me read you these few lines, written many years ago, in one of my more serious moments: …
Annie Lord (b.1899): Life and Labour – Part Two
“… it was hard work But we got good food and that was the main thing those days, I can Rem[em]ber the …
Kay Garrett (b.1899): An Introduction
“I was small and had short hair and from the counter clerks in the outside office I learned that I was referred …