Mary Denison (1906-1997): Purpose and Audience. ‘The old Vicarage – its bones and frame; every part of it was alive with its own special life and having its …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Education and Schooling ‘I had never been a very clever scholar… so I was doomed for the pits.’ (Jordan, 2) Thomas attended a church school …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Reading and Writing As I have mentioned in previous posts, the memoir of Thomas Jordan are in the form of an oral history interview. We …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Politics, Protest and Class Thomas Jordan grew up on a colliery in Usworth, County Durham and followed his father down the mines aged 14. Although in …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): An Introduction “This is the story of my Welsh childhood- shot through with the richness of our community and the jagged edge of poverty and …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Introduction ‘Born the son of a flour miller March 1913. I well remember my mother holding me up to the window to see …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): Researching Writing Lives I have thoroughly enjoyed researching and writing about my author Joe Loftus on this module. He was a brilliant author to write …
Doris Hunt (1900): Life Writing and Class Identity In ‘Social Atoms: Working Class Autobiography, Subjectivity and Gender’, Regenia Gagnier distinguishes working class autobiographies into six different categories. I believe that …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): Biographical Entry HART, Norreen. A Welsh Childhood: Memories of Aberfan 1928-1945 through the eyes of Mary Norreen Hart (nee Jones) pp.63. Brunel University Library. …
Charles L. Hansford (B. 1902): Life & Labour Charles Lewis Hansford left school at the age of fourteen in order to contribute towards the family economy, and put to use the work …
