Molly Keen’s Childhood Memories 1903-1921: An Introduction During Molly Keen’s childhood, along with her family, she faced the emergence of the First World War in 1914 when she was …
Molly Keen Childhood Memories (1903-1921): Life and Labour I would situate the Keen family as upper-working-class because they had little income, apart from the father’s work as a master sign …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): War & Memory ‘I have lived through most of the twentieth century – an age of conflict and propaganda in which I have strived to …
Molly Keen Childhood Memories (1903-1921): Home and Family Blog Two Molly Keen’s family lived through times that included many tragedies, many of which were outside of their control. For example, the sinking …
Cecil George Harwood (1894 – 1983): War and Memory II ‘Whatever is written from Autumn 1915 to 13th November 1916, will be authentic but I will leave out as far as possible …
Molly Keen Childhood Memories (1903-1921): Politics, Protest and Class Molly Keen does not appear to be a particularly political person herself, however she describes the current social views of the working …
Mary Norreen Hart (b.1928): Home and Family [part 1] ‘We were a family of five, but sadly did not live together as a family for very long because of our financial …
Arthur T. Collinson (b. 1893): An Introduction From witnessing a shooting as a child, to seeing the likes of Kaiser Wilhelm and Alfonso of Spain buying newspapers from his blind …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): Life writing, class and identity. ‘But your nursey years were running to a close, your private school years, your childhood years. All running to a close, coming …
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 …
