Fermin Rocker (b.1907.): Purpose and Audience Fermin Rocker’s 1998 memoir focuses on his childhood in Stepney before the outbreak of World War One and his positive relationship with …
Fermin Rocker (b.1907.) : An Introduction Fermin Rocker (22 December 1907 – 18 October 2004) Fermin Rocker, born on the 22nd December 1907 in the East End of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Molly Keen: Biographical Entry 2:449 KEEN, Molly, ‘Childhood Memories, 1903 to 1921’, TS, pp.35 (c.12,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born 1903 in Hounslow. Father a …
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 …
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 …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): War and Memory “We were brought up to be very patriotic… saluting a large union Jack” (1.20) War is a predominant theme in Henrietta Burkin’s …
