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 …
Joe Loftus (1914-1998): War & Memory “I can understand now how men were brutalised by the idiotic slaughter and years of doing everything by army numbers, cut off …
Walter John Eugene Elliott (1890- 1977): War and Memory (1) The First World War was a traumatic experience for all involved. It was a time of devastation which still haunts the world …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): An Introduction “Our lives do not begin and end by opening and closing like a book. Life could be likened more to a surging …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Home & Family [Part 2] Jack McQuoid’s lengthy memoir of 343 pages is too long to contain all of his home and family experiences into one post. …
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 …
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 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 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 …
