Guy Oates (1905-1987): Education and Schooling- Part 3 ‘I was now a frightned [frightened] boy, and I felt this was [not] the end but the beginning of more trouble’ (2:57). …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Education & Schooling This blog may seem disjointed with Jack’s various experiences in what he deems is his ‘real education’ but I believe it portrays …
Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): Home and Family “My body is getting old now. I think everybody should die on them born spot.” (33) Isaac focuses on home life …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Education and Schooling- Part One ‘Being educated at my particular charity school, my learning was slow and poor, and my vocabulary is small- hence the small words …
Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): Purpose and Audience Isaac Gordon’s autobiography differs from many other working-class autobiographies from this period. His purpose and audience is outlined at the end of …
Mary Denison (1906 -1997): Habit, Culture and Belief. ‘Sunday coats, Sunday hats, best shoes; felt hats in winter, straw ones with ribbons or flower trimmings in summer.’ (33) In last …
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 …
Alfred Ireson (b. 1856): Researching Writing Lives If asked, ‘Why did you choose this module?’, it always boils down to the content, and the way in which it stimulates …
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 …
Harry Young: Введение (An Introduction) ‘I [have] written it all down, just as it flowed. Nothing added, nothing taken away. No preservatives, No colouring matter. The boozing …
