Guy Oates (1905-1987): Researching Writing Lives Whoever may read the following, try and place yourself in the position of the writer, the youngest but one of a family …
Guy Oates (1905-1987): Life and Labour – Part Six [Guy] soon found [him]self a very busy person, and for the first time, due to staff calling [him] sir [he] realised, [he] …
Harry Young (1901-1996): Война и Память (War and Memory Harry’s wartime recollections are a subject of particular curiosity in his memoir, given that over the course of the two World Wars, …
Thomas Waddicor (b.1906): War and Memory Thomas Waddicor lives through both World War 1 and World War 2. His experience of World War 1 is nothing more …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) War and Memory Part 1 Then I received a letter to report to Bulford Camp as Heavy Goods driver in RASC where I did my Army training …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) War and Memory Part 2 I was returning from one of these trips across Dartmoor when I was tailed by a Red Cap. He said ‘Pull in’; …
Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): Life and Labour John Benson’s The Working Class in Britain 1850-1939 argues that: ‘It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of work in working-class life…Work …
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 …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Biographical Entry 783 VERE, Percy [pseud. of H.V. SMITH], ‘The Autobiography of a Working Man’, TS, pp.10 (c.6,500 words). Brunel University Library. Born …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Purpose and Audience ‘…And I’ve reached 71 regardless. But I could never have done it without my wife’s constant help I’m sure.’ (Vere, 25). The …
