Amy Frances Gomm: (b:1899): Researching Writing Lives
The Writing Lives project has been an eye-opening and worthwhile experience, that I have thoroughly enjoyed the more time went on. When …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b.1899): Habits, Culture & Beliefs
‘Three stirs and a wish for everyone’ (Gomm, 43) It is not unreasonable to conclude that Amy was definitely a family oriented …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b.1899): Purpose and Audience
‘The present is so fun; the future so uncertain. There’s no time for the past; that past which had its own …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b. 1899): Life and Labour
I’d known, before I left school, which way I’d go, when my chance came. Office work; that was it for me. It …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b. 1899): Home and Family
‘mother, peace-loving, with a quiet strength, was the force that held the situation on an even keel, welding these diverse units together …
Amy Frances Gomm (b.1899): War and Memory – Part one
‘Conscription became a fact of life in those early March days. Her two sons, strongly pacifist, hadn’t joined up.’ (Gomm, pp.131) The …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b.1899): War and Memory – Part two
‘Life went on, though. I had to face it.’ (Gomm, pp.143) As we continue from part one, Amy told us of conscription …
Amy Frances Gomm (b.1899): Reading and Writing
‘From the comments and glances, Laurie knew that Lord Oakburns daughters was high on the secret list.’ (Gomm, pp.106) Throughout Amy Frances …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b.1899): An Introduction
Amy Frances Gomm was born in the Oxfordshire village of Charlbury in 1899, making her the sixth out of her eight siblings. …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b.1899): Education and Schooling
‘The scratch of slate pencil on slate is something you never forget.’(Gomm, 38) Born in 1899, Amy Frances Gomm makes it quite …