Edward Cain (1891-1978): Health
Edward Cain’s memoir shows that his family had endured some sad times. On the last page of the transcript (Reminiscences from the …
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 …
Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Home and Family
“His Spirit lives on – in me” (Hutchinson 5) Family and loss is perhaps the main theme of Eleanor Hutchinson’s memoir. Her …
James H. McKenzie (1862-1952): Home and Family Pt 2
“Both was old friends” James H McKenzie P. 20 James H. McKenzie was a popular man. Everywhere he went he made good …
James H. McKenzie (1862-1952): Home and Family
“There was another crash that day, and I heard of it when I arrived home. It was a railway disaster and both …
Doris Hunt (1900): Illness, Health and Disability
The prospect of illness was not uncommon within the Hunt household. It inevitably ended in tragedy. The first instance was when Doris and …
Doris Hunt (born 1900) : Home and Family
The theme of home and family runs throughout Doris’s autobiography as she discusses her various family homes, her parents, siblings and also …
Eleanor Hutchinson (B 1915): Home and Family and the Workhouse
“I had been thrown into the abyss of hell and, to a child that hell is really bottomless” (Hutchinson 66) Following the …
Norah Elliott (b.1903)
Norah Elliott Born 2nd Sept 1903. Father, an insurance agent and later a coal miner, was drowned in 1913. Family then forced …
Harry Dorrell (B.1903): War and Memory
‘Body of Able Seaman Alfred Edwin Dorrell recovered.’ Memory in general is selective and therefore our memoirs are likely to only include …