Annie Lord (b.1899): Life and Labour – Part Two
“… it was hard work But we got good food and that was the main thing those days, I can Rem[em]ber the …
May Jones: Illness, Health and Disability
“Misses let her go home,” if she lives she will be either a cripple or an imbecile,” Mother said I believe that …
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 …
Jim Ingram (b.1912): Education and Schooling
Both during and after the war Jim Ingram’s family, amongst many others, suffered from the weak economy caused by the war. This …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Illness, Health & Disability
Much of Norah’s memoir discusses illness, both physical and mental. Norah’s ancestors, her siblings and Norah herself suffered with illness and disability. Norah …
Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Illness, Health and Disability
‘So there again mother got the first folding invalid chair’ (21) Mary’s memoir recalls how her parents faced illness and disability throughout …
Jim Ingram (b.1912): Disability
As has been mentioned throughout previous blogs about Jim Ingram’s memoir, he ‘had been born a cripple and could not walk very …
Leonard Ellisdon (1885-1968): Purpose & Audience
“When a nonentity such as I presume, at an advanced age, to invade the realm of letters with little if anything …