Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 1)
‘Then father had a stroke on hot summer day whilst painting the outside of a house and died; exactly on my fourth …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Habits, Culture and Beliefs
Henrietta’s memoir reminisces on a variety of hobbies and cultural activities in her community. These activities are heavily influenced by her beliefs …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): Reading and Writing.
‘You were carried into new worlds, your own mind and imagination were beginning to work’ (30). In the purpose and audience blog …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904): An Introduction.
‘My YESTERDAYS were an equal mixture of good and bad… Life was what we made it when I was a child in …
Ada Marion Jefferis (1884-1981): Education and Schooling
Schooling and Education is a key theme in ‘The Memories of Ada Marion Jefferis’, which you can read in full here, transcribed by …
John Urie (b. 1820) Education and Schooling
My (Home and Family) mentioned how John was educated during his time in various clubs in his teenage years, with politics and …
Jean Court: Home and Family (Part 2)
Jean’s mother seems to work hard throughout her childhood in the 1920s to provide a consistently clean home and daily meals. ‘All …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Researching Writing Lives
“I shall have had a wonderful life, much love, some sadness, but oh, so very much laughter” (5.7) I have thoroughly enjoyed …
Frank Goss (b. 1896): Education and Schooling (Older years)
Following on from my first post on ‘Education and Schooling’, I will now be focusing on Goss’s later experiences with education and the affect …