Working Class Education

Isaac Edward Brown, 1880-1974: Education and Schooling

“Not so very distant in point of years, but ages ago in many other respects” (1) Within the above quotation from Isaac …

Pat doesn’t go into great detail about his school life in his autobiography. Instead of viewing school as a place for education, …

Reading is a particularly prominent theme in Norah Fearon Knight’s unpublished memoir ‘Nostalgia’ and books and poetry are both things she speaks …

Molly Keen’s memoire includes a detailed insight into her education and schooling, but she does not reveal any academic successes, such as …

I could do with going back to school Mrs N. Jones’ 2 autobiographical letters, page 10 Beginning her educational journey at age …

‘Mary found her schooldays quite acceptable but I did not.’ (p. 6) Within Jean Court’s memoir, education and schooling are two recurrent …

‘The school was intended for delicate children and the teachers were gentle and encouraging.’ (p. 10) Following her difficulties at school, Jean …

Introducing our Authors: Mary Howitt (b.1888) Mary Howitt was born on the 5th of December, 1888, to James Howitt and Mary …

Education is in many ways the love of Harry West’s life, and he dedicates many pages of his autobiography to describing the …

Margaret Perry, born 1922 in Nottingham, had a traditional working class education in her formative years (note: for a creative way of enjoying …