MY HOLIDAYS Waterside was a caravan park by a rocky cove. The railway line ran next to it, taking trains to Paignton and Torquay. At the age of eight I sat on the grassy embankment and watched the Great Western … Continue reading
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“A MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN” A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY. – “LITTLE JIMMY’S XMAS”- LESSON SEVEN
LITTLE JIMMY’S CHRISTMAS Auntie Lottie suffers from deafness, senility and badly fitting false teeth. She’s a relative of Auntie Winnie, my Uncle Fred’s wife, and already a million years old when Little Jimmy is born. I only ever see her … Continue reading
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 6 – Gents and Gypsies
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 6 – Gents and Gypsies GENTS AND GYPSIES Uncle Joe Wright kept a seven feet high luminous Frankenstein in his kitchen. Uncle Joe Williams wore a flying helmet and drove a motorcycle and … Continue reading
“A MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN” A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY. – “THE LAST VICTORIAN” – LESSON FIVE
THE LAST VICTORIAN My childhood was spent in a Victorian world of slums: of mill chimneys, cobbled streets, gas lamps and yellow smogs. This wasn’t true for all my contemporaries in nineteen fifties Oldham. The Coppice, for example, was the … Continue reading
A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY. – “THE LAST COWBOY IN WREXHAM” – LESSON FOUR – By Jim Williams
LESSON FOUR – THE LAST COWBOY IN WREXHAM Hughie Williams was an Indian fighter. He and his drinking pal, my Uncle Denis, killed the last one in Wrexham, in the summer of 1954, one morning shortly before breakfast, while Little … Continue reading
A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY – A free course – Lesson Three – “SHINY JIM AND ADOLF HITLER”
A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY- A free course – Lesson Three SHINY JIM AND ADOLF HITLER My grandfather and Adolf Hitler were members of the Wrexham St. John’s Ambulance Brigade. There are three photographs of James Edward Williams. The first … Continue reading
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 2 – “Nellie”
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 2 – “Nellie” ‘I didn’t know my own name ’til I were eleven,’ says Nellie. I partly understand her. Her maiden name is sometimes Nellie Webb and sometimes Nellie Wright. Webb – she … Continue reading
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 1 – A Dream of Red Tulips
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 1 – A Dream of Red Tulips How to write your autobiography – Lesson 1 – A DREAM OF RED TULIPS Little Jimmy is five years old and lying in bed at home … Continue reading
How to write your autobiography – A free course
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How to write your autobiography – A free course How to write your autobiography – A free course – INTRODUCTION For years I recommended to people that they should write their autobiography, not with any particular view to publication but … Continue reading