Mick and Val are both from mining villages in County Durham. Published: 1975

Ron is a youth worker from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. He attended grammar school and the London School of Economics before moving to Partington. Hazel was born in Cheetham Hill

Sally and Sarse Gallagher came to England from separate sides of the Irish border, she from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland and he from Donegal in the Republic.

John Best was born and raised in Josey Hill, Barbados, coming to Manchester in his twenties.  He had nine children with his wife, Olive, who according to the

Eric was born in 1924 in Runcorn, Cheshire. Betty was born in 1928 in Douglas, Isle of Man and was raised by her grandparents. Together they had eight

The second volume of the Lifetimes series, featuring Frank and Dolly. Frank (born Ivan) had a rural upbringing on his grandfather’s farm in Russia before moving to the

The first volume of the Lifetimes series provides an overview of the project that brought these autobiographies to publication, followed by the stories of Jack and Elsie, before