Nella Last became one of who participated in the writing project, maintaining a diary for 30 years! In book form her diaries cover three periods WWII, post-war, and the s. Nella was 49 in and lived in Barrow-in-Furness in Lancashire with her husband and had two grown sons/5(14). · In the late s Nella Last, a housewife aged 49, living in Barrow-in-Furness on the North West English coast,agrees to send details of her routine to the Mass observation project, a non-governmental scheme designed to chronicle the lives of ordinary . Picking up where bestseller Nella Last's War left off, this fascinating and unique diary of delves into the private life of housewife, mother and skilful narrator Nella Last, as well as /5(2).
Nella Last (née Nellie Lord; 4 October - 22 June ) was an English housewife who lived in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, www.doorway.ru wrote a diary for the Mass Observation Archive from until making it one of the most substantial diaries held by Mass Observation. Her diary, consisting of around 12 million words, is one of the longest in the English language. So wrote Nella Last in her diary on 2 September More than sixty years on, tens of thousands of people have read and enjoyed three volumes of her vivid and moving diaries, written during the Second World War and its aftermath as part of the Mass Observation project - and the basis for BAFTA-winning drama Housewife 49 starring Victoria Wood. Nella Last kept a diary throughout World War Two, under the auspices of the Mass Observation Archive. Her record of events offers a unique insight into one woman's war - on the Home Front. This is.
Nella Last's war: the Second World War diaries of 'Housewife, 49' Item Preview. Nella Last became one of who participated in the writing project, maintaining a diary for 30 years! In book form her diaries cover three periods WWII, post-war, and the s. Nella was 49 in and lived in Barrow-in-Furness in Lancashire with her husband and had two grown sons. In September , housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique. When war broke out, Nella's younger son joined the army while the rest of the family tried to adapt to civilian life.
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