Publications
The Town Beehive: A young girl's lot in Brighton 1910-1934, by Daisy Noakes, published 1975 (88 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Brightonian, Daisy Noakes, tells her story from the age of fourteen, when she went into service. She gives us an insight into the life of a woman born and brought up in Brighton. Daisy documents - with humour - her inevitable trials and tribulations in the often physically demanding world that she inhabited during her working life.
The autobiography covers her childhood, as one of a family of ten, living in Prince's Road and Vere Road, and her working days in service in different parts of the town. This is a special insight into Daisy's world and is a shining example of true grit and fortitude!
The autobiography covers her childhood, as one of a family of ten, living in Prince's Road and Vere Road, and her working days in service in different parts of the town. This is a special insight into Daisy's world and is a shining example of true grit and fortitude!
Faded Rainbow: Our Married Years, by Daisy Noakes, published 1 August 1980 (56 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733076 & ISBN-13: 9780904733075) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504089] & The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:This autobiography gives a poignant insight into the life and expectations of a working class Brighton girl, who from the age of fourteen, was in service from 1910 to 1934. It describes her life as a young wife and mother, and the isolation she felt living in the countryside surrounding Gatwick Airfield. Daisy examines the early years of her marriage in 1934 to George Noakes, when she comments that there was 'no honeymoon period for us', as her employers would not allow such a luxury and it was like getting 'blood out of a stone' even to get a day off to get married. In her twilight years Daisy bravely recalls how she coped with her husband's terminal illness, when she was left alone to keep her family going.
The Town Beehive: A young girl's lot in Brighton 1910-1934, by Daisy Noakes, published 7 October 1991 (new edition, 60 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733459 & ISBN-13: 9780904733457) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504088] & The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Brightonian, Daisy Noakes, tells her story from the age of fourteen, when she went into service. She gives us an insight into the life of a woman born and brought up in Brighton. Daisy documents - with humour - her inevitable trials and tribulations in the often physically demanding world that she inhabited during her working life.
The autobiography covers her childhood, as one of a family of ten, living in Prince's Road and Vere Road, and her working days in service in different parts of the town. This is a special insight into Daisy's world and is a shining example of true grit and fortitude!
The autobiography covers her childhood, as one of a family of ten, living in Prince's Road and Vere Road, and her working days in service in different parts of the town. This is a special insight into Daisy's world and is a shining example of true grit and fortitude!