Any of the resources below could be used as the basis of this lesson. To explore the resources:
- Follow the link from each resource to the introductory page in the Letter in the Attic online exhibition.
- Then follow the link at the bottom of the introductory page to the full catalogue entry for the resource.
Below you can download a lesson plan to use with the resource. The catalogue contains original scans, transcripts and background information for each resource.
Suggested resources
A Sprig from the Vine
Letters of a Georgian windmill owner, c 1825-1836
William Vine (LIA9)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/williamvine
To my lifelong friend
Letter of a conscientious objector, 1945
Gordon Harris (LIA10)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/gordonharris
Was it not delightful?
Letters on meeting her future husband in Brighton, 1860-61
Sarah Sedgewick (LIA11)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/sarahsedgewick
In memory of our dear mother
Diary and memoir of a Moulsecoomb widow, 1930s
Florence and Ada Elphick (LIA12)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/florenceelphick
No onions and the Great Dictator
Diaries of a Brighton cinema-goer, 1940s-60s
Hinda Harris (LIA14)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/hindaharris
Hitler was supposed to invade today
Wartime diaries of a Lewes woman, 1940-1944
Margery May(LIA15)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/margerymay
Damaged in enemy action
A child’s correspondence in World War II, 1943-1945
Beryl Speed (LIA16)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/berylspeed
This longed for day has arrived…
Letters of a Brighton Prisoner of War, 1918
Alfred Langrish (LIA19)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/alfredlangrish
Applying for vacancy as advertised
Letters of a Welsh carpenter in Brighton in search of work, 1930
Thomas Fairchild (LIA20)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/thomasfairchild
A Victorian schoolgirl writes to her parents
Letters written by two Brighton schoolgirls in 1830s
Sarah and Deborah Alexander (LIA32)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/alexandersisters
I expect you want a wedding cake
Letters between childhood sweethearts, 1936
George and Violet (LIA44)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/georgeandviolet
My Victory Book
Schoolbooks and memoir, 1945-1947
Margaret Hutchings (LIA72)
www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/margarethutchings
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