Diaries of Frank Forster (b.1910), labourer

This material is held atModern Records Centre, University of Warwick

  • Reference
    • GB 152 FRS
  • Former Reference
    • GB 152 FRS
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1934-1938
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box

Scope and Content

Dated notebooks, 1934-8: daily events, cinema-going, work and unemployment, social criticism from a left point-of-view.

Administrative / Biographical History

Frank Forster was born in 1910 in Saltney, Cheshire. He was intermittently employed as a casual labourer, having previously worked in horticulture, and as a fitter's mate. With a strong leftwards political consciousness, he was involved in the work of the local Communist Party and the Left Book Club.

Access Information

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Other Finding Aids

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/FRS

Custodial History

The diaries were purchased by the Centre in 1995.