Tag / social history

Preserving the Past My father-in-law’s love of photography means we are fortunate enough to have been left with hundreds of black-and-white photographs dating back to 1932 when he was a teenager. Just eighteen when he met his future wife these photographs portray young people of that era falling in love in an innocent way unknown to youngsters of today. They met, as many people did in those days through the church, their friendship strengthened by the local Tennis Club and their many mutual friends. Families knew each other better in those days. Parents’ approval was more important. My...

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The Fonder Heart

My parents-in-law kept every letter they ever wrote to each other. The first in 1932, the innocent flirtatious letter from an eighteen year old girl to a seventeen year old boy, the last in 1946 from an army officer to the wife he had been separated from for five years. Importantly for us, left with these letters, is the period of time they cover, a time of change and upheaval not only in their lives but in the world at large. These letters give us a unique insight into life in England before and during the Second World War and on Active Service overseas The...

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