Showing posts with label the 1920s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the 1920s. Show all posts
Friday, 10 July 2026

As many Prime Ministers as you can count ……

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It has become one of those throw away comments much loved by the media that since 2016 we do seem to have had a lot of Prime Ministers, whic...
Wednesday, 16 August 2023

How we did holidays in the 1920s ………..

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It is easy to forget that for many people in the 1920s a holiday was something which might be limited to a day or two at the seaside. Dad wi...
Saturday, 15 January 2022

Two picture postcards ... two operas ........ and two young singers .......

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Now I am indebted to Tony Goulding for finding these two picture postcards and sending them over to me. Aileen Davies, circa 1920s They are ...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021

Now and then ..........The Roaring Twenties ...... and post Covid Britain

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I am a great fan of the Radio 4 series the Long View, which seeks to explore comparisons with events today and similar ones in the past. En...
Tuesday, 10 December 2019

The Disillusion of Peace ……. the years after the Great War …. on the wireless all this week

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Armistice Day, Manchester I came across The Disillusion of Peace, on Radio 4 this morning and instantly got drawn into the fifteen m...
Friday, 24 March 2017

Stories of Empire, and a context for one British family

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A shipping list of the hopefuls Sometimes you can just lose perspective when researching a family relative. I always told myself ...