England in the 1930s

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England in the 1930s

#1 Post by om15 » Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:21 pm

A few interesting photos from the 1930s, staple diet consisted of fags and chips, and all the kids had nits.

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#2 Post by om15 » Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:23 pm

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#3 Post by Capetonian » Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:29 pm

staple diet consisted of fags and chips, and all the kids had nits.

I can think of parts of the UK where 86 years later, that's still the same.

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#4 Post by om15 » Tue Jun 14, 2016 8:40 am

Hard times in the 1930s.

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#5 Post by om15 » Tue Jun 14, 2016 8:42 am

Not all bad, these seem eccentric to us today,

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#6 Post by om15 » Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:45 pm

I have an interest in the 1930s since reading Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky by Patrick Hamilton, followed by "Hangover Square". This decade seems to have been squashed in between, and overshadowed by, the roaring Twenties and WWII. Patrick Hamilton has captured this era, himself a victim of circumstance, and recommend if you haven't tried him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hamilton_(writer)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1695 ... er_the_Sky

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#7 Post by om15 » Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:46 pm

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#8 Post by om15 » Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:47 pm

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#9 Post by Karearea » Tue Jun 14, 2016 6:18 pm

Most interesting - thank you!
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#10 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:10 pm

om15 great pictures! :-bd a very interesting selection, and I for one would enjoy more. :YMHUG:
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#11 Post by om15 » Wed Jun 15, 2016 6:30 pm

Thanks Mrs Ex, look at the contrast between the two couples in #7, tough times, recommend the books I mentioned earlier. My parents grew up as teenagers in the 30s, on my dads side there was a big family, secure and with good employment, family reminiscences were all about the good times, my Mum spent her teens in the late 1930's bringing up a much younger sister in a Dr Banardo's in London, both their parents had died, not so good memories and people had to be much tougher in those days.

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