Throw art y’moldies! This was the period when people went everywhere in charabancs, those overblown, single-deck buses with their thin tyres and great over-hang at the back. Derby Day, early in June, was a great outing in our part of South London, especially as it was on the route directly to Epsom Downs. There was… Continue reading Pre WW2, 1930 to ’39 im order, Bits and Pieces
Month: May 2007
Pre WW2, 1930 to 39, in order,Scouting and The bottle Of Almonds
My mother, Willie, was always inventive and resourceful and was consequently a horder. Unfortunately she passed the latter tendency on to me and I own a choked workshop to prove it. It was my first scout camp, I had only left the Cubs and been promoted to the Scouts in the late Autumn and here… Continue reading Pre WW2, 1930 to 39, in order,Scouting and The bottle Of Almonds
Random Thoughts No 3
A problem for the railways in the future? In the piece on transport in the 30s, I wrote of the sounds of the rails when travelling by train before they were all welded, and the trains started to move more silently. After writing it I thought back to the 60s, when I was designing the… Continue reading Random Thoughts No 3
Music Of Another Form
I have never understood why Art afficionados condemn members of the general public when they are standing in front of a picture, saying ‘I know nothing about art but I know what I like’. To me this is a fair enough comment, they don’t need to know that chrome yellow with flake white in years… Continue reading Music Of Another Form
Pre WW2, 1930 to ’39, in order, Schooling In Britain 1930
Returning to a British school in 1930 seemed totally alien from what I had experienced in Africa. The hours were different, I had to walk over a mile each way to school, morning and afternoon and the classes were bigger. When I arrived we worked with rooms lighted by gaslight in winter afternoons and, worst… Continue reading Pre WW2, 1930 to ’39, in order, Schooling In Britain 1930
Pre WW2, 1930 to ’39, The Games Children Used T Play
What sparked this off was the difference between the toys of my grandchildren and great grandchildren. The quantity, the quality of design, the variety of textures made me look back on the past. Not only that, as we needed some toys in the house for when they visited, we were amazed at how cheaply the… Continue reading Pre WW2, 1930 to ’39, The Games Children Used T Play
Pre WW2, 1930 to ’39, in order,The Single Parent Family
Latchkey Children As one who was the child of a single parent family and have survived unscathed, I find among commentators, politicians and some of the general public, a level of ignorance and misunderstanding which can malign both the parent and the child In the past, with extended families and no artificial insemination, there was… Continue reading Pre WW2, 1930 to ’39, in order,The Single Parent Family
Pre WW2, 1930 to39, in order,I write You Compare Part 3
Snobbery & Transport In the 30’s the middle class had aspirations of, if perhaps not ‘ectually’ moving up a class; perhaps being accepted as an appendage to the upper classes. This involved display, like a cock pheasant in the spring, only it was even more prevalent among the females who were the prime movers, having… Continue reading Pre WW2, 1930 to39, in order,I write You Compare Part 3
Author’s Note and Pre WW2, 30 to 39, I write 2
Authors Note. I have discovered that it is difficult to find particular posts in the larger categories such as General. I shall publish all material in order in future, whether it is duplicated or not Pre WW2, 1930 to ’39, in order, The 30’s. I Write – You Compare! Part 2 Life and Standards I… Continue reading Author’s Note and Pre WW2, 30 to 39, I write 2
Random Thoughts N0. 4
We need a solution to the problems of miscreant children and teenagers. If you have read this blog at all you will know that I was a latchkey single-parent child for a number of years, and in consequence have strong views concerning the extended family, latchkey children, and homes with two wage earners. .Everyone today… Continue reading Random Thoughts N0. 4