tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post8306382159380898160..comments2024-03-29T00:44:21.785-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: Taking things for granted . . .Bovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-68429748162218403192010-02-26T03:56:55.982-08:002010-02-26T03:56:55.982-08:00Fascinating extracts - I feel really indignant for...Fascinating extracts - I feel really indignant for the poor girl who had a shilling docked from her earnings. What a tough life they led.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-33699150569355639012010-02-24T23:22:59.298-08:002010-02-24T23:22:59.298-08:00For me, I think what really underlined how hard pe...For me, I think what really underlined how hard people had to work, was the moment on Who Do You Think You Are with Jeremy Clarkson, when he read on his charwoman g. grandmother's death certificate that she died of exhaustion (and starvation too probably). I know it brought the big man to tears . . .Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-82300800612939024842010-02-24T11:06:41.972-08:002010-02-24T11:06:41.972-08:00The pay and working conditions for these women wer...The pay and working conditions for these women were just appalling - most people today don't know what a really hard days work is and I include myself in that. I often wonder how people, especially young children, managed the long hours in cotton mills or mines with only short breaks and often a long walk to and from home.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-81831755357286778642010-02-24T08:57:14.709-08:002010-02-24T08:57:14.709-08:00Makes us think how much we have even we've fre...Makes us think how much we have even we've fretted about funds. <br />I've lived mostly in jeans for so long I suspect even an hour in those elegant clothes would be constricting, but how pretty they must have been.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-5855868965209962092010-02-24T02:10:51.216-08:002010-02-24T02:10:51.216-08:00I'm sure I was one of the shirt sewers in a fo...I'm sure I was one of the shirt sewers in a former existance! Woderful descriptions of clothes you've written about here. Wish school history lessons could have coverd such subjects.Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.com