Waitabit
04-02-2010, 9:40 AM
Thanks to Mutley, I have found a new Authoress in Jennifer Worth with her book, "Shadows of the Workhouse," in the first 61 pages (of 391) I became aquainted with Poplar & life in a workhouse(hellhole).
After a day or so I was able to continue reading & learned all kinds of thing relating to the life of a Fishmonger /fishporter.
Never again will I read of such people in a census & pass over to the next person registered without a deal of respect for those people & others in similar working positions coming to mind.
Now up to page 201 & having read of the work of Convent Sisters around & about Poplar & areas post War,I'm learning a lot about the Convent Sisters & the difference they made in the lives of the local populace. Bless 'em.
Still to come are tales of Army life in Sth Africa & London 1935 - 1945.
Then 2nd to last "The Shadow of the Workhouse" which just by looking ahead shows a poignant chapter as it mentions a poem by Leigh Hunt ....."Jenny Kissed Me" first bought to my attention by a very dear Cousin in relation to his beloved late Wife.
I urge anyone who has the necessary.. to read this book to do so, & then perhaps, as I did reserve her "Call the Midwife" life of a Midwife in the East End 1950s.
Thanks Mutley,harsh reading,but I don't regret it. |book|
After a day or so I was able to continue reading & learned all kinds of thing relating to the life of a Fishmonger /fishporter.
Never again will I read of such people in a census & pass over to the next person registered without a deal of respect for those people & others in similar working positions coming to mind.
Now up to page 201 & having read of the work of Convent Sisters around & about Poplar & areas post War,I'm learning a lot about the Convent Sisters & the difference they made in the lives of the local populace. Bless 'em.
Still to come are tales of Army life in Sth Africa & London 1935 - 1945.
Then 2nd to last "The Shadow of the Workhouse" which just by looking ahead shows a poignant chapter as it mentions a poem by Leigh Hunt ....."Jenny Kissed Me" first bought to my attention by a very dear Cousin in relation to his beloved late Wife.
I urge anyone who has the necessary.. to read this book to do so, & then perhaps, as I did reserve her "Call the Midwife" life of a Midwife in the East End 1950s.
Thanks Mutley,harsh reading,but I don't regret it. |book|