tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post8675701590402794360..comments2024-03-29T10:15:50.124+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: The Last Chara To DewsburyAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-66821718233260588192018-06-05T14:57:53.932+01:002018-06-05T14:57:53.932+01:00My own mum was born in Brighouse in 1911. Her fath...My own mum was born in Brighouse in 1911. Her father Mathew Birkett was an alcoholic who left them.<br />Aged 9, when this photo was taken, her own mother died and my Mum was adopted and moved to the Wirral. The post-war depression years of the twenties were very hard indeed.peter woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535535150947166836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-72718934410344580372018-05-09T23:17:09.933+01:002018-05-09T23:17:09.933+01:00For all its banality, that sad message says more a...For all its banality, that sad message says more about the isolation and toil of domestic service than is ever recreated in BBC dramas of life in grand houses. Poor girl indeed.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.com