From Christine Bate’s document titled World War I.doc World War I and Between the Wars Needs to be moved to Father’s story? For the last few months, I have been reading the Pelican History of England series and have finally reached the volume about the period from 1914 to 1964. This has explained many things ..
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From Christine Bate’s document titled Winter on Whitehill.doc Winter on Whitehill and Other Whitehill Stories Contents Heating the house Cleaning Gas lamps We have been enduring our frosty period in northern California.On Tuesday morning the temperature was hovering around 32˚F. This was unexpected since the weather forecast had not predicted low temperatures. At lunchtime it ..
From Christine Bate’s document titled Whitehill Life.doc WHITEHILL LIFE Contents Fried onions for dinner: Going out to play Easter food Bath night Radio Harvest Festival Mother’s Scarlet Fever Bicycles Post Office functions Tonight I fried some onions for dinner. Mother would have been surprised. Many years ago, one sunny Saturday dinnertime, fried onions were one of ..
From Christine Bate’s document titled Shopping.doc SHOPPING BEFORE1939 I think I may have written already about shopping in Rotherham, on White Hill, in Brinsworth and at home. Need to write about shopping in Rotherham if it’s not already somewhere else. The nearest town to Brinsworth is Rotherham, about 2 1/2 miles from Whitehill,. Rotherham is ..
From Christine Bate’s document titled Miss Bamforth.doc Miss Kathleen Bamforth When I was four years old, I caught scarlet fever. The family went to Blackpool for a week’s holiday and then spent the rest of the time away from home in Cumberland. We were staying at Mother’s parents’ house in Carlisle and I remember being moved into ..
From Christine Bate’s document titled holidays.doc HOLIDAYS CHRISTMAS AS IT WAS Contents: Rabbit fur mittens, chicken for Xmas dinnre, preparations at Council Schoolr Other holidays,summer holiday and other holidays away from home. Bonfire nght.s On my usual early morning walk today, I saw several cotton-tail rabbits, baby ones on Ravensbury as I walked down the ..
From Christine Bate’s document titled Henry & Amelia Porter AW.doc HENRY PORTER AND AMELIA OXFORD Henry (Harry) Porter, my paternal grandfather, was the illegitimate child of a Miss Porter who went to live with an uncle on his farm somewhere in the Carlisle area when she became pregnant. Little is known about his history except that ..
From Christine Bate’s document titled FOOD.doc FOOD Contents: Shrove Tuesday, Christmas puddings, simnel cake This section is an extension of the Holiday section but it addresses seasonal foods eaten for holidays or other occasions. SHROVE TUESDAY Although the day is known more generally as Mardi Gras in the US, I had never heard that term ..
From Christine Bate’s document titled Cocks and Hens.doc MY EXPERIENCES WITH COCKS AND HENS Ways to school from Whitehill Brinsworth village Contrast with country life in Cumberland Coal delivery Gardening Medical care I have always loved that slightly pungent, slightly nauseating smell of a hen house, probably because my encounters with hens were always positive ..
From Christine Bate’s document titled A Council School Education.doc A Council School Education Contents: Brinsworth Council school – teachers, organization, walking to school, the dentist, the nurse, influence of early musi,c Brinsworth and Woodhouse Grammar School My education was at state schools and I consider myself very lucky to have spent the first six years ..