tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post5708572397509196541..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: January's BookmarksSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-19736966861261802182011-01-27T09:13:49.335+00:002011-01-27T09:13:49.335+00:00Oh the photos... they tug at heart strings. Having...Oh the photos... they tug at heart strings. Having done quite a lot of family history research I always feel so sad when I come across boxes of abandoned family photos at jumble sales or auctions. So many stories and memories lost.Zoehttp://www.playingbythebook.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-84661075692110328102011-01-26T22:45:25.079+00:002011-01-26T22:45:25.079+00:00So we have a consensus: Shelley, George, Christine...So we have a consensus: Shelley, George, Christine and Sam agree that it's the same man. Poor bloke, although at least he returned from the Front.<br /><br />Christine, I told a Mrs Wakefield story today, but got carried away and my son was appalled, describing her as a mean, horrible person. Not quite the slightly naughty Mary Poppins figure I was aiming for. <br /><br />Laura - I've always wondered why people were in such a hurry to get old. I suppose youthfulness didn't have the same social cache that it has today.<br /><br />Jake, there are shades of Trevor Howard. I'm not sure about the Hitler hair-do. <br /><br />Bret, I agree - it is the next best thing to time travel. Next time I'm in Hampton, I'll try and photograph the same part of the street.<br /><br />Like Bob, I always look at pictures from that era and wonder what happened to the boys. Is it morbid? <br /><br />Martin, I agree. That book would make me go straight back to work!Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-42272831560444648782011-01-26T19:45:06.858+00:002011-01-26T19:45:06.858+00:00My God. I got a chill just looking at facing retir...My God. I got a chill just looking at facing retirement. If someone gives me abook like that in thirty years time I'll probably just have a heart-attack and be done. <br /><br />I loved the other pictures. I'm pretty sure that is the same man in the set of two. Although he's aged an awful lot more than his wife. Your assumption that he had a nasty war rings true. How sad.Sam Jordisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847113158131387947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-33588379070202751152011-01-26T10:29:48.029+00:002011-01-26T10:29:48.029+00:00Facing Retirement - looks rather like a hacked-off...Facing Retirement - looks rather like a hacked-off Trevor Howard before the first gin of the morning.Jake Cantonanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-89636875302456592992011-01-25T22:29:19.162+00:002011-01-25T22:29:19.162+00:00Thanks! Another world. The delivery wagon, the p...Thanks! Another world. The delivery wagon, the policeman with his brass buttons and helmet. Next best thing to time-travel.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389916070547430075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-80078756297883678182011-01-25T22:20:22.125+00:002011-01-25T22:20:22.125+00:00Another lively post, Steerforth. If I had been pre...Another lively post, Steerforth. If I had been presented with that book, in 2006, I don't think I could have faced retirement! Mind you, there is an uncanny resemblance between the author and my former head of dept.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-5101391746243973502011-01-25T21:48:09.472+00:002011-01-25T21:48:09.472+00:00Thanks again Steerforth. I must be far too morbid...Thanks again Steerforth. I must be far too morbid but I instantly wondered about the fate of those 5 little boys who would probably have been cannon fodder age come 1914. Made me sad - but I was cheered by 'Facing Retirement'. I'll start planning.<br />BobCBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480831882861439720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-12395013516539335252011-01-25T19:39:14.697+00:002011-01-25T19:39:14.697+00:00Oh these are brilliant! Will you tell us your Mrs...Oh these are brilliant! Will you tell us your Mrs. Wakefield stories as well, please please? I also agree that it's the same couple in both photos - the man's ears and nose are the same. Amazing how little the woman seems to have aged in comparison to her husband. As you say, probably the war...<br />The Facing Retirement book is really horrifying!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-56524682672916441872011-01-25T18:56:24.048+00:002011-01-25T18:56:24.048+00:00Great photos, but the 'Facing Retirement' ...Great photos, but the 'Facing Retirement' book is hilarious!<br /><br />One for the auction room?<br /><br />Quite scary how people used to be in a hurry to get old. Then again, their retirements tended to be much shorter in those days.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-62738751329843667762011-01-25T16:51:19.276+00:002011-01-25T16:51:19.276+00:00Yes, the two photos include one and the same man (...Yes, the two photos include one and the same man (and woman). Ears don't lie.George H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00510456908334451963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-22696712732254313282011-01-25T15:48:30.392+00:002011-01-25T15:48:30.392+00:00I love those old sepia-toned pictures. To me, they...I love those old sepia-toned pictures. To me, they reveal more of the people in them than garish color. And it's touching to think of these rather stern-looking people having their own little foibles and jokes.<br /><br />I think the two man-and-wife pictures are the same. I read somewhere that the nose doesn't change much, so check the noses.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com