Both of these photos, which I have posted before, are of my Grandmother.
This first one is of her when she was a young woman working in Ireland as a domestic, probably around 1915. She is seated on the ground.
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This second is on Douglas Street, Selby, probably mid-1930's.
No indoor plumbing. The only row of these house's still standing on that block.
No indoor plumbing. The only row of these house's still standing on that block.
Your grandmother must have worked hard - there's a big difference between those two photos, and she looks to have aged more than 20 years in that second photo. Good to have them both.
ReplyDeleteShe lived to be 62' but she looks older.
DeleteAll these posts this week are making me SO nostalgic for a pretty apron. Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteThey were so important when you couldn't just through them into the laundry because they couldn't just change clothes as often as we have become accustomed to.
DeleteThose long white pinnies worn by domestic servants like your grandmother are so neat and snowy white, but I bet somebody cursed the laundry. Two nice shots.
ReplyDeleteProbably two or three others had that task.
DeleteExcellent choices. The doorway photo is a super composition. I can't imagine how a servant could keep an apron white in those days of coal fires, mud, and dust.
ReplyDeleteNo indoor plumbing either.
Delete20 years is a long time, especially if you are raising a bunch of children.
ReplyDeleteEspecially seven kids.
DeleteI recognise that second one, but I must have missed that first one when you first published it. Wonderful pictures - both of them.
ReplyDeleteIt was from my Downton Abbey post on the 22nd of Nov.
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