| Author: | Sue Taylor | ISBN: | 9781854187017 |
| Publisher: | Thorogood Publishing Ltd | Publication: | November 1, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sue Taylor |
| ISBN: | 9781854187017 |
| Publisher: | Thorogood Publishing Ltd |
| Publication: | November 1, 2003 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
As every year goes by the number of people able to give a first hand account of day-to-day life in the early part of the last century naturally diminishes. The small but telling detail disappears. Ethel May Elvin was born in 1906; she recalls her fathers account of standing sentry at Queen Victorias funeral, the privations and small pleasures of a working-class Edwardian childhood, growing up through the First World War and surviving the Second. Anyone intrigued by the small events of history and how the majority actually lived day-to-day, will find this a unique and fascinating book.
As every year goes by the number of people able to give a first hand account of day-to-day life in the early part of the last century naturally diminishes. The small but telling detail disappears. Ethel May Elvin was born in 1906; she recalls her fathers account of standing sentry at Queen Victorias funeral, the privations and small pleasures of a working-class Edwardian childhood, growing up through the First World War and surviving the Second. Anyone intrigued by the small events of history and how the majority actually lived day-to-day, will find this a unique and fascinating book.
