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Tuesday 3 May 2016

Workaday Wednesday - What is a Worker? ,

I came across this quotation recently on Pinterest, and thought it  was worth considering in relation to our own families.  With thanks to www.ponderabout.com 




Do these descriptions strike a chord with the lives of your ancestors?  


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"Working Lives"  - photographs from the collection of my local heritage group 
in the Scottish Borders  - Auld Earlston 

 
Textile workers at Simpson & Fairbairn Mill, Earlston



Hay making above Earlston

World War Two Nurses  - On Parade.

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Workaday Wednesday is one of many daily prompts  from Geneabloggers encouraging bloggers to record their family and local history.

2 comments:

  1. Yes, it does strike a cord. I have all three in my family tree.

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  2. Thanks for a post that leads us to evaluate our own ancestors...
    I have included this in Interesting Blogs..
    http://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/friday-fossicking-may-6th-2016.html

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