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
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Textile workers at Simpson & Fairbairn Mill, Earlston
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Hay making above Earlston
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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.
Yes, it does strike a cord. I have all three in my family tree.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a post that leads us to evaluate our own ancestors...
ReplyDeleteI have included this in Interesting Blogs..
http://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/friday-fossicking-may-6th-2016.html