Today we, that’s mum and me, were reminiscing over one of our many cups of tea. She was talking about life back home in Staveley, particularly when she was a child. She was born in 1919, just after World War I, when things were just a little bit different. There were no cars then and she could still count the number of cars (four) and their owners that were in the town in her teenage years. Interestingly one of the earliest motorized vehicles was a mobile shop from the local Coop. This would come by their home every week and they would buy their groceries. Home delivery of groceries what a concept - kind of like WebVan over here during the dot Com boom days.
Mum lived in a thatched cottage, and while it had a water supply there was no electricity. Mum still has a pretty good memory and she remembers that the cottage was hooked up to electricity on the day that Edward VIII abdicated as king and went off to marry Mrs. Simpson. I guess both the electric power and the abdication were pretty big things in those days.
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