Archive (3 life histories found)
'It was there where we were taught ballroom dancing and other essentials that were important in life at that time.'
Becoming a teenager was thankfully very different in those days. I was still involved with the choir and that filled my teenage years fully. All of our time was spent there because now we had a hall where records and photography was practiced and…
Tags: ballroom dancing, boyfriends, Choir, Fashion, Hobbies, Homeowrk, Music, Photography, Records, Shopping
'...ladies never went out to do grocery shopping. It was not considered to be respectable, so it was done by the servants'
I lived in a joint extended family which is very common in India. We all lived in a very big house with uncles, aunties and cousins. My father was the eldest and bread winner and took over the financial responsibilities. We had three or four…
Tags: Customs, family home, Gender, Shopping
'Shopping in Strabane in 1940s/50s was always in a proprietor driven shop'
It was understood in a small country town that local shops gave credit without documentation. It was also assumed that the householder would pay, eventually when he took the notion. Never would it be alluded to other than an occasional (posted)…
Tags: Beano, comics, Dandy, draper, grocery, Local shops, message boy, shopkeepers, Shopping, The Eagle