Jane the Bear

Welsh Civil Serpent. OH to @vaguely_aware_. Mum to @DrFinlayMcFin, Daisy Biscuit and Tilly the Tripaw. Likes tea, wine, cheese, social history and the Tube.

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@darwinsdiaries I hope Mama feels better soon.

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@StuartHumphryes I also love this photograph. The folded-back sleeves are interesting as though they were much too big for her. Maybe the overgarments were shared?

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@StuartHumphryes I’d never guess this image was more than 100 years old - if I’d met him while walking my dogs this morning I’d have said hello in passing and only wondered why he was wearing a singlet in January in Wales!

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@LBFlyawayhome I remember my (male) O-level History teacher saying gloomily that in light of this legislation we’d better cover women’s suffrage as it was bound to turn up in the exam. (It took me four attempts before I finally passed nearly ten years later!)

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@darwinsdiaries Ouch, poor Cassie! I hope you weren’t hurt.

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@AnneLouiseAvery Good things to eat, good company, pleasant walks - all thoughtful, making a guest feel welcome without overwhelming them. Miss Rabbit is a wonderful hostess!

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@rescuedogdexter I hope there was a tasty treat as a reward for your stoicism and bravery!

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@LBFlyawayhome The bath water doesn’t look very hot, either!

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@StuartHumphryes That’s amazing. Hard to believe it’s a long-ago scene - it’s so immediate.

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@StuartHumphryes One does get the sense of a young girl enjoying herself - it would be interesting to know more about how she came to be there. I think she must be in costume, not a day frock - those sleeves would get terribly crushed under a coat, and as for the washing and ironing …

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@casalindi Is that the same as being eleventy one? Was there a party with 144 guests?

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@StuartHumphryes She looks very pensive. I wonder what she was thinking? And what a lovely, lovely image.

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@HMRCcustomers How do I obtain a breakdown of my untaxed income for 2024-2025? My P800 only gives the total figure and I can’t account for all of it.

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@LBFlyawayhome All those mattresses and she didn’t wonder what was going on?

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@StuartHumphryes I remember the shock of it even now. I was six and we had just moved back to Wales, my parents’ home. There was no escaping it - we all saw the footage and read the newspaper stories (I was an early reader). A dreadful, dreadful tragedy.