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'Grandmother Lancashire'
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'Grandmother Lancashire'
Year: 1956
Year: 1956
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Item #: 1610
Item #: 1610
Grandmother Eliza Ridgeway, 92 years old from the Bacup area, cleaning a rug in shawl and pinny.
Source: Lancashire Life Magazine, July 1956
Source: Lancashire Life Magazine, July 1956
She isn't cleaning a rug. She's shaking the mat.
dont see that these days, i remember my nan used to polish the doorstep too
Comment by: rachel on 31st December 2011 at 20:47
I hope I am as active as that at that age!