Returning home

Returning from Honeymoon

Arthur and May's house was up a flight of three steps, then over to large flag in which the grate where the coal was delivered and up one further step.

Typically families had little in the way of furniture; a dining table & chairs. two easy chairs and a sideboard.

The floor was covered with Linoleum and a carpet square in the centre where the table and chairs stood. The square was often turned around during the spring clean; in order to even the wear.

 

For entertainment they had a wireless (radio) which ran on lead acid batteries, these were taken to either the gents hair dresser or an electrical shop for recharging; they would be taken in on the Monday night and brought back on the Friday night, so during the week they had no communication from the outside world.

The working day for mill workers was seven o'clock in the morning until six in the evening. With all the mills being located in the bottom of the valley by the water, the houses were built on the valley sides so some workers had two or three miles to walk each way to and from work.

 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Well, now I've read all the chapters available here for now & I want you to know that I'm OK with your particular style of telling this story. I'm not saying you need to change anything about it. I'm just pointing out how it looks to me . . . and probably to most women . . . there are some gaping holes in your storytelling, when it comes to the back-and-forth of getting to know one another, going thru courtship, and all the delicious moments in between meeting and marrying. I hope you will keep such things in mind for your next longer story! *smile* Fondly, Margie

[Wild Rose]

Thanks again > I did hope someone would read them all and pass comment
Next I try to describe the area - Think it could do with a sort of map - Now Harry will be born
And the whole world will be in turmoil > no dads

[Einstein Noodle]

i like how you set the time period without pointing to it directly .. i don't know what the large flag is ..is it an actual flag hanging or does it have something to do with the stoop?? i would google it but i don't think it would help me ... coal heating was used in the 18th and early 19th centuries .. i am a baby boomer and i remember coming across coal shoots from time to time .. some had remaining coal at the bottom of them still ... i love the first half of the 19th century and that's how i imagine your scene .. more specifically .. up the steps of a brownstone .. in NYC ...if you added more details ... i would know for sure ;) I have not read your other chapters but i will having read this one ..
E.

[Wild Rose]

Flags > Large stone 'Paving Flags'
There still are homes heated by open coal fires here
read moreFlags > Large stone 'Paving Flags'
There still are homes heated by open coal fires here

Thanks and sorry this is in actual fact a draft written ages since before I joined WCfe
Yes it (and others) could do to be re written now in retrospect
If/when you di read more please add any comments you think will help

[Einstein Noodle]

ah thank you ...that's what i thought .. i can rest easy now having learned my something new every day ;)

[Wild Rose]

I Understand > I tend to write direct as I am thinking without considering the wider audience (the reader)
Terms in our countries do differ also Iwas brought up with strong local dialects - Doye ken

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the way you use the description. Sharing life and history. A very good chapter shared dear Wild Rose.
Coyote

[Wild Rose]

Sorry just found this comment
Thank you > all these houses are now gone; the way of life with them
Now posh boxes all the same - keep your doors locked _ who lives next to me ?????

[Coyote Poetry]

New world and old world gone. You are welcome my friend.