tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post3289597717280176039..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: MUM'S LIFE IN HORNCHURCH, ESSEX, ENGLANDMimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-60044045307853274272015-11-10T00:29:22.570+08:002015-11-10T00:29:22.570+08:00It should be noted that Hornchurch ceased to be in...It should be noted that Hornchurch ceased to be in Essex in 1965. Ever since Hornchurch has been in London, in the London Borough of Havering.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08694969447279319541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-88048446902677988652014-11-29T19:21:42.597+08:002014-11-29T19:21:42.597+08:00Yes the bulls horns seem not to have any real reas...Yes the bulls horns seem not to have any real reason for being there but obviously cause much comment. Pity to hear someone stole the copper ones but with copper fetching such high prices I'm not at all surprised.<br />I've always had a problem with hearing in my left ear (much worse these days) but not noticed if my voice is 'flat' or not. Perhaps I just don't listen to myself closely enough to have noticed.<br />Mum I am sure only survived her bout of diptheria because of the dedicated nursing of her mother.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-55946017972985681242014-11-29T19:19:11.872+08:002014-11-29T19:19:11.872+08:00Thanks Delores for your visit and your kind commen...Thanks Delores for your visit and your kind comments.<br />I am enjoying once again reading mum's memoirs as her young life was so different to mine even though she was born only 34 years before me.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-60638900109457338882014-11-29T19:18:15.324+08:002014-11-29T19:18:15.324+08:00Thanks Yam, your comments are always very much app...Thanks Yam, your comments are always very much appreciated as are your visits to my humble blog.<br />As I re-read mum's book I reminisce on events in my life that are associated with her and enjoy leaving notes to show how there is a continuum.<br />I am still keeping my head above water. sometimes only just but they say only the good die young so hopefully I'm here for the long haul. xxxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-53431604175169568602014-11-26T07:04:37.604+08:002014-11-26T07:04:37.604+08:00Very unusual to have a bulls head with horns on a ...Very unusual to have a bulls head with horns on a church.<br />My sister has a lovely clear speaking voice too, she doesn't have the flatness that comes from partial deafness that my brother and I have.<br />How awful that your mum had diptheria, but lucky that she survived to have you. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-86322539188754244372014-11-25T00:28:52.094+08:002014-11-25T00:28:52.094+08:00I love these stories of times gone by. I love these stories of times gone by. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-3947143290867873932014-11-24T19:45:01.596+08:002014-11-24T19:45:01.596+08:00Hari Om
This continues to delight Mimsie, and I lo...Hari Om<br />This continues to delight Mimsie, and I love your little 'asides'! Looking forward to the next.<br /><br />Hope you continue to 'pick up' from your own recent tussle with health matters. Hugs, YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-89914065560840795292014-11-24T19:35:46.328+08:002014-11-24T19:35:46.328+08:00You are welcome EC. I definitely think lives were...You are welcome EC. I definitely think lives were much harder in many ways back then but without the dreadful complications of the modern world. We are fortunate that modern medicine has advanced to our advantage but to me there is not a lot else to recommend the world we now live in.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-59872109503899869762014-11-24T13:56:48.566+08:002014-11-24T13:56:48.566+08:00Thank you Mimsie. This is fascinating. In many w...Thank you Mimsie. This is fascinating. In many ways lives were much harder - but also simpler. Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com