POETRY WITH PICS
church on sunday
yes it really was like this
a long time ago
doing the laundry
listening to the wireless
a dream come true
housewives weren't sneered at back then
they didn't know they were
second class citizens
most of our dresses
were made from vogue patterns
on a singer
shopping in town
was a dress up occasion
a very big deal
books were part of life
from an early age
little mothers and teachers
in the making
Yes, I remember all of these, as portrayed in your words and the accompanying images! (My family was not a church-on-Sunday lot, but sometimes there were occasions when we attended. e.g. when staying with some other relatives.)
ReplyDeleteLovely I read books to my kids for a long time. Loved it Yes there is a lot changed for women since than. I remember when I went to a retail management school it was the first year they accepted women
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, how the changes have crept up over the years … you have shown it gently in pictures and with words.
ReplyDeleteA page from my history as well ... dresses fashioned by my Mother, Sundays in those really unfortable Methodist church pews, memories of fairy tales and boy/girl detective stories! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteLife keeps changing and I love it's a better world for us women with all the gadgets and financial independence.The women then didn't even know what' they were deprived of. Your pics and poem have beautifully brought out
ReplyDeleteNice trip down Memory Lane! Not all, but some. My mother did sew my dresses (and we wore dresses to school in elementary, by high school it was jeans), from Simplicity patterns. No church. We did have to dress up to fly though. Suits for my dad, dresses for my mom and I. Not comfortable on long flights!
ReplyDeleteI would have missed something if I hadn't read your poem. The pics remind me of those yesteryear black and white movies. Life was much simpler then. Perhaps we have complicated ourselves by the process of knowledge and empowerment. There may be different opinions on that.
ReplyDeleteOh man, you brought back the less complex ways of the old days. I remember that old Singer machine. My mom and aunt shared one, and they made, mend our new dresses, shirts and old pants on that. We had an old iron where we put hot coals in it to heat it up and glide it over some candle wax or a large banana leaf so that it can better move over the fabric. Times may be much tougher then, but one day if the world runs short of energy, who knows... :)
ReplyDeleteWell if it all falls apart at least people of our age have learnt from our grandmothers how to survive.
ReplyDeleteYes, full-time housewives were supposed to have succeeded! Unlike poorer women who had to help their husbands on the farm or in the store...
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