Treasures in the Attic

We have started the rather sad task of clearing Mother in Law's house. It is a bit of a roller coaster of emotions as snippets from her life are revealed. It has also proved to be an insight into previous generations. We have found a small case in the attic which we believe belonged to the first generation of the family to live at the farm namely Florence who was my husband's paternal grandmother.

Amongst postcards, greetings cards and school exercise books we found some photos. These that I have chosen show life on the farm decades ago.

The arduous job of haymaking.

We think this shows Florence herself but have not been able to identify the child.

There are several school photos including this one which was at Winford School, we think probably in the 1920's soon after they came to the farm. We assume that some of Florence's children are amongst these pupils but haven't been able to identify them.

Then this last picture shows Florence's youngest child called William who was born just after they arrived at the farm. Known as Bill he was Farmer Husband's dad and sadly died in his 50s. Seen here he is stood in the yard which is now tarmac showing the barn behind which is now our house.

Priceless pieces of our family's history.