Who Do You Think You Are? : Larry Lamb
I wasn’t planning to blog about this (was so knackered last week that I just couldn’t manage it after the Seb Coe episode, and thought tonight would be the same). Read more
Aug 31
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Stones: North Leith burial ground
I recently found Vast Public Indifference via a link from Boston 1775 (it was a bumper day for finding blogs that make me realize how far I have to go), and this post reminded me that I own a copy of Stones by Betty Willsher and Doreen Hunter. Read more
“I guess we looked pretty elegant”: Augusta and family in Waterbury at the turn of the 20th century
The Hylanders (line 77) on the 1900 US Census. Click to enlarge
December 17, 1963: To continue with the story of my life – After getting my new sewing machine I made many dresses and earned quite a lot of money. Read more
Sparkly tiaras and top hats, 1934
Molly (on the right) with (l-r) Babs, Janette and Ella, 1934
A baby, a canary and a Singer sewing machine: part eight of Augusta’s memoir
In Waterbury we started our life together in a small way with an apartment John had found for $8 a month. Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? : June Brown
Tonight was the first episode of Series Eight of WDYTYA?, about June Brown. Read more
Part seven: Augusta falls in love, gets married and goes to Coney Island
Splash: Coney Island, 1905. From Shorpy Historic Photo Archive, http://www.shorpy.com
“My first venture was to buy a pair of stockings”: part six of Augusta Parsons Hylander’s account
Here is an opportunity for detective work (and speculation): Augusta refers to Ellis Island several times, but as far as I can gather, her arrival in America predated the 1892 opening of the immigration station there by a year or so. Read more
Nawal El Saadawi and her peasant grandmother
Egyptian feminist, author and activist Nawal El Saadawi was on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour earlier this week, ostensibly to promote her new book but really to give a genial, general five-minute interview across various topics. Read more
Malmö to Ellis Island: part five of Augusta Parsons Hylander’s account
A shorter extract now, wherein seventeen-year-old Augusta studies dressmaking in Malmö so that she’ll have a marketable skill before embarking on her solo journey to America. Read more
