Elsie and Trevor were both 21 years old when they died. There are so many tragic and horrific stories to recount, that I consider it important not to let the stories be lost in time.
Category: Family
The funeral of Miss Elsie Cook
Trawling the papers of the day … Papers carrying stories of Elsie Cook’s killing and subsequent funeral contain some in-depth details on the events of Saturday 23rd June 1928. They include mentioning the gathering and size of the crowds, both outside Elsie’s home and along the processional route of the cortège. There were over 2,000…
The Longest Day
What I find so strange, is that in that one grave, the five of them are laid to rest, including a wife and her two husbands!
16 VI 1928 – and other Skeletons in the Closet
Like something from a Romeo and Juliette tale, of star-crossed lovers, ‘the end’ was just so tragic, all round.
“It’s going to be a bright, bright sun-shiny day”
What a start to the Bank Holiday sunshine: jumping off the bus the other evening, listening to ChérieFM, the French “pop love music” station, via Bluetooth headset, when my face totally lit up as I heard Johnny Nash singing “I can see clearly now the rain has gone” (1972). I was 15 back then. The early May…
What’s a ‘wanger’?
The GP had just done a home visit, so she phoned me and asked me!