20th Century life Archives - Cumbrian Characters

Food control, and war service for women

Posted on October 25, 2020January 22, 2021 by HarrietP

Food control was a matter of national concern in the UK in both the First World War and the Second World War. If the trade-off for the national prosperity of the Industrial Revolution was people leavi... Read More

Beer prices in 1959

Posted on May 3, 2020 by HarrietP

Beer prices in 1959 may seem a random date, but it’s one I happen to have a record for. Because a battered notebook, handed down to me, records the income and outgoings of a family pub/farm. It gi... Read More

New decade, familiar issues

Posted on December 30, 2019December 29, 2019 by HarrietP

Out with old, in with more of the same? On the eve of a new decade, here’s a post inspired by the Penrith Observer of December 30, 1919. Which looked at the realities of life in the aftermath of the... Read More

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Category: 20th Century life