James and his wife Mary-Anne Allen were my great-great-great grandparents. Here’s Mary-Anne in 1913 aged 37, two years before she died of Consumption (T.B.), and here’s Jim’s army photo of July 1918.
At 37, Mary-Anne looks as if she’s 60, with her collar done up and hair in a severe bun. When these photos were taken, there were not many houses with electricity. I wonder what they would have thought of the way I published this, and you’re reading it?
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