General Chat

Watched The Heir Hunters programme this morning,
thought it was really sad that one case Mabel, never knew she had a brother,
Mabel was born in 1911, and her parents didnt marry until 1922. so they had her adopted even though they were both age about 30.
They also had a son in 1914, who was also adopted, how sad not to have known this, and to have to children adopted because you werent married.
I do wonder though why they left it so long to get married.
I love this programme

I LOVE THIS SHOW

sorry but I think the program you watched was Heir Hunters........

talk about nit picking Bob!

yet another brilliant programme this morning.

So sad watching the family fleeing from the Germans in the first world war.

The 2 little girls who were evacuated to London.

They were the lucky ones.
There poor cousins were put on the train the day war broke out, and the boarders were then closed, so they didnt escape, and died in the concentration camps , with the rest of the family,

Cant imagine the heartbreak, off having to send your children to a strange country, knowing you may never see them again.

Brilliant programme love Neil they all do a great job, it is very sad that people have family they never knew about.

Carol

I love this programme too!
I haven't seen it for a while but I think they are repeats at the moment, so that's ok then!

As for the parents not getting married until 1922, after having children in 1911 and 1914, well there could be any number of reasons for that, kidsnpets. It did happen.
I believe one of the most common reasons was where one of them wasn't free to marry, ie being in a marriage already. We have to remember that it wasn't very easy to divorce in those days, plus I think it was very expensive.
However, it could have been for religious reasons, if they weren't of the same faith and had a strict family upbringing where the parents wouldn't allow it, then maybe they had to wait til one or both parents had popped off.

Such a shame she couldn't have kept the children, but as we know, in those days there was such a stigma re; single mums, they got a really rough deal often being sent to Asylums or the like.

K

P.S. I think all those people at F & F are lovely except for one - the grumpy git, is it Tony? If I worked with him I think I'd have to give him a slap once in a while!!! LOL. But I like Grimble!!.