From 1888 to 2022

1 GoodGymer made their way to help an isolated older person in Windsor and Maidenhead.

  • Windsor and Maidenhead runner
 
Sunday, 30th of October 2022

I visited Mrs M this morning. She is absolutely lovely and funny! We had some great chats about her long and mostly very happy life in Windsor, then Maidenhead.

She showed me an old photo of her grandparents in India and we discovered it was taken in 1891. She then showed me her old family Bible that her grandfather had given to her grandmother at their wedding in 1888, it's pages still holding their shiny gild 😲

On the back her grandmother had noted the birthdates of all her children and sadly the dates some of them died.

It was a whirlwind tour of nearly a century and a half capped off by pottery of even older vintage that belonged to her great-grandparents who were bargees.

A very enjoyable morning for a history lover like me!

Mrs M wanted me to come back for another visit and nothing will keep me away 🤭

Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner

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Becky
Becky
Monday October 31st, 2022 13:06

What a lovely report!

Amy L
Amy L
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Tuesday November 1st, 2022 13:47

Wow, what a wonderful account I look forward to the latest installment too xx

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