A fascinating slice of life, thank you.
How great it is to have this treasury of biographical and social information, kept safe by previous generations.
I scrutinized your rich picture montage, as usualβ¦.
a woman of 55 years in those days was considered getting towards being elderly π³
The drudgery of life would have aged anybody prematurely. I'm not sure how they coped without Ibuprofen for sore muscles and joints, etc, but they knew that being outside in the sunshine and fresh air was good medicine.
The travellers probably had better health than most in the cities at that time.
The severely scraped back hairstyles that women had then didn't flatter them in older age, unfortunately.
I'm so glad that wearing your hair out in this era is not considered an indicator of your moral character.π
David Starkey said during his recent commentary of the Coronation, that Queen Elizabeth 1st had her golden hair loose on her Coronation Day, and was described as being "sat in her hair". She would have looked stunning, and magnificent.
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