Join me in the 1900s

A record of everyday life in early-mid twentieth-century Britain, built by the webmaster from original memories and documents, with the historical background needed to understand them.

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Why use this website

This website will be useful for family history, school homework, historical projects and as general interest. Although centred on the UK, it largely applies in various countries with a similar heritage, particularly Australia, Canada, Ireland and USA. Its special feature is that it tells you what life was really like by people who were there at the time.

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Purpose of the website

The purpose of this website is to bring an understanding of ordinary people's lives in early to-mid 20th Century Britain to as wide an audience as possible. Pat Cryer, the webmaster, is dedicated to supporting this purpose and accordingly gives her time and expertise freely to it with no sponsors and no sales. The only financial support comes from advertisements, which help cover the cost of hosting the site.

About the webmaster

Pat Cryer is a retired academic with a BSc from the University of Exeter and a PhD from the University of Surrey. Before retiring from academia, she held visiting professorships at the University of Manchester and the University of Winchester, was the author of several books and travelled widely overseas advising and running workshops. In her retirement, her main hobby is this website. In this connection, she has interviewed numerous older people, visited numerous museums and re-enactments, recorded her own childhood observations, including those of the home front of wartime Britain, and welcomed numerous contributions from website visitors. She maintains and develops the website free of charge.

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