tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post346453611314713054..comments2024-03-25T22:00:50.265+00:00Comments on *An English Travel Writer*: 100 Years is a Long TimeJenny Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-52729104326253988882013-01-20T03:11:38.961+00:002013-01-20T03:11:38.961+00:00103! My Grandma was 105 when she passed in 2011. M...103! My Grandma was 105 when she passed in 2011. Marvelous to have someone with so much living wisdom in your life, isn't it?Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-82572461878593741302013-01-19T04:09:36.444+00:002013-01-19T04:09:36.444+00:00Happy New Year, Jenny!
What a bit of serendipity....Happy New Year, Jenny!<br /><br />What a bit of serendipity. I had just entered a post and entitled it "100 Candles", not having seen yours (I swear I was not plagiarizing). It was my grandmother's 100th birthday last weekend. I missed the grand, family reunion in Asia and participated only via video. Is Lilian your granny? I think she might have liked to have met mine, who is still pretty feisty even when she is conversing with people she can't see (cataracts) or remember (Alzheimer's). What an interesting time of great change they both live(d) in. Loved seeing all those gentlemen in bowling hats on that clip.<br /><br />I hope you and your family are doing well and enjoying 2013 so far! <br /><br />JennyThe Foolish Aesthetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17115423516641338460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-4233622326397413392013-01-18T23:10:04.132+00:002013-01-18T23:10:04.132+00:00That was a wonderful little video, made all the be...That was a wonderful little video, made all the better with the advertisement of Pears soap and Izal toilet roll.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447013188405986054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-8932280699244194732013-01-15T01:42:00.566+00:002013-01-15T01:42:00.566+00:00happy blessed 2013!!!happy blessed 2013!!!momto8https://www.blogger.com/profile/13964950285763339907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-8888748338572549892013-01-13T21:31:31.506+00:002013-01-13T21:31:31.506+00:00Love the travelogue film. Lillian must have been a...Love the travelogue film. Lillian must have been a lovely lady. Happy New Year, Jenny.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-78164214386379184092013-01-13T13:35:29.944+00:002013-01-13T13:35:29.944+00:00Thanks for showing these old films Jenny. I'm ...Thanks for showing these old films Jenny. I'm always amazed to see moving images from long ago where ordinary folk and bystanders are caught by the camera. Their gestures and body language are so similar to our own and make us realise that they really were were living, breathing people. Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-73024930372906088472013-01-11T23:39:27.206+00:002013-01-11T23:39:27.206+00:00No, the shorts are too long!
Happy Belated New Ye...No, the shorts are too long!<br /><br />Happy Belated New Year to you, dear Jenny.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-6195567347565358012013-01-11T02:10:38.126+00:002013-01-11T02:10:38.126+00:00And to you a Happy New YEar, same as the old year,...And to you a Happy New YEar, same as the old year, most likely. Loved seeing the films! Thank you. 103 is such a long life...she must have been a very patient woman!Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-81530832466000522402013-01-10T13:09:39.475+00:002013-01-10T13:09:39.475+00:00A (very) belated Happy New Year ;-)A (very) belated Happy New Year ;-)Travel France Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944836623797085969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-3535697809202178332013-01-09T16:19:15.671+00:002013-01-09T16:19:15.671+00:00Happy new year! We won't be here in 2113 but a...Happy new year! We won't be here in 2113 but apparently our children will have a longer life expectancy. Maybe they will be here!Murielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669453005443249990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-45343793818640186282013-01-09T01:00:35.353+00:002013-01-09T01:00:35.353+00:00That travelogue is a little gem. What a find! Turn...That travelogue is a little gem. What a find! Turn of the century Britain is a period that intrigues me -- that period so shortly before the country was wracked by war. I'll be excited when your book on The Victorians lands! <br /><br />Like so many here, I have been an avid Downton Abbey follower. One of the things I've found interesting is that really, it's just today's story told with pretty gowns and in a big house, a century (well, now a little less) ago. People worry about losing their homes, couples have spats and disagree, there's always the rebel child and the one who can't seem to get a date. War takes lives; so do epidemics. At least now we don't have to wear corsets!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-31971920586622298142013-01-08T23:13:08.443+00:002013-01-08T23:13:08.443+00:00PerlNumquist, I sometimes in my own mind compare t...PerlNumquist, I sometimes in my own mind compare the coming of the internet to the arrival of motorized traffic. I don't know why motors should have made more changes than, say, electricity, but somehow it feels to me as if they did. I have never managed to work out why! <br />Gary, that is such an honour! thank you. And Kay, thanks again. The Victorians book won't be out in 2013 but the Lewis Carroll Japanese translation will - probably in the autumn. I'm seriously thinking of going to Japan then, although in recent weeks and really months my travel plans have been on hold and will be for a while I fear. Great to meet you Joylene, and I love your blog! Thanks Stephen, I have found your blog very interesting. And actually thank you to everyone who has commented. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-19567325215274943912013-01-07T18:36:08.533+00:002013-01-07T18:36:08.533+00:00Hi Jenny,
Please don't think I'm self-pro...Hi Jenny,<br /><br />Please don't think I'm self-promoting, however, in the spirit of this great community, I have mentioned your good self in my latest posting.<br /><br />In peace and goodwill,<br /><br />Garyklahaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613505424843475639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-63384613581547157152013-01-07T11:54:54.424+00:002013-01-07T11:54:54.424+00:00Hey Jenny!
I just mentioned you in my last post, h...Hey Jenny!<br />I just mentioned you in my last post, hoping that your book on The Victorians will come out this year. (I even showed a lopsided photo of your book, your Lewis Carroll book.)<br />Hope you are doing well.<br />Love,<br />KAYKay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-36462389032939813182013-01-06T23:57:19.226+00:002013-01-06T23:57:19.226+00:00Great film footage. Some people live long lives –...Great film footage. Some people live long lives – I saw that a 114 years old lady just passed away in North Carolina – 114 years… I hope you’ll have a great 2013 with much fun, happiness and lovely travel.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-70274117645466675802013-01-06T18:16:05.055+00:002013-01-06T18:16:05.055+00:00It's so nice to meet you, Jenny. I'm jumpi...It's so nice to meet you, Jenny. I'm jumping over from Gary's blog. I wish a wonderful New Year. Joylene Nowell Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497637513532136615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-34145576477015673822013-01-06T06:01:02.199+00:002013-01-06T06:01:02.199+00:00And a Happy New Year to you too. I haven't re...And a Happy New Year to you too. I haven't read all the comments so perhaps someone has answered that it was a draw; 1-1.<br /><br />I think the 1904 view of London is marvellous. I suppose cars and lorries provide the hustle and bustle nowadays notwithstanding which it all seems to have been faster in those days.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-39945398697659472532013-01-06T04:18:12.241+00:002013-01-06T04:18:12.241+00:00What a long life Lillian had lived Jenny.I enjoyed...What a long life Lillian had lived Jenny.I enjoyed those videos too - DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851174879441602754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-67869169708967138532013-01-05T21:51:46.714+00:002013-01-05T21:51:46.714+00:00Jenny, Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. ...Jenny, Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. Many thanks for your sweet comments. Yes you are right about the homemade gifts, they went down very well, even with my teenage neices. This year I will start a bit earlier though! Much love, Linda xflowers on my tablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134447944633072349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-81792183500376309552013-01-05T20:44:12.532+00:002013-01-05T20:44:12.532+00:00Apparently we can expect to see a lot more centena...Apparently we can expect to see a lot more centenarians. Indeed their numbers have rocketed in recent years. That's a strange thought to get your head around: A demographic that is increasing faster than any other in an advancing age. Think what changes the first half of their lives brought. Oddly, I think compared to the second half, it must have seemed more miraculous. There were so many inventions up until about 1950 and after that, mostly, it was just refinements on those inventions - kind of more of the same. Except the internet of course, which brings us all fortuitously here.<br />Happy new year, belatedly as we are now several days in. I am expecting it to be better than the last, which for me was mostly a bit rubbish. 2013 will be better. I feel in me bones. Especially the humerus.Perlnumquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719930860859412405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-48491939648076214872013-01-05T05:39:23.447+00:002013-01-05T05:39:23.447+00:00Lilian had seen so much in her lifetime and A was ...Lilian had seen so much in her lifetime and A was just beginning his. She must had interesting stories to tell.AVCr8teurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17791962268368737548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-27320046854369674602013-01-04T21:02:40.936+00:002013-01-04T21:02:40.936+00:00Was just going to give you the England v Scotland ...Was just going to give you the England v Scotland score from 1904 but I see that I have been beaten to it. One other significant difference between then and now though is the proximity of the crowd to the pitch - there are a myriad reasons why that couldn't happen today. Love the idea of a travel writing blog from Europe including Cardiff, France and Estonia. I love travel and I love Europe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906033966251746548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-69647616260748982252013-01-04T14:35:21.257+00:002013-01-04T14:35:21.257+00:00ha happy new year...cool on them being 100 years a...ha happy new year...cool on them being 100 years apart...now that is a cool generation gap...i am sure they can learn much from each other....smiles...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-84241992276084145002013-01-04T04:05:35.102+00:002013-01-04T04:05:35.102+00:00Happy New Year!Happy New Year!sprinkleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081967372702276914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-73764850027778602822013-01-04T02:48:37.358+00:002013-01-04T02:48:37.358+00:00Happy new year, Jenny Woolf!
When can I expect you...Happy new year, Jenny Woolf!<br />When can I expect your book on the Victorians?<br />No rush, I was just wondering! xxKay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.com