Tagged With: Sarah Brittain
From a mother to her loving baby child
When my great great-grandmother Sarah Brittain wrote the following her poem to her loving baby child in May 1883, Mother’s Day was Mothering Sunday. This was Laetare or mid Lent Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent, when the Pope blesses the golden rose and children feast on simnel cakes[1]. When I was growing up I … Continue reading
The Wingfield Connection part 1 – the Gravestone
In the tin boxes that hold my family’s past are items that seem to link to another family, the Wingfields. The first item is a photograph probably of a gravestone. It is presented in a rough wooden frame covered with black paper, lined with red material and has a gold coloured mount, probably pinchbeck. I … Continue reading