My Gran was born in 1880 andIi often think about her childhood and the changes at the time.
The family lived in Cadishead and she would have been a teenager when the Manchester Ship Canal was dug. Imagine playing and exploring the fields and countryside and then, within a few short years, watching ocean going ships passing through those same fields.
SWMBO's Granpa, a similar age, must have marvelled at the first primitive cars and the hectic progress of railway technology and yet lived until 1971, when the family owned a Wolseley 16/60 Farina and Electric and Diesel trains were the norm, with his old steamers gone from the main line.
I suppose it's the same for every generation, I wonder what our 5 yr old G,son will be looking at in 80 yrs time..............not me, for sure !
Ted
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