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1930's girlfriend - family holiday?
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Yummy-Mummy | Report | 3 Jun 2007 21:37 |
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hi, would a mans girlfriend be included on the family holiday in the 1930's? or would it only be if they were married? |
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Clive | Report | 3 Jun 2007 21:52 |
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Well maybe! Given that marriages were often but not always within family friends and given that family friends often went together for a holiday then the answer is yes. On the other hand given that ......... the answer is no. I kid you not. In one half of my ancestors girl friends were present and in the other half they were not! Clive |
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Yummy-Mummy | Report | 3 Jun 2007 21:58 |
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i have photos of 2 family holidays 1 in 1930 and the other in 1939. on the 1939 holiday my nans husband (grandad was there). as well as nans brothers (wife i am guessing). however on the 1930's 1 only (the wife) is there my grandad isnt even though him and nan were together for 2 years before they married in 1932. i am havinf trouble finding the marriage which is why i wondered about girlfriends. |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 3 Jun 2007 22:06 |
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After my father died we found all sorts of photographs including many from the 1930's before he was married. My brother and I found some pictures of him on what looked like a secluded English beach with an unidentified girl. And in one of them she was topless!!!! Oooo-er! My mum's never seen it. |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 3 Jun 2007 22:25 |
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I think girlfriend/boyfriend would only be included in a family holiday if the couple were officially 'stepping out'. Don't forget, 'nice' girls often had to be chaperoned!- i.e there would be one or two others included in the party. As a child, I was once taken on holiday by an unmarried aunt and her fiance, presumably to keep things 'respectable'. I shared a room with aunty and the boyfriend slept alone! Jay |
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