tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post1856137322430317282..comments2024-03-28T16:48:30.746-04:00Comments on When I was 69: Before the war started - 1856 TexasBarbara Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-69025198774434673202013-08-12T10:47:24.816-04:002013-08-12T10:47:24.816-04:00Letters from 1856 have done well to survive. They ...Letters from 1856 have done well to survive. They tell such an interesting story that is really a bit of social history.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-29870367890338337662013-08-11T06:48:51.102-04:002013-08-11T06:48:51.102-04:00Postcards or letters sure did depict the kind of l...Postcards or letters sure did depict the kind of live lived back then with all its "rules and regulations". The art of writing is lost now, some young people do not even know how to do cursive writing anymore, shame...<br /><br />As for oil drilling, they are trying to do "fracking" here in Eastern Canada, people don't want it as it will interfere with the water table...but it will probably go through anyway as did the oil rigs.....Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015301472659256675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-64797158854619007162013-08-10T16:50:17.033-04:002013-08-10T16:50:17.033-04:00Actually by the time I was in high school, I learn...Actually by the time I was in high school, I learned that a woman had better have something to fall back on besides a husband to take care of her the rest of her life. That was exactly 100 years after this letter was written. (Teaching, nursing or secretarial skills were all that were promoted in the 1950s.)Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-14713098643992041762013-08-10T15:19:41.183-04:002013-08-10T15:19:41.183-04:00What interesting letters; they must have been diff...What interesting letters; they must have been difficult to transcribe as that's quite an awkward style of handwriting. "Goodbye school" is a bit abrupt isn't i? As a teacher I've always thought it sad that a woman could not teach if she was married.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-44101477624502318652013-08-10T14:42:47.191-04:002013-08-10T14:42:47.191-04:00Always a pleasure to read posts as interesting as ...Always a pleasure to read posts as interesting as this. Letters lays provide uncheck a unique insight into an age don't they.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-36909492848150207152013-08-10T04:00:35.985-04:002013-08-10T04:00:35.985-04:00Wow! How lucky are you to have these letters. Pr...Wow! How lucky are you to have these letters. Priceless.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-79573513797811502212013-08-09T21:24:53.035-04:002013-08-09T21:24:53.035-04:00That stupid rule about a woman having to give up t...That stupid rule about a woman having to give up teaching if she married. So much talent lost. You did well to decipher so much of the letter. Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-65813793993242889472013-08-09T17:16:13.489-04:002013-08-09T17:16:13.489-04:00Yes, oil has a lot to answer for, doesn't it.Yes, oil has a lot to answer for, doesn't it.Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-37036582870874460652013-08-09T16:24:22.016-04:002013-08-09T16:24:22.016-04:00Thanks Joan and Wendy:
The reply to each comment b...Thanks Joan and Wendy:<br />The reply to each comment button is somehow disconnected on this blog, so I'll blend my reply to you both together.<br />I do love reading your blogs on Sepia Saturday. Thanks so much for looking at mine and making your comments.<br />I have so much to write still...heavens, will I ever get done? Do you ever feel like that?<br />See you here in the ethernet... BarbBarbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-840588504854437502013-08-09T16:03:57.586-04:002013-08-09T16:03:57.586-04:00Barb, what great letters! A real insight into the...Barb, what great letters! A real insight into the times.<br /><br />And what a clever tie-in with the theme.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834515962367699133.post-27404575414179737412013-08-09T14:18:32.915-04:002013-08-09T14:18:32.915-04:00Really enjoyed your post. The letters were great,...Really enjoyed your post. The letters were great, as was the explanation. Then it also helped that I have at least a small connection with the area. For several years my elder daughter and her children lived in the area around Beaumont. He husband was a captain for an oil tanker that was based in the area. All of the tankers were named for local rivers like the Sabine. Also my grandchildren swam for the Spindletop Swim Team. And all that oil fueled my McPherson's propensity for driving long distances.<br /><br />sorry about rambling on and on here. Really enjoyed the post.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948553013206247354noreply@blogger.com