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Domestic and Housing Memories

In this section of the website Frome people talk about the domestic and housing conditions of the past.

Daisy Bane remembers her Frome childhood, work and marriage
 Daisy Bane remembers her Frome childhood, work and marriage 704 768 Mercer Design
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Daisy Bane left school at 14 and went to work at Houstons, a job she enjoyed but which she gave up in 1939 when she got married

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Diana Ingram remembers when married women had to give up their jobs
 Diana Ingram remembers when married women had to give up their jobs 861 1024 Mercer Design
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Diana Ingram describes how her husband told her she had to give up her secretarial job at Butler and Tanner when they got married

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Margaret Wharlow recalls being a young mother in Frome in the 1940s
 Margaret Wharlow recalls being a young mother in Frome in the 1940s 224 268 Mercer Design
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Margaret Wharlow looks back to the time when her children were young and she went to Mothers’ Union meetings once a month

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Dorothy Hawker remembers family life in Frome in the past
 Dorothy Hawker remembers family life in Frome in the past 250 299 Mercer Design
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Dorothy Hawker discusses the pleasures of raising a young family in Frome and the walks, picnics and trips to the seaside they enjoyed

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