The following are extacts from a narrative by Mrs Goldsmith who was 95 years of age at the time of interview. She was resident in Leverton as a child, and as a young lady.
Her notes, to which she contributed practically all of her life, give an insight into the lives of the ordinary families during the early 1900s; their trials, hardships, and their sadness and grieving with also the more enjoyable moments in what could be a very humdrum kind of existence. Some happier moments were brought about by the kindnesses shown by some employers of the day.
Particularly poignant are the entries concerning the grinding depression of the 1930s when there were very few jobs and very little money coming into the home to put food on the family table. Also the despair sometimes felt during the dark days of both the First and Second World Wars.
I realise not all these events concern the village of Leverton though they are true events and were applicable to all the surrounding villages, neighbourhoods and people. This is our history and it concerns everyone, and I am sure many of our (most certainly older) readers will feel empathy with these extracts and will find them interesting and informative. Alan
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