This is quite an interesting link regarding social history
http://www.thisisbromsgrove.co.uk/worcestershire/bromsgrove/news/memory.htmlBut this one artice made me laugh
100 years ago August 19, 1905
HAROLD Laugher, aged 15, from Staple Hill, appeared at Bromsgrove police court charged with hitting Lilly Perks, a girl of the same age, on the head causing her nose to bleed. However, a witness told magistrates her nose bled whenever the schoolmaster caned her. Fining the youth 2/6 (12.5p) the chairman of the bench remarked such trivial cases involving childrens' squabbles were a waste of their timeAlthough this one seemed a bit harsh
100 years ago July 8, 1905
A YOUNG man, Harry Brace, from Worcester, appeared at Droitwich Petty Sessions charged with stealing four pieces of bread and butter, a piece of cake and a slice of bread pudding from the cloakroom at Rashwood School. It was a pupil's packed lunch. Brace, who had previously absconded from a Dr Barnado's home, told magistrates he had been hungry. Not moved to pity, they handed him a four-week jail sentence with hard labour.And for the fashion conscious
100 years ago June 3, 1905
THE ladies' home column in the Messenger gave advice on summer gowns, lining and sleeves. It advised women that smart petticoats in brighter colours were in this year but black, the most useful colour, was still popular. Headgear for elderly women was also discussed and it seemed milliners were taking a malicious pleasure in designing unbecoming bonnets for elderly ladies. White hair, when not prematurely white, was rarely thick, especially about the face, and most bonnets seemed to be designed only for women gifted with abnormal hair growth.Willow x
