A nightie for me....which I reall need.....I'm fussy...I like spaghetti straps and a simple shape.....I hate sleeves or anything fussy to sleep in........a t-shirt for Abigail that says '100% cute 200% attitude!' a book on the history of furniture....some recipes including an old homemade sweets recipe book......and inside was tucked a photocopy of a receipt my Dad had found....a receipt for the funeral of my Great Grandmother.....from 1914! It reads:
Witchampton, Wimborne April 25th 1914
Dr. to John Roberts
Wheelwright, Smith, Carpenter and Undertaker.
Labour making coffin with raised cover,
linings, wadding, brassed furniture, marking breast-plate
and attendance
2 pounds 5 shillings
Received with thanks.
Dr. to John Roberts
Wheelwright, Smith, Carpenter and Undertaker.
Labour making coffin with raised cover,
linings, wadding, brassed furniture, marking breast-plate
and attendance
2 pounds 5 shillings
Received with thanks.
An entire funeral for $5!!!!!!!! Wow.....how prices have changed!
