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Wednesday, 16th November

Da ew genam an story facyon. Nag o vy wor an gis ow honan, bes theram ow trouvya dilhas dhe les. Ma nebes fôtôs coth an teylû genam. Otta ow mabm gans hy  hôr vian. Flehes a Oos an Metêrn Edward o anjei. Aga breder gottha o a Oos an Vetêrnes Vyctoria! (Ma re a arhans e'n fôtô, re dewal ew ev.) Ma aprodnyow gwydn ha botas dû dhodhans ha 'ga blew a veu crüllyes. Piw a wras an aprodnyow? O anjei nowydh? Aga modrep o treheres dhe Vetêrnes Vyctoria. Nag o anjei gwiskys en aprodnyow gwydn, gen funednow gwydn en blew crüllyes pub dedh! Rag fra a veu an foto kemerys? O an termyn dallath an Gwerryans Meur? Radn aga breder a wrüg mos ker dhe ombla.  Hedhyw ew pednbloodh ow mabm. Martesen hei ew naw bloodh e'n ymach.  

I like the history of fashion. I am not fashionable myself, bit I find clothes interesting. I have several old family photos. Here's my mother with her little sister. They were Edwardian children. Their older brothers were Victorian! (There's too much silver in the photo, it is too dark.) They have white pinafores and black boots and their hair was curled. Who made the pinafores? Were they new? Their aunt was dressmaker to Queen Victoria. They were not dressed in white pinafores with white hairbands in curled hair every day! Why was the photo taken? Was the time the beginning of the Great War? Some of their brothers went off to fight. Today is my mother's birthday. Perhaps she is nine years old in the image.