This is part two of the story of my parents who lived through the 20th century and which I’m relating to highlight how life in Western Europe’s so much easier than it was then. The World is a troubled place, and humanity seems to like creating conflict, but where peace reigns, for most people life is a breeze in 2020 when compared to any previous era. The break-out of World War II in France. As the thirties rolled by, political tensions were growing
Read more →The World is a troubled place, and humanity seems to like creating conflict, but where peace reigns, for most people life is a breeze in 2020 when compared to any previous era: take the 20th century: When friends complain about missing a holiday or the restrictions of COVID lockdowns, I tend to wonder at how lucky we are in our part of the World. I am a ‘Boomer’, and when I think about what my parents went through in the 20th century, I realise that we
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