Miss Grime

< 1 min August 28, 2020Family storiesLeave a comment

Before World War 1 started, Jack Handley was at art school. He was attracted to Miss Grime and they often discussed art, but they didn’t start courting.

Jack went to fight for his country and Miss Grime stayed at art school in Liverpool.

The story of her life during the war is in the 5 chapters below.

Read Miss Grime’s story in following 5 posts.

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1 – Miss Grime and her art school friends

1913 Miss Grime had little interest in talk about Germany preparing for war. At art school classes, Jack Handley had spoken about what he saw coming and why he had […]

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2 – Miss Grime ignores the war

1914 The third of August was a sunny Bank Holiday. Mother kept the shop closed so that all three could go to the beach. With thousands of others, they crossed […]

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3 – Gladys Grime’s cousin dies

1915 As winter turned to spring, Gladys noticed the streets of Liverpool had a different bustle. The previous unrest, due to the Suffragettes and the many strikes for fairer wages, […]