All "unsexed" about the chicks meant was that no one had turned them upside down to see if they were male or female; it did not mean something in between. Efficient chick - or chicken - sexers were very much in demand. I presume still today; most male chicks have a very short life
North Wales has always been a lot more nationalistic than the south. So no surprise that the funeral service was in English and Welsh. As for the Welsh Plant Breeding Station suffering cutbacks in 1984, more government shortsightedness. Now no coal mines, and almost no steel industry.
I too liked the blue bathroom suite. Mine is green!
Pricing in guineas meant giving the impression an item was cheaper than it really was. My Grundig TK5 tape recorder - in 1956 - was 52 guineas. Today, umpteen things are £xxx and 99p.
Ah, the Rayburn - the poor housewife's Aga. My grandparents had one. And in the photo was also an electric oven and hob - possibly Creda.
Would you have enjoyed 'ryden' in G H Ryden's motoring school car?
E B Jones's store reminded me of those seen in Australian cities right up to the 1970s.
Part of the change of style from Victorian to Edwardian portrait photography was with shorter shutter speeds, making keeping stock still while the shutter was open not so much an ordeal. As we know, Victoria wore only black after Albert died; a style much copied it seems.
As for "Avon calling" - make sure it is not the River Avon at your front door.
