June 03, 2005
Every Woman's Book of Homemaking
Just in case you are reading my blog for the first time I am posting a weekly extract from the above book, which was published, I would guess in the early fifties (but if anyone knows better please correct me).
CHAPTER TWO - The house
'The old proverb about getting married is equally true of settling on a house - if you do it in haste you may repent at leisure!
Apart from the question of soil and health, there are other points to consider in choosing a house in a certain position: questions of convenience.
For instance, the husband wants a house conveniently situated for work; in some place that has a good service of trains, trams or buses. Almost certainly, if he is a home-lover, he will want a garden, part of which he can use for growing vegetables. He is sure to require some sort of handy recreation. Just in case he has a motorbike and side-car, the entrance gates should be sufficiently large..
The wife needs to be within easy reach of the shops and perhaps a cinema. She will think of the nearness of a church or chapel; the doctor; post office and so on. She will like to live within easy reach of her friends.'
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