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Winnie Tuke and Fred Tate - Family and Holidays in the 1920s

Winnie Tuke Fred Tate? A few weeks ago a lovely lady at a car boot fair who shares a common interest in mountaineering history sold me two photograph albums that appear linked. One was made by Winnie Tuke and the other family photo album includes a famous cricketer called Fred Tate. Both albums are lovely records of family life in the early twentieth century. I have selected some photographs from these albums to accompany some historical snapshots of the period. 1914-1918 The Great War WW1 affected a great many people in the UK in many different ways. Unquestionably, the most traumatic aspect of this war was that it completely removed a generation of young men and left survivors horrifically injured both physically and mentally. Everyone knew someone who had died or been horribly injured. As for the survivors, their experiences were boxed away and family, friends and good times were a great distraction from the horrors etched in their memories. For the wo