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Re: Re: Kabu - the Spanish Flu epidemic....

Well I was still not doing my maths properly LOL...won't work into the 30s but the dust bowl era and the depression will.

posted by Kabu on February 14, 2015 at 6:05 PM | link to this | reply

PatB

THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914- 1918) Early Moves 1914-1915 Because Canada was not yet an independent international actor, Britain’s declaration of war was also binding on Canada. In August 1914, Britain and France went to war with Germany. The Canadian government immediately offered Britain troops for overseas service, although Ottawa controlled the level of Canada’s military participation. Most Canadians greeted the outbreak of war with enthusiasm, especially those born in the British Isles who volunteered in large numbers. They were unaware, along with the rest of the world, of the horrors that twentieth-century warfare would bring. Recruits were gathered and given basic training at the hastily-built camp at Valcartier, Québec. On October 3, the first 32,000-strong contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force sailed for Britain. The British colony of Newfoundland also sent 500 troops at this time.

posted by WileyJohn on February 13, 2015 at 3:57 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Kabu - the Spanish Flu epidemic....

Originally I had that as a story item - but looking at the date taught me it wouldn't work in the plot I had going, so I shifted the timing when Simon's parents and two youngest siblings passed away to 1911. There was sure to be a flu epidemic that year too...

posted by Pat_B on February 13, 2015 at 11:05 AM | link to this | reply

There was not much work here at that time Pat I have heard my Dad say men stood under an ancient building just chatting or leaning over farm gates hoping for a days work.

posted by C_C_T on February 13, 2015 at 10:47 AM | link to this | reply

Title thoughts...

The Ballad of... Simon and Kate...?

 

posted by Ciel on February 13, 2015 at 10:38 AM | link to this | reply

The Spanish flu that killed more folks world wide than the war may have hit someone's life in your story. The soldiers brought the flu back with them.

posted by Kabu on February 13, 2015 at 10:21 AM | link to this | reply

Pat

It was '14, LOL! The war would have registered in their lives to some degree, being teenagers when the U.S. entered it, and there was a lot of to-do about it even earlier. And then after the war the 'Roaring Twenties' would have had their effect even in the country - they did have newspapers and possibly even a radio! And then of course the Great Depression... But sometimes it doesn't take all that much to provide 'background'...

posted by Nautikos on February 13, 2015 at 7:54 AM | link to this | reply