A chair still sits by the fire,
a teapot abandoned, did they drink their last cup of Irish tea from this?
A bike that was not to do this particular journey,
how bright they tried to make their miserable lives,
the pram left behind meant babies were to be carried to a new life,
a sewing machine in remarkable condition considering how long it must have sat there,
a dress that maybe no longer fitted the owner and finally
why was this trunk, with the shipping label still attached, not taken?
Sad sad stories that I can sympathise with as my maternal grandmother was forced to leave Ireland during the Potato Famine and her stories were heartbreaking.
3 comments:
This is absolutely fabulous...
After 1989 a lot of people left the east part of Germany .. it was nearly the same. There have been a lot of old houses without an owner. I loved to go through these places. and i found some really treasures sometimes. A lot of old books... My "best found" was a wooden figure maybe from an old church. I worked at the Museum of History at this time and i could date the figure into the second half of the 18. century.
I really love the pictures you share here :)
So many crumbling mysteries .. .
beautiful images.
(I'm have a bit of a decayed and crumbling moment this week -
with M.Eastmans' photos)
Jjj
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