Helen Parker-Drabble
@helenpdrabble.bsky.social
Author & ex-counsellor exploring family history through a psychological lens. Sharing stories of the Victorian era, Sheffield & memoirs of hidden resilience. helenparkerdrabble.com. 'A Victorian's Inheritance' ‘Yet’ https://tinyurl.com/3duyxdcu
📖 Discover a Forgotten Chapter of History
'Yet' my father’s incredible story of resilience in the face of childhood trauma & disability caused by bovine tuberculosis. It’s a story of hope, love, & transformation.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/G2TGkACKgCA
#Resilience #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Memoir
'Yet' my father’s incredible story of resilience in the face of childhood trauma & disability caused by bovine tuberculosis. It’s a story of hope, love, & transformation.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/G2TGkACKgCA
#Resilience #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Memoir
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📖 Discover a Forgotten Chapter of History
'Yet' my father’s incredible story of resilience in the face of childhood trauma & disability caused by bovine tuberculosis. It’s a story of hope, love, & transformation.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/G2TGkACKgCA
#Resilience #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Memoir
'Yet' my father’s incredible story of resilience in the face of childhood trauma & disability caused by bovine tuberculosis. It’s a story of hope, love, & transformation.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/G2TGkACKgCA
#Resilience #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Memoir
Emotional distance in families rarely starts as cruelty. It usually starts as protection.
Someone was hurt badly enough that keeping distance felt safer.
Their children learned love doesn't include closeness.
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#FamilyPatterns #Psychology #Understanding
Someone was hurt badly enough that keeping distance felt safer.
Their children learned love doesn't include closeness.
tinyurl.com/mw6u7fvf
#FamilyPatterns #Psychology #Understanding
Uncovering Intergenerational Trauma in Family Histories - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian
Explore how attachment theory and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) help family historians uncover the emotional lives of ancestors. Learn how trauma, resilience, and family patterns are passed thr...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Emotional distance in families rarely starts as cruelty. It usually starts as protection.
Someone was hurt badly enough that keeping distance felt safer.
Their children learned love doesn't include closeness.
tinyurl.com/mw6u7fvf
#FamilyPatterns #Psychology #Understanding
Someone was hurt badly enough that keeping distance felt safer.
Their children learned love doesn't include closeness.
tinyurl.com/mw6u7fvf
#FamilyPatterns #Psychology #Understanding
Attachment styles pass through generations:
🟢 Secure → trust
🟡 Anxious → fear
🔵 Avoidant → walls
🔴 Disorganised → chaos
Your ancestor's style shaped your family's emotional culture.
More: tinyurl.com/yepa85pu
#AttachmentTheory #Monday #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
🟢 Secure → trust
🟡 Anxious → fear
🔵 Avoidant → walls
🔴 Disorganised → chaos
Your ancestor's style shaped your family's emotional culture.
More: tinyurl.com/yepa85pu
#AttachmentTheory #Monday #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Attachment, Trauma & the Impact on Future Generations - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian
Research has indicated that psychological trauma such as childhood abuse might impact the long-term physical health of not only the immediate victim, but also their offspring, by etching itself onto t...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Attachment styles pass through generations:
🟢 Secure → trust
🟡 Anxious → fear
🔵 Avoidant → walls
🔴 Disorganised → chaos
Your ancestor's style shaped your family's emotional culture.
More: tinyurl.com/yepa85pu
#AttachmentTheory #Monday #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
🟢 Secure → trust
🟡 Anxious → fear
🔵 Avoidant → walls
🔴 Disorganised → chaos
Your ancestor's style shaped your family's emotional culture.
More: tinyurl.com/yepa85pu
#AttachmentTheory #Monday #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
The patterns you see in your family didn't appear from nowhere.
They were:
→ Once the best response
→ Passed down unconsciously
→ Still active today
→ Changeable NOW
You have the power to recognise and shift them.
helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
#FamilyHistory #Psychology#Genealogy
They were:
→ Once the best response
→ Passed down unconsciously
→ Still active today
→ Changeable NOW
You have the power to recognise and shift them.
helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
#FamilyHistory #Psychology#Genealogy
Blog - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian
helenparkerdrabble.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The patterns you see in your family didn't appear from nowhere.
They were:
→ Once the best response
→ Passed down unconsciously
→ Still active today
→ Changeable NOW
You have the power to recognise and shift them.
helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
#FamilyHistory #Psychology#Genealogy
They were:
→ Once the best response
→ Passed down unconsciously
→ Still active today
→ Changeable NOW
You have the power to recognise and shift them.
helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
#FamilyHistory #Psychology#Genealogy
Exploring your ancestors' psychology can transform your understanding of them.
helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
This is psychological genealogy - where family history meets mental health.
Ready to see your family in a whole new light? #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenHour
helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
This is psychological genealogy - where family history meets mental health.
Ready to see your family in a whole new light? #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenHour
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Exploring your ancestors' psychology can transform your understanding of them.
helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
This is psychological genealogy - where family history meets mental health.
Ready to see your family in a whole new light? #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenHour
helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
This is psychological genealogy - where family history meets mental health.
Ready to see your family in a whole new light? #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenHour
GENEATHERAPY:
Genealogy that asks not just WHO your ancestors were, but WHY they were that way.
Using psychology, trauma research, and historical context to understand family patterns.
And break them.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#Geneatherapy #FamilyHistory
Genealogy that asks not just WHO your ancestors were, but WHY they were that way.
Using psychology, trauma research, and historical context to understand family patterns.
And break them.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#Geneatherapy #FamilyHistory
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
GENEATHERAPY:
Genealogy that asks not just WHO your ancestors were, but WHY they were that way.
Using psychology, trauma research, and historical context to understand family patterns.
And break them.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#Geneatherapy #FamilyHistory
Genealogy that asks not just WHO your ancestors were, but WHY they were that way.
Using psychology, trauma research, and historical context to understand family patterns.
And break them.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#Geneatherapy #FamilyHistory
Why do family patterns repeat?
How does trauma pass through generations?
Can we break the cycles?
Think differently about your family. Read
www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/6/...
#FamilyHistory #Psychology #Genealogy #GenHour
How does trauma pass through generations?
Can we break the cycles?
Think differently about your family. Read
www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/6/...
#FamilyHistory #Psychology #Genealogy #GenHour
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Why do family patterns repeat?
How does trauma pass through generations?
Can we break the cycles?
Think differently about your family. Read
www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/6/...
#FamilyHistory #Psychology #Genealogy #GenHour
How does trauma pass through generations?
Can we break the cycles?
Think differently about your family. Read
www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/6/...
#FamilyHistory #Psychology #Genealogy #GenHour
Reposted by Helen Parker-Drabble
A worthy winner Helen and a lovely memory of our successful Creative Writing Competition which highlighted campaigns that took place Away from the Western Front; winners, runners-up and highly-commended can still be read here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/crea...
Lest we forget. FREE digital and audio award-winning short WW1. A factual tale based love story about Chloris joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917.
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#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
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#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
'Buried Letters' Historical WW1 Short Story (Text & audio)
Buried Letters is an award-winning, poignant, bittersweet creative nonfiction piece inspired by true historical events and heartfelt family history research. It unfolds through a series of intimate, r...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A worthy winner Helen and a lovely memory of our successful Creative Writing Competition which highlighted campaigns that took place Away from the Western Front; winners, runners-up and highly-commended can still be read here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/crea...
What family possession tells the best story?
For me: Dad's self-taught violin. It represents a disabled child fighting back.
What object in your family speaks volumes?
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#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Disability #GenHour #AncestryHour
For me: Dad's self-taught violin. It represents a disabled child fighting back.
What object in your family speaks volumes?
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#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Disability #GenHour #AncestryHour
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
What family possession tells the best story?
For me: Dad's self-taught violin. It represents a disabled child fighting back.
What object in your family speaks volumes?
payhip.com/b/jBlrF
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Disability #GenHour #AncestryHour
For me: Dad's self-taught violin. It represents a disabled child fighting back.
What object in your family speaks volumes?
payhip.com/b/jBlrF
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Disability #GenHour #AncestryHour
![Victorian Recipe for elderflower wine To 3 Gallons of Water 9 lbs of Sugar boil 1/2 an hour with whites of 2 eggs when milk warm add to it ½ a peck of picked Elder-Flowers. The juice and peel of 3 Lemons 3 or 4 Table - spoons full of yeast beat all well into the - liquor put into the cask 3 lbs of raisins - stoned. Strain the wine on to the raisins - dissolve Isinglass to fine it. Stir it often for 4 or 5 days when done working bring up - and put about a quart of Brandy to ten 9 gallons of wine. Let the Work the wine in a Peggy Pot before straining it.
Mrs George Eadon Junior [née Ellen Hopkinson]
Work the wine 3 or 4 days in a Peggy Pot before straining it [in a horse hair strainer] MA [Mary Allott]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5553zvzl47nxlhox5wo7cmrc/bafkreicgnqcjpw2k4vz6ngminyehtquwhg4yulq2qysqw2jzqk3xf5emmq@jpeg)
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Hi #GenHour! The Many Faces of Tudor England – Online Talk, 20 Nov, 2pm
Discover the diverse crew of Henry VIII’s flagship with Dr Alexzandra Hildred. Learn how forensic and scientific techniques have brought the faces and lives of Tudor sailors back to light.
Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...
Discover the diverse crew of Henry VIII’s flagship with Dr Alexzandra Hildred. Learn how forensic and scientific techniques have brought the faces and lives of Tudor sailors back to light.
Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hi #GenHour! The Many Faces of Tudor England – Online Talk, 20 Nov, 2pm
Discover the diverse crew of Henry VIII’s flagship with Dr Alexzandra Hildred. Learn how forensic and scientific techniques have brought the faces and lives of Tudor sailors back to light.
Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...
Discover the diverse crew of Henry VIII’s flagship with Dr Alexzandra Hildred. Learn how forensic and scientific techniques have brought the faces and lives of Tudor sailors back to light.
Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...
Sheffield, England 1860s vs 1930s:
Mary's recipe book shows middle-class Victorian domestic life
Harry's hospital shows working-class children's health crisis 70 years later.
Same city. Different worlds. Both stories.
Explore both: helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
#Sheffield #History #LocalHistory
Mary's recipe book shows middle-class Victorian domestic life
Harry's hospital shows working-class children's health crisis 70 years later.
Same city. Different worlds. Both stories.
Explore both: helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
#Sheffield #History #LocalHistory
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sheffield, England 1860s vs 1930s:
Mary's recipe book shows middle-class Victorian domestic life
Harry's hospital shows working-class children's health crisis 70 years later.
Same city. Different worlds. Both stories.
Explore both: helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
#Sheffield #History #LocalHistory
Mary's recipe book shows middle-class Victorian domestic life
Harry's hospital shows working-class children's health crisis 70 years later.
Same city. Different worlds. Both stories.
Explore both: helenparkerdrabble.com/blog/
#Sheffield #History #LocalHistory
Lest we forget. FREE digital and audio award-winning short WW1. A factual tale based love story about Chloris joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917.
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#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
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#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
'Buried Letters' Historical WW1 Short Story (Text & audio)
Buried Letters is an award-winning, poignant, bittersweet creative nonfiction piece inspired by true historical events and heartfelt family history research. It unfolds through a series of intimate, r...
payhip.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Lest we forget. FREE digital and audio award-winning short WW1. A factual tale based love story about Chloris joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917.
payhip.com/b/foxPI
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
payhip.com/b/foxPI
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory #GenHour #AncestryHour
Lest we forget. Free digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story. A factual tale based love story about Chloris who joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917 and was changed forever. payhip.com/b/foxPI
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
'Buried Letters' Historical WW1 Short Story (Text & audio)
Buried Letters is an award-winning, poignant, bittersweet creative nonfiction piece inspired by true historical events and heartfelt family history research. It unfolds through a series of intimate, r...
payhip.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Lest we forget. Free digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story. A factual tale based love story about Chloris who joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917 and was changed forever. payhip.com/b/foxPI
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
Lest we forget. Free digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story. A factual tale based love story about Chloris who joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917 and was changed forever. payhip.com/b/foxPI #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
'Buried Letters' Historical WW1 Short Story (Text & audio)
Buried Letters is an award-winning, poignant, bittersweet creative nonfiction piece inspired by true historical events and heartfelt family history research. It unfolds through a series of intimate, r...
payhip.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Lest we forget. Free digital and audio award-winning short WW1 story. A factual tale based love story about Chloris who joined the all-women's Scottish Women’s Hospital in Macedonia 1917 and was changed forever. payhip.com/b/foxPI #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FreeStory
"I taught myself to read from a Bible while lying flat on my back in a hospital bed. They said I was ineducable. I proved them wrong." - Harry Drabble
Never let anyone define your limits.
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#YetBook #Disability #Resilience #Inspirational #Genealogy #TB
Never let anyone define your limits.
tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#YetBook #Disability #Resilience #Inspirational #Genealogy #TB
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
"I taught myself to read from a Bible while lying flat on my back in a hospital bed. They said I was ineducable. I proved them wrong." - Harry Drabble
Never let anyone define your limits.
tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#YetBook #Disability #Resilience #Inspirational #Genealogy #TB
Never let anyone define your limits.
tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#YetBook #Disability #Resilience #Inspirational #Genealogy #TB
#Genhour. Doh, it's been a very long day...I've just received a death certificate. Can you help me with the spelling of the person who was at William's deathbed, please?
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#Genhour. Doh, it's been a very long day...I've just received a death certificate. Can you help me with the spelling of the person who was at William's deathbed, please?
#Genhour. I've just received a death certificate. I was going to ask if you can you help me with the spelling of the person who was at William's deathbed, but th eimage isn't loading : (
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#Genhour. I've just received a death certificate. I was going to ask if you can you help me with the spelling of the person who was at William's deathbed, but th eimage isn't loading : (
Reposted by Helen Parker-Drabble
One for #GenHour - a brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ (Ireland's transport provider), covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
Archive Catalogue
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November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
One for #GenHour - a brilliant archive catalogue for CIÉ (Ireland's transport provider), covering the 1830s-1970s, railways & more, with more being added.
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
Well worth exploring - not least as they've included a specific section for genealogy!
#FamilyHistory #Ireland
What an important project.
As America, our 250th has had me thinking about better highlighting the extraordinary array of posts added to the Projectkin’s #Stories250 effort.
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Projectkin | Stories250
Bringing together Projectkin’s diverse Anglophone genealogy community to share stories about our ancestors’ roles at the time of the American Revolution.
Projectkin.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What an important project.
Reposted by Helen Parker-Drabble
As America, our 250th has had me thinking about better highlighting the extraordinary array of posts added to the Projectkin’s #Stories250 effort.
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Projectkin | Stories250
Bringing together Projectkin’s diverse Anglophone genealogy community to share stories about our ancestors’ roles at the time of the American Revolution.
Projectkin.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As America, our 250th has had me thinking about better highlighting the extraordinary array of posts added to the Projectkin’s #Stories250 effort.
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
The history of childhood institutionalisation in Britain is finally getting the attention it deserves.
The psychological impact echoed through generations.
'Yet' adds one more.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#History #Disability #ChildhoodTrauma #BritishHistory #DisibilityHistoryMonth
The psychological impact echoed through generations.
'Yet' adds one more.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#History #Disability #ChildhoodTrauma #BritishHistory #DisibilityHistoryMonth
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The history of childhood institutionalisation in Britain is finally getting the attention it deserves.
The psychological impact echoed through generations.
'Yet' adds one more.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#History #Disability #ChildhoodTrauma #BritishHistory #DisibilityHistoryMonth
The psychological impact echoed through generations.
'Yet' adds one more.
helenparkerdrabble.com
#History #Disability #ChildhoodTrauma #BritishHistory #DisibilityHistoryMonth
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them all wrong.
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#Disability #FamilyHistory #Resilience #BritishHistory #MedicalHistory
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#Disability #FamilyHistory #Resilience #BritishHistory #MedicalHistory
‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian
About the book “No one believed me. ‘Children couldn’t have been treated like that.’ But we were”. —Harry Drabble In 1937, two-year-old Harry Drabble was diagnosed with bovine tuberculosis after drink...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them all wrong.
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#Disability #FamilyHistory #Resilience #BritishHistory #MedicalHistory
Read the opening chapters: tinyurl.com/3htja9fs
#Disability #FamilyHistory #Resilience #BritishHistory #MedicalHistory
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them wrong.
Read the opening chapters: helenparkerdrabble.com/books/yet-a-...
#DisabilityMemoir #FamilyHistory #Resilience
Read the opening chapters: helenparkerdrabble.com/books/yet-a-...
#DisabilityMemoir #FamilyHistory #Resilience
November 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Harry Drabble spent his childhood in Sheffield's hospital for 'crippled children.' He was told he'd never work or have a family. He proved them wrong.
Read the opening chapters: helenparkerdrabble.com/books/yet-a-...
#DisabilityMemoir #FamilyHistory #Resilience
Read the opening chapters: helenparkerdrabble.com/books/yet-a-...
#DisabilityMemoir #FamilyHistory #Resilience
Reposted by Helen Parker-Drabble
This is such an important book. It's a part of our history that's rarely discussed in the context of how individual children and their families were affected.
Before antibiotics, children with tuberculosis faced long & gruelling treatments that separated them from their families for months, or even years. In 1930s and 1940s Britain, bovine tuberculosis attacked the bones, joints, and spine. 'Yet' now available in print. payhip.com/HelenParkerD...
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is such an important book. It's a part of our history that's rarely discussed in the context of how individual children and their families were affected.