Evan Hayles Gledhill

gothicbodies.bsky.social

17 October 2026 23:25

Exactly - my grandad would be turning 109 in December for god's sake! And he was only 21 when the war started. These people knew better than any generation after just what xenophobia and hatred lead too. They were the core of the international Labour movement post war.

Evan Hayles Gledhill

gothicbodies.bsky.social

17 October 2026 23:16

My granddad's carers in his final years were his friends, and brought him gifts from visits to their home countries. My gran's had lesbian mates she'd trained as a mechanic with. Both born during WWI. No such thing as 'of their time' - bigotry is always a choice.

Evan Hayles Gledhill

gothicbodies.bsky.social

17 October 2026 22:53

I'm so sick of these narratives suggesting that it's some kind of neutral or positive heritage investment to behave like a raging bigot. It's ahistoric bullshit. My grandparents met trans people, gay people, immigrants, and hatred or fear was not some inherent character of their generation

Evan Hayles Gledhill

gothicbodies.bsky.social

17 October 2026 22:53

my grandparents were the generation who fought WWII and just one of them was a racist homophobic dick (from Barnsley, iykyk). The others were loving and supportive of all their neighbours, of the NHS, progressive taxation etc BECAUSE they'd seen the alternative!!

Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown

earlymodlancs.bsky.social

17 October 2026 08:56

Off to spend the rest off the weekend with Margaret Cavendish 📖 See you on Monday