East Yorkshire UK White Female Grandmother

East Yorkshire, UK White Female Grandmother reminisces about struggles during war time while living in a small village. She taught herself how to do chores and became in charge housekeeping when she around 10 years old. She talks about being involved with her village's church and governing council.

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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain (which lies in the North Atlantic) in its centre and south, and includes over 100 smaller named islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

 The first authoritative and full featured English dictionary, the Dictionary of the English Language, was published by Samuel Johnson in 1755. To a high degree, the dictionary standardised both English spelling and word usage. Meanwhile, grammar texts by Robert Lowth, Lindley Murray, Joseph Priestly, and others attempted to prescribe standard usage even further.