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The Whittaker Saga: the setup

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 I  was vastly inspired when reading the decades challenge, and as a history teacher, I could not stop myself from giving it a try. Of course, true to my nature or refusing to do things by the book, the first thing I did was break the rules. How? By creating as my protagonist a single, working woman living on her own! Gasp! Why? Partly because a story popped into my head, but also, partly, to honor the many women who - by choice or necessity - actually worked, and worked hard for their living in the 1890s. We tend to forget them, but the working women were there - from the hard working farmers that we often downgrade by calling wives, as if they weren't an essential part of the economy of the farm, to the working class women working as domestic help or in the factories where they were only payed half of a man's wages.  So with that, I introduce Abigail Spencer, a single, working, middle class woman in 1890s Willow Creek:  As middle class there is only a few jobs avai...
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1970s: Merry Christmas

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As the seventies are at their last year, Michael and Robin has decided it's time for them to get married. Having busy schedules focusing on their respective careers, they've opted for a simple city hall wedding with just the closest family as guests. Robin is in a simple white dress suit and Michael in a simple white jacket. It's a low key wedding, that fits into their hurried lives, where passion and fantasy - at the moment at least - is taking the backseat to building their careers. Having connections at Copperdale City Hall, Robin's father has made sure they've been given access to the reception halls, where they can share a simple dinner. He holds a moving toast to his daughter, which Thomas follows up with a toast to his son and new daughter-in-law. They're good toasts, and both Michael and Robin are touched by the words. As Michael and Robbin are getting married, Beth, Cathy and Brandon are busy visiting the local discotheque. They dominate the dancefloor...
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1970s: The Worst Birthday Ever.

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For Beth and Cathy, each at their own universities, it's time to move on in life. With graduation over, and two new careers started (in Mechanical Engineering and Romance Consultation respectively) it's time to find a place to live. They've already settled on the big city, and to afford it, to share an apartment. They have found one that is rented out already furnished. Betty arrives first, and spends the first day settling in and working on preparing for her first day at the job. Cathy has taken on herself to find them a third roommate as there are three bedrooms in the house and they need the extra money. When she said that, however, she had not counted on Brandon asking her to move in with him on their last day in Britechester. Of course she readily agrees. Beth and Brandon meet when they come to move into the flat, along with some of the other neighbors in the house. What starts out as a small meeting in a hallway is soon a fully fledge party for all of the residents ...
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