This page covers the common themes in the lives of:
Roy and Denis SAVIN
Both brothers were born at home, which was the norm, a reflection of the fact that the National Health Service was still to be created in 1948. They both had a disrupted education because of World War Two but were academic enough to qualify to go to state run grammar schools. Neither went to university, although Denis at least was clearly clever enough to have done so, at a time when only about 3% of the population did.
Both worked in the expanding financial sector and gained professional qualifications, rising to managerial level. The world economy recovered after the War, with a continuous rise in the standard of living for the rest of the century. A consumer boom starting in the late 1950's saw the brothers in due course buy their own houses and purchase cars. Electrical goods like televisions, fridge freezers became standard purchases.
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| Sylvia, Denis & Roy on a New Zealand trip |
The brothers from the 1970's lived in opposite sides of the world but could communicate by landline telephone, although Denis still like to write a long letter, typically 8 pages in length. Travel to most parts of the world was the new norm in the last quarter of the century. Denis and Roy travelled by aircraft several times to see each other on extended holidays, especially after they retired. By the 21st century they had personal computers so could now e-mail each other.
