Flu Pandemic of 1918

I had a little bird,

Its name was Enza.

I opened the window,

And in-flu-enza.

In 1918 children would skip rope to the above rhyme.

Madge Brannock's Death Certificate

Paul Brannock's Death Certificate

Frank and Betty had to face the unthinkable task of burying two of their children from this pandemic. Madge was a schoolgirl, aged thirteen, Paul still a baby of one and one half years.