Spinster World War prevented many within a generation of women from experiencing romance and marriage, or having children. The image of the old spinster with a fading photo of her dead World War I soldier boyfriend on her fireplace mantel was common in films of the 1950s and 1960s. Likewise, in the American classic novel "Gone with the Wind" (1936) about the Civil War, numerous references are made to grieving fiancées, women who were "wanted, if not wed", and to the shortage of single, able-bodied (and thus "marriageable") men at war's end. In modern peacetime societies with wide opportunities for romance,
The Bachelor UK (series 4) The Bachelor UK (series 4) The Bachelor UK 2011 is the fourth series of the reality television series The Bachelor (UK), featuring Gavin Henson as "The Bachelor". The show was off-air for 6 years in the UK after the show previously aired on BBC Three, but was aired on Channel 5 between 19 August 2011 to 28 October 2011. The series was filmed in the south of France, Italy, the UK, with the final held in St. Lucia. In the 7th episode, Henson was required to visit the parents of the quarter finalists which meant that for one of the