Ready When You Are

A day in London, filming a little movie to go with Built for Britain . Did the streets around the Post Office Tower hum with generating truc...

Miles Better

Bit of a rant coming up I'm afraid. With sincere apologies to my followers who drive on the wrong side of the road, but is anybody else ...

Mincing Lanes

Regular readers will know of the situation regarding meat mincers in the village. Basically there's a Communal Mincer , still in its box...

Find The Fault No 15

Funny things, watches. All that time on your hands. I've had a few, everything from a Bulova which wound itself up everytime I did a han...

Hired Wife

Top caption reads: "Dress and hairdress featured by Virginia Bruce of Universal Pictures in 'Hired Wife.' " (Click on the ...

Max Factor

I recently heard that Max Factor was going to discontinue selling its product in the United States. Very sad! Source: Unknown, 1945 Source: ...

Thanks

Thanks to Mike for the new banner! Also, thank you to all the readers that have left comments. Keep them coming. It's great to know that...

Comb Your Coiffures From a Pattern

(Click on the images for a better view.) Source: American Hairdresser, June 1946

Play's the Thing in California

(Click on the image to see full size) Source: American Hairdresser, June 1946

Sweet and Lovely

(Click on the image to see a larger version.) Source: American Hairdresser, April 1943

Don’t be scared, be prepared! Book offers tips for preparedness

Don’t be scared, be prepared! That’s the mantra of Kathy Harrison, author of Just In Case: How to Be Self-Sufficient When the Unexpected Ha...

Shameless Plug

Keen observers will have noticed the new book to the right of my posts, and will also probably remember that for the last year I have made n...

Cattle Parking

One of my favourite local buildings is also one of the least appreciated. At least I think so, because everyone in its nexus is scurrying ab...

A Little Tidbit

I'm gearing up for a new series of posts based on some fascinating reading I've been doing lately. I'm not going to spill the b...

Presenting "Vicky"... Drene's New Wartime Hair-do of the Month

(Click on the image to enlarge.) Source: American Hairdresser, April 1943

Find The Fault No 14

Good one this, I think. I won't go on about the slightly Hitler Youth-ish boy, or the fact that there appears to have been a nuclear exp...

Cakes & Bails

Hallaton entertained Harborough Taverners yesterday. The home team won by ten wickets on what is without doubt one of the most beautifully ...

Use Tension in Pin Curls for Lasting Styles

(Click on the images to see the larger versions.) Source: American Hairdresser, April 1942

Curtains Ideas and Pictures

The windows are Looking to the outside world. Their eyelids are curtains. Whether you want to put heavy makeup or a soft shades depends on o...

Inspirational Kitchen Designs From Alno

Alno ’s kitchens characteristically reflect the ‘german efficiency’ while being stylish in their design. One of their interesting features i...

Modern Italian Kitchens

Veneta Cucine is another one of the Italian design houses that regularly come up with stunningly beautiful kitchens. Each of their designs ...

Youthful Sophistication

(Pictures are links to larger versions of the images.) Source: The Journeyman Barber, September 1940