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...