More Room At The Inn

As an addendum to the last post, I give you The Wheel & Compass public house at Weston by Welland. Not just because they serve an excell...

Ruff 'n Fluff... a Practical Cut for the Feather Bob

(Click on the images to view them in all their full-size glory!) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, June 1942

Railway Echo No 13

It looks plain and ordinary, a house out in the countryside, probably built in the 1970s. Until one looks more closely at the right hand sid...

Get Ready Mailbag: If I am over 65, should I get the H1N1 flu vaccine?

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Have a ques...

Where's That Then? No 12

The English Counties Illustrated is an Odhams book. Once so ubiquitous, these were cheaply produced volumes and usually printed in their hu...

Sunday Times

Please forgive two postings on one day; but I am aware that I've been a bit dilatory in bringing you scenes from Unmitigated England rec...

Eyecatching Model

Sharp-eyed viewers will probably recognise these buildings from a painting in Unmitigated England . They are without doubt my favourite mode...

It’s not too late to protect your children and family from H1N1 flu

Just before last Halloween, 7-year-old Trevor Lin of Clifton Park, N.Y., began showing symptoms of a mild cough, according to his father, He...

Public Health Update 2/12/10

Maine CDC/DHHS Public Health Update February 12, 2010 Influenza Activity in Maine and the US H1N1 activity continues in Maine as well as acr...