Recent content by Olde English

A fascinating piece - it's heartening to know that bee-keeping is on the rise in spite of everything. And yes, they certainly make a cute couple!

Thanks Stanley Doble for the link to a really fascinating slice of modern history. My grandparents rented a colour television in the 70s, (they were still way beyond many people's pockets) but I mostly remember watching black and white movies on it with my Grandma. I can remember us both...

That is an absolutely beautiful garment. The back pleating is just divine. For some reason I am reminded of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce - one or other of them must have worn something similar in one of the Sherlock Holmes films. A brilliant find! Wear it in good health, as the old tailors...

Was that the Ian Mackintosh who co-created the brilliant 70s BBC series, 'Warship'? I was in my early teens when it started and I was well and truly hooked on it. must look for it on DVD. I had no idea that he disappeared in mysterious circumstances. How very tragic.

My hard drinking days are long behind me, so it's Camellia sinensis for me, Rington's Extra Fresh, to be precise! And I'm reminded that I owe myself a 'new' vintage cup and saucer, since my last set went 'the way of all china'!

My father was a pioneer stay-at-home dad and I have enormous respect for you. I wish you great success and, above all, happiness in your new job. Compared to raising children, I imagine it will be a doddle!

There was a bouncy little German song set to the same tune, called Wochenend und Sonnenschein, recorded by The Comedian Harmonists around 1930. I'm sure several versions are still available on You Tube, but being an aging Luddite I have no idea how to link to it! Apologies for that!

I am fairly tolerant, but the one film that guarantees me shouting at the television is 'The Battle of Britain' set in 1940, which features Susannah York with a blonde pixie crop hair style and frosted baby-pink lipstick. Pure 1969. Grrr...

It does seem that in the more affluent parts of the world (and in spite of the recession we are mostly somewhat better placed than our ancestors were during the Great Depression) we may be reaping the results of passing on to our children our own generation's preoccupation and obsession with...

This is not something I had noticed before but, thinking of my old family photos, you do make a good point! The younger women (my great aunts, all now deceased) who would have been in their late teens/early twenties in 1925-26 when the group shots I'm thinking of were taken have always looked a...

The 1947 version of Brighton Rock, a real classic, very dark and threatening from the outset. The crowd scenes in Brighton, full of animation and detail, are deeply evocative of the era in which it was made (although the story is actually set before the war), and the atmosphere at the racecourse...

It is a family joke that I was born middle-aged! I don't think I ever really dressed 'young' as I never felt comfortable in high fashion clothes, preferring more classic (vintage) styles. Being under 5' tall and a little broad in the beam (hem hem!) doesn't help when 'fashion' is designed for 6'...

Delighted to make your acquaintence... I'm so pleased to have found The Fedora Lounge...such an elegant spot! I'm English, vintage circa 1960, with a deep appreciation for the 20s, 30s and 40s. I prefer not to describe Vintage as a lifestyle - I have a life, not a lifestyle! - and crave a way...