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Cinema in scotland It's the Rex cinema in Stonehouse, near Glasgow. But no, it's not usually open. They do have the occasional event there, however...

Back - does that count?! I've been off this list for so long I feel I should reintroduce myself. Hello! I'm Tottie

I had a friend at college who went to finishing school quite recently. She'd be about 30 now. The only thing she told me was that one of the rules was they had to wear stockings because pantyhose/tights were unhealthy. Very strange. I mean, nothing wrong with stockings, but strange for your...

So do I. once when I was doing Tudor Living History, I fell down a flight of wooden stairs and my skirt went right up over my head. On the one hand, I felt that at least the people watching had not seen me wearing anachronistic underwear. On the other hand, it was quite embarrassing. Lets hope...

I think it's hilarious the way people are so divided about this! As far as I'm concerned, wearing modern panties under tap pants/French knickers is crazy... And wearing panties UNDER a girdle just makes life v. difficult. That's why panties from the girdle-wearing period were so big - so...

well, you do err on the side of profundity.

Fair enough. I assume they do it to keep the traditions alive, and because knitting is something that can be done while you are living your life, caring for children, or in retirement. The average sweater on the site is about $300, not $200. (at an exchange rate currently running around...

Is he wearing large hoop earrings too?!

have you seen them knit in that part of the world? I'm not denying it's a lot of labour, but I don't think the rate of pay is that low!

Nice vintage umbrellas do turn up on ebay. As a resident in the rainiest part of Britain, I've been collecting 30s umbrellas for a while now. Trouble for women is that you need them to go with your outfit. You men have it easy! On a practical note, one real problem with vintage umbrellas can...

hey, Harp, are you introducing another philosophy topic on the sly?

oh, beautiful... and breathtakingly expensive. The women's are such awful shapes, too. But I suspect she'd alter them, for that sort of money!

The thing about Fair Isle patterns is that they became very popular in WWII and immediately after as patterns to knit at home because you could re-use or use up bits of wool which weren't enough to make a whole sweater... I assume that made them instantly uncool for the 1960s generation and...

ooh, looks good. Many things we have to read for school improve on revisiting. Though I shall always hate Jane Eyre. But in any case (back to Brecht and Weill) I think the songs are another matter entirely. But, I sense this sort of thing has not so much of a following in the USA as...

Really interesting point. My grandmother has always had waist-length hair. She went to art school in the 1930s and was always a bit bohemian (she hasn't worn a skirt since the 1920s as far as I know - always slacks) and it's interesting to look at her photos because she never did those huge...