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Birmingham with a toy robot

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Partners In Crime [television]

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New old dresses, old old dresses

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In which I apologise for being rubbish

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Britain on Film

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Explorer style

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Resorting to Murder [books]

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June in pictures

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Copyright Miriam McDonald

Mim: This blog is a sort of mini-magazine about things I'm interested in, all with a vintage, alternate reality or retro-futuristic theme. There is no commercial aspect to this blog: no sponsorship, no advertising, no affiliations. However, if you need to contact me, crinolinerobot AT yahoo DOT com is the email to use.

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