tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post8242983635729861639..comments2024-03-27T20:48:33.608+00:00Comments on Crinoline Robot: Knitting progress, Poirot and making connectionsMimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-23246384851769456192013-11-21T13:54:33.126+00:002013-11-21T13:54:33.126+00:00I missed most of them so will have to either watch...I missed most of them so will have to either watch on i player, which I hate, or buy the DVDs.<br />My husband was glued to the Cold War Jets though, having been disappointed of his pilot ambitions due to colour blindness, anything like this makes him sniff the air.LollyWilloweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800459266149659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-29090991039928592582013-11-21T09:25:42.100+00:002013-11-21T09:25:42.100+00:00I haven't got round to watching Cold War Jets,...I haven't got round to watching Cold War Jets, I'll try to see it on catchup. My dad was in the Air Force so I remember being more frightened of the IRA than the Russians while growing up, but my husband grew up on the Norfolk coast and remembers the air raid sirens going off (for drills) on the air/missile bases there.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-84334785039788703612013-11-21T09:23:07.973+00:002013-11-21T09:23:07.973+00:00It's one from Knit With Norbury, which I belie...It's one from Knit With Norbury, which I believe dates from the late 40s or early 50s. I made my blue jumper from that book, too - I have to resize the patterns, but the designs are so nice it's worth it.<br /><br />I'm enjoying the Sandbrook programmes, too. I'd disagree with his interpretation of certain events, but they are all very interesting. I'm annoyed the BBC haven&#Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-60225997797617473782013-11-20T16:29:42.192+00:002013-11-20T16:29:42.192+00:00Thanks for the mention Mim, very kind of you! Yes...Thanks for the mention Mim, very kind of you! Yes, I know exactly what you mean - I don't get out as much as I should either and I always imagined yourself, or Tupps, or Porcelina, watching the latest episodes (or the DVDs, or the repeats on ITV3!) along with me. I love that aspect of <i>Poirot</i>/vintage blogging and am glad to know I'm not alone.<br /><br />I watched the two <i>Cold Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-16647550670186808722013-11-19T23:30:49.924+00:002013-11-19T23:30:49.924+00:00What pattern are you making your cardigan from? I ...What pattern are you making your cardigan from? I have just watched the second of Dominic Sandbrook's Cold War programmes, I am finding them fascinating and learning quite a bit too! The trailer for Legacy looks good, definitely one to watch.Kate-Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664293299445754159noreply@blogger.com