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December 29, 2013

Pleased with Punch

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December 24, 2013

Merry Christmas!

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December 21, 2013

Outfit post: It's A Wonderful Life

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December 14, 2013

Oh, Christmas tree!

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December 10, 2013

A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector [music]

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December 06, 2013

Knit For Victory Update

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December 04, 2013

Space Captain Smith, Toby Frost [books]

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November 30, 2013

Bill Bryson at the Forum Cinema

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November 26, 2013

RIP Datamancer

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November 24, 2013

Two Madames [perfume]

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November 19, 2013

Knitting progress, Poirot and making connections

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November 14, 2013

Wardrobe ruts and frustrations

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November 09, 2013

Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma/Myanmar

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November 07, 2013

Fit for a prince: the 1922 Bagan Thande hotel

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November 05, 2013

I'm knitting for victory!

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October 30, 2013

The 'Singapore Girl' and Pierre Balmain

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October 27, 2013

The Great Gatsby (2013) [film]

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October 26, 2013

Bloofer Lady: Fenella Fielding

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October 18, 2013

Digging up family history

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October 10, 2013

Peaky Blinders and some bimbling around

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October 04, 2013

Quatermass 2 [film]

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September 30, 2013

A few 30s/40s family photos

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September 29, 2013

How to repair vintage enamel jewellery

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September 26, 2013

More Colleen Moore!

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September 22, 2013

A couple of gorgeous London pubs

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September 18, 2013

How to find your perfect jumper

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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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