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One Summer: America 1927, Bill Bryson [books]

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Giant Jumble Sale and tiny Tinny Tim

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Five retro heroes

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Making do and mending

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Shoe boo-hoo

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Plastic Fantastic: the Bakelite Museum

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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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