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  1. Stanley Doble

    Did and Didn't

    Oldest reference to skim milk off hand was from a book by a Maine storekeeper covering the period 1880 - 1930 or so. "she was the kind of woman who would bring a quart of skim milk to a church supper and take home a couple of pies". I am sure it was known long before that, from when milk was...
  2. Stanley Doble

    Battle of Britain Chapel to be closed

    Too bad the more than 25000 visitors couldn't chip in 50p apiece.
  3. Stanley Doble

    Did and Didn't

    The first microwave most people saw, was probably in Ma and Pa Kettle, a 1949 movie in which a family of hillbillies win an ultra modern home in a contest. This suggests they were available for home use, if you were a rich "early adopter".
  4. Stanley Doble

    Chino?

    I suppose in France in the fifties they made similar cotton twill slacks for casual summer or beach wear, with a Lacoste shirt, Panama hat and espadrilles.
  5. Stanley Doble

    Chino?

    Here are some examples from a vintage clothing store. The ones you are looking for, look like the "1950s tropical slacks" "Levi's casual flip top pants" or "1950s casual slacks". http://www.ballyhoovintage.com/category/1950s-Pants.html More info on Chino pants...
  7. Stanley Doble

    Chino?

    Interesting question. I remember them being referred to in stories from California in the fifties and sixties but never knew exactly what they were. A quick web search turned up the information that they were originally trousers for soldiers and sailors made of Chino cloth. This cloth came from...
  8. Stanley Doble

    How did people in the 40s-50s casually dress? (Without Suits)

    It could vary quite a bit. For example jeans or dungarees were forbidden at most schools, but in rural areas especially the poverty stricken ones, the students might have nothing else to wear but jeans or bib overalls. In Europe I understand that dungarees or work pants, turtleneck sweater and...
  9. Stanley Doble

    I Don't Care What Anybody Says

    Let Mr. Tebbs of Grace Brothers settle the question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJCYVerNMDI
  10. Stanley Doble

    Grandpa Dies - Family discovers his old steamer-trunk crammed with antiques...

    Lot of old papers. Also, they were dazzled by the printed paper lining glued to the inside of the lid. Reminds me of a story about a 1947 Chrysler New Yorker that turned up in a parking garage in a Southern US city a few years ago. The car had been stored there since 1951, known to no one...
  11. Stanley Doble

    I Don't Care What Anybody Says

    Don't misunderestimate the pocket square/necktie team!
  13. Stanley Doble

    How to Have a Bespoke Tailor Make a Vintage Suit?

    Why don't you ask him? As in, "I would like to buy a suit in a 1940s style, can you help me?" In Britain you may need to be careful as "austerity" or "rationed" clothing was the law from 1940 and 41 on, and tailors were restricted in what they could make, in the interest of conserving cloth...
  14. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Years ago I read a story about life in a Canadian logging camp in the twenties. In this story the new "cheater" (bookkeeper) arrived at the camp and was shown around by the "bull cook" (handyman) since the "push" (foreman) was busy. The bull cook gave him the lowdown. "She's a reg'lar palace in...
  15. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    How about cowboy?
  16. Stanley Doble

    Did and Didn't

    I don't think hair conditioner existed before 1970 either, or it wasn't something you could buy in any drug store or supermarket.
  17. Stanley Doble

    Is Christmas Ruined Forever?

    I used to wish I had a normal family instead of a bunch of lying thieving backstabbing bastards. Until I found out that was a normal family.
  19. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    "see what the boys in the back room will have". Wonder what the Politically Correct loonies would make of that one. Or "The Benicia Boy", an early 19th century prize fighter.
  20. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Chow Mein with chicken, celery, carrots, sprouts, onion, orange pepper, served over noodles. The store was out of water chestnuts or I would have had some of them in there too.
  21. Stanley Doble

    Crazes of the Era

    So a regional variant of "sheik"?
  22. Stanley Doble

    Crazes of the Era

    Lizzie do you have a definition for "jelly bean"? All I know is that it was a term used in the South, and had something to do with a flapper's boyfriend or the male equivalent of a flapper. It was considered rather insulting but I don't know why, or exactly what it means.
  23. Stanley Doble

    'Backwards' buttons?

    Formerly owned by one of those Eastern European female Olympic Weight Lifters.

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