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  1. W-D Forties

    Show us what you've made!

    He's beautiful Shebear74, what a fine maker of boys you are!
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    Show us what you've made!

    Oohhhh! I LOVE those trousers, they are SO flattering! Which pattern are they from again?
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    Vintage-Inspired clothing lines

    I have only ordered once from her, it was the sweetheart neckline dress with a cherry pattern. I have to say that I was very dissapointed with the quality of the fabric, it's very thin and cheap looking and so I don't wear the dress often at all. Frankly, I could have made a nicer dress myself...
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    Golden Era Places Today

    Another Rivoli - the Rivoli Ballroom, London. I used to live around the corner from this and it used to be a bit of a hidden gem. It's still a ballroom now but is probably more famous as a TV and movie location these days. http://www.londonrivoliballroom.co.uk/
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    Does vintage clothing attract a rude/violent response?

    I do miss that about London. The flipside, of course, is that someone could bash you all over the head with a baseball bat whilst passing by and no-ne would bat an eyelid either.
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    Hello Everyone!

    Welcome Jannkahon!
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    Forties Family Festival, Bletchley Park GB

    That sounds like a wonderful event! Myself and family are off the the East Lancs Railway 40's weekend in Bury, probably the Sunday and possibly Monday too. We are going to check out the Temperance Bar in Ramsbottom whist we are there this year. Anyone else going?
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    Can you help me date this item??

    Ooohh! I never really thought of it as a skin! I think I always thought it was some kind of treated wool or fake fur. What a lemon I am!
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    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    Klik-Klaks. A recipe for disaster in more ways than one. This toy was two ~2 inch balls of acrylic plastic, anchored together with string and a ring handle in the middle. The idea was to get the balls to bounce off each other at the top and bottom of the stroke more than 2 or 3 times in...
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    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    I never had many toys growing up but I did have lots of LEGO. I was obsessed with building houses and cars. I used to spend most of my time drawing, either copying photographs of Lana Turner, etc that the old lady next door used to give me, or designing clothes and super cars that had tons of...
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    Can you help me date this item??

    Arn't they known as Astrakhan coats? Or it that a different kind?
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    ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’: 30 years later, a stunt man's memories

    Wow, he really was the spitting image of Ford, wasn't he?
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    White hair stripped bare!

    During the 80's I had huge snow white spiky hair and looked like a dandelion clock.. One day when I was going to college a photography student stopped me and asked me if I would pose for some picures for his portfolio. Well, what could go wrong thought I? I went to his flat, which was in a...
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    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    I had a similar thing happed at a Burlesque show last year. I would have thought it a complement if the guy who said it hadn't been so obviously dead drunk and didn't have his tongue hanging out whilst he said it!
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    How to Get Wrinkles out of a Tie?

    You need a tie press! I got my husband a vintage one a few years ago and it's been invaluable. His is wooden with a fly press top that compresses the wrinkles out cold.
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    A breakdown of Fedora Loungers by sex, location, age and marital status

    Female 42 Chester, UK Married, 2 boys, 1 dog, 4 chickens
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    Ladies show us your best.

    Your lady looks absolutely beautiful in that dress!
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    vintage first names no longer in use today or not popular anymore

    We had a phase in the UK a few years back of old fashioned children's names, that's why we have a rash of Lotties, Lilys, Bethans, Archies, Harrys, Oscars, etc in schools now. The press at the time called them 'Mockney' names! On a similar subject, I taught a teenager called Oak last year...
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    songs that make you shiver/cry

    For me it's 'Do you realiize?' by The Flaming Lips - makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck ever time. It's the song I want played at my funeral because it's beautiful and life affirming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5zYOKFjpm9s
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    vintage first names no longer in use today or not popular anymore

    We have Lily and Harry (my mum and dad and still very popular over here) and in the past: Mary, Cornelius, Ellwood and Albert. You may also like to peruse the following from the cracking kids (but loved by adults) TV show Horrible Histories...

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