tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post9083207837038832926..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Almost NothingSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-63718118862964847902014-03-23T23:49:30.832+00:002014-03-23T23:49:30.832+00:00"Perhaps the message was that emulating Beau ..."Perhaps the message was that emulating Beau Brummel might somehow work against the war effort."<br /><br />Now I'm imagining young dandies being sucked into heavy machinery when their cravats got caught.helenalexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-3142884556397619162014-03-20T22:58:06.011+00:002014-03-20T22:58:06.011+00:00Guilty as charged: I dressed both extravagantly an...Guilty as charged: I dressed both extravagantly and unpatriotically during World War II. Illegally, too.<br /><br />Dress material and baby clothes being generally unavailable towards the end of the war, they were at loss as to what to christen me in. But my Dad was a plane maker, and he happened across a yard of white madapolin that His Majesty was not currently using. <br /><br />With my mother's nimble fingers doing the dressmaking, and friends and family coming to the rescue with extra smocking, lace, embroidery and pearl buttons, I was every inch a princess sans tiara. <br /><br />I think the statute of limitations has run out by now - certainly my Dad has - so I'll fess up. IOU EIIR.Dalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-63669887628817745482014-03-20T22:40:02.591+00:002014-03-20T22:40:02.591+00:00Lucy - I suppose the British Museum isn't as d...Lucy - I suppose the British Museum isn't as dependent on sales of shortbread, but if George Osborne has his way, that might change. <br /><br />Brian - Yes, I'm sick and tired of the "Keep Calm..." variations. The original seemed such a breath of fresh air five years ago, but now induces a Pavlovian shudder of horror.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-66811068866760345582014-03-20T21:08:19.419+00:002014-03-20T21:08:19.419+00:00That propaganda poster does intrigue. Was it possi...That propaganda poster does intrigue. Was it possible to dress extravagantly in wartime? I suppose so, but I imagine that for the most part one would be wearing last years fashion, then the year before that, and so on.<br /><br />Perhaps the message was that emulating Beau Brummel might somehow work against the war effort.<br /><br />I'd argue otherwise.<br /><br />Either way, I'm hoping that it the message won't be leapt upon by t-shirt merchants. 'KEEP CALM AND BOOGIE ON' is bad enough. 'TO BOOGIE EXTRAVAGANTLY IN WARTIME…' would have me retire to Canada's backwoods.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-14105892806728866862014-03-20T16:38:56.922+00:002014-03-20T16:38:56.922+00:00Oh dear those "giftes" are awful! The Br...Oh dear those "giftes" are awful! The British Museum doesn't do so badly. Good luck with the challenges.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-63680310653365351962014-03-20T14:53:43.022+00:002014-03-20T14:53:43.022+00:00Rog - I shall have to go for a 'perambulation&...Rog - I shall have to go for a 'perambulation' or a 'constitutional'.<br /><br />Annabel - I can see the economic argument - keep the ticket prices lower to attract more visitors, but make up for this with a slick commercial operation - but it's depressing for those of us who don't want everywhere to be the same.<br /><br />Carol - It's not just the clothes that are a problem, but the tattoos! I apologise to anyone reading this who has a tattoo, but I can't understand why anyone would want a spider's web on their leg, a celebrity on their back or stars on their breasts. Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-48106143241792817482014-03-20T10:21:00.877+00:002014-03-20T10:21:00.877+00:00I laughed at the quote about dressing up being unp...I laughed at the quote about dressing up being unpatriotic. My mother used to say in despair, "I see some lovely things in the shops but I never see anyone wearing them. Where do all these ugly clothes we see on the street come from?" I had no idea then, and I still have no idea now. Hope the sunshine and attendant vitamin D make you feel better soon. I think after all the rain, we're all feeling a bit peaky. Love to you, xoxoxCanadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-10801719972035299232014-03-20T08:00:36.975+00:002014-03-20T08:00:36.975+00:00The sunshine makes everything look so wonderful - ...The sunshine makes everything look so wonderful - I'm glad it raised your spirits. <br /><br />I get quite cross about Ye Olde Gifte Shoppes these days - we went to Jersey last hols, and found that all YOGSs had been franchised out - literally the same expensive tat everywhere - and at the War Tunnels - all you could buy that was themed was 1 T-shirt design and 1 tin of biscuits - what an opportunity missed. Sad.Annabel (gaskella)http://gaskella.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-10570086657789039952014-03-20T07:20:27.910+00:002014-03-20T07:20:27.910+00:00I read "monkfish reasonances" - must be ...I read "monkfish reasonances" - must be corrupted by Rick Stein.<br />Fresh air and excercise in a top hat and tails young man!Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.com