1 day ago by Miss Doherty

We stopped off for a quick drink (at the Bristol Arms if you're interested) before heading on to Blind Pig at the Proud Ballroom in Brighton. The night was organised by Carolyn Watt, an established aerial performer and fashion student. The Blind Pig started out as a fundraiser for her end of year sh ...

The Vanity Case - vintage-something.blogspot.com

1 day ago by superheidi

A lazy blogger I am, as much as a busy organiser of swingrelated events in this ol' town. One them being a smaller midweek event with the focus on music. The swing era and its outskirts holds so much great music that it's a pity it isn't heard that much anymore in public. We have a great time playin ...

the swing of things - superheidiz.blogspot.com

2 days ago by Elly

Used to describe a coarse reddish appearance of a crust of a loaf. In greater or lesser degree it appears if the dough from which the loaf has been made has been underripe. It is more pronounced with low-grade flour than high-grade. Some varieties of flour made of wheat of a harsh dry nature, are pr ...

The Vintage Cookbook Trials - vintagecookbooktrials.wordpress.com

2 days ago by Carol Borden

Novelist Samuel Youd, who wrote as John Christopher, has died. Gutter readers might remember him best for his science fiction series, The Tripods, which was adapted for television by the BBC and Australia’s Seven Networks in the 1980s. The Guardian has an overview of his life and career.

The Cultural Gutter - theculturalgutter.com

2 days ago by The Decophile

Yesterday I saw a film most of you have probably heard of. The Artist is a black-and-white silent film, though made just last year. It's already won 52 awards, and has been nominated for 10 Oscars. What is all the hype about, I wondered? I've been hearing about the movie for months and, predictably ...

The Decophile - the-decophile.blogspot.com

2 days ago by Chris

VI Oktyabr airship, 1923 I VI Oktyabr airship, 1923 II Moskovsky Khimik-rezinschik airship, 1924 Moskovsky Khimik-rezinschik airship, 1928 USSR-V2 Smolny airship, 1932 Crash of USSR-V2, 1933 Training airship USSR-V4 Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1933 Training airship USSR-V4 Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1933 II US ...

Retronaut - retronaut.co

3 days ago by Carly Jacobs

Match the colour of your handbag to your shoes and belt. How quaint. Wear Chanel No. 5 – the signature fragrance of Marilyn Monroe created in 1921. She wore it to bed… and nothing else. Drink whisky with ice and paint your fingernails and lips blood red. Wear as many bangles that will fit on your wr ...

Smaggle - smaggle.com

3 days ago by Gossip

Oh Gossip! The Best Celebrity Gossip Place... TweetShe’s in the midst of the final season of her long-running series “Desperate Housewives,” and Marcia Cross landed the cover of the March 2012 issue of Easy Living.The 49-year-old Bree Van de Kamp actress posed for a lovely Robert Erdmann shot spread ...

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3 days ago

Animated gifs created from he nighttime Coney Island sequence featured the 1928 Harold Lloyd vehicle Speedy. You can watch the clip from which it is is drawn by clicking here. Synopisis of the film, from IMDB: Speedy (1928)“Speedy” loses his job as a soda-jerk, then spends the day with his girl at C ...

mediarosa - mediarosa.com

4 days ago by Amanda

Betty Hutton was in top frenzy when she appeared in an act at Sydney, Australia, stadium in a Charleston costume of the '20's. Traffic became jammed on streets near the stadium. [Source: People Today; June 29, 1955]

Time Machine to the Twenties - flapperdays.blogspot.com