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  1. angeljenny

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    I used to watch old Doris Day films and lots of Disney. Not much television. I remember trying so hard to sound like Mary Poppins! I used to want to go to an elocutionist as my accent is atrocious (Yorkshire plus private school) but I am pretty much settled with it.
  2. angeljenny

    MAC to Launch Marilyn Monroe Collection in Autumn 2012

    My lipsticks arrived!! I love them both - so glad I took the risk of ordering without seeing the colours in person. I will just have to work up the courage to wear them as they are a little bolder than I usually wear! I do love the scent of the MAC lipsticks.
  3. angeljenny

    Finishing / Charm School.

    I tried to do a search on this but couldn't find anything! I would have loved to have attended finishing school ..... in the 1950s! Did anyone ever attend one? I was wondering what would have been taught. I thought that maybe deportment and elocution and perhaps something about...
  4. angeljenny

    What Are You Reading

    Just found Every Girl's Duty by Alice Miles in a charity shop! Excited!
  5. angeljenny

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    I find that classic dramas subtly influence how I speak as do old films. Odd really! Yorkshire with a slight RP edge - strange combination. I tend to pick up phrases and words from books too .... and then use them without thinking. Termagant and foxed are recent ones that I remember being asked...
  7. angeljenny

    MAC to Launch Marilyn Monroe Collection in Autumn 2012

    I gave in and ordered two lipsticks on line .... hope I like them! I got all flustered as things were selling out while I was looking at them!
  8. angeljenny

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    I'm from Yorkshire. And I thought the thread was fascinating and entertaining. Far from offended.
  9. angeljenny

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    I only use a couple of those words but I get described as twee by colleagues!
  10. angeljenny

    Show us what you've made!

    Love that dress! Love the shoes too! I don't know what you call them but I remember seeing them on the girls in The Waltons. Such a cute couple!
  11. angeljenny

    MAC to Launch Marilyn Monroe Collection in Autumn 2012

    I love Marilyn and I love MAC so I am tempted!
  13. angeljenny

    Excuse me Miss, do you Blog?

    A day trip to Helmsley (a quaint little market town) - http://home-keepinghearts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/helmsley-trip-2012.html
  14. angeljenny

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Really liking the latest season! Dinosaurs and everything!
  15. angeljenny

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Parts 1 and 2 have. Part 3 is on Thursday!
  16. angeljenny

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Wartime Farm. "In a new eight-part series, historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn take on their biggest challenge yet - to turn back the clock and run Manor Farm exactly as it would have been during the Second World War. They will face one of the biggest...
  17. angeljenny

    How 1950s Housewives Kept Slim.

    I watched this - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k0fs0 and I am sure it mentioned how bad corn syrup was!
  19. angeljenny

    How 1950s Housewives Kept Slim.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2176971/1950s-housewives-kept-slim-burning-calories-housework.html "According to the National Sizing Survey, in 1950 the average woman’s vital statistics were 36, 24, 35. She was a size 12 and weighed around 9st 12 lb. These days Ms Average weighs...
  20. angeljenny

    Is the powder room dying on it's feet.

    I haven't noticed that but there was a post in a recent thread that made me think "ouch" but I figured I was just being overly sensitive. When I have started a thread that is a repeat someone has generally given me a handy link to the existing thread. Doubt I would have found them myself - I...
  21. angeljenny

    Is the powder room dying on it's feet.

    I just feel bad for causing someone extra work! It is amazing how much knowledge is here and wonderful that people are willing to share it!
  22. angeljenny

    Excuse me Miss, do you Blog?

    A few recent posts - Poor Garden - http://home-keepinghearts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/poor-garden.html Fighting a Losing Battle - http://home-keepinghearts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/fighting-losing-battle.html Foxgloves - http://home-keepinghearts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/foxgloves.html...
  23. angeljenny

    Is the powder room dying on it's feet.

    I'm the same! I can never find anything using the search function. I wanted to ask how many vintage items the ladies here had in their wardrobe and what was the most useful and most loved but I am sure it must have been asked before - I just can't find it!

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