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a young Prunella

By On November 14, 2010 · 2 Comments

Everytime I open one of these books, I find something amazing.

From The Girls Own Annual, Vol 46 (1924-25) a story about a young Prunella. She would have been 21 according to the legend.

From the fashion blog Auntie Fashion (aka Prunella Crudsworth) -

I was born Prunella Crudsworth in 1903. Moments after my

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the lost art of merosine

By On November 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I get a lot of traffic to this blog from people coming for the paper bead making instructions, so I’d say the crafty jeweller is definitely out there,  working for the weekends. I thought I’d share this article from The Girls Own Annual Vol. 46 (1924-25) about making jewelry from fish bones.

It is called merosine (derivation, mer, [...]

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Girl’s Own Annual (be still my heart)

By On October 19, 2010 · 3 Comments

The Girl’s Own Annual is a British book that was published from 1880-1940. It was a year’s cumulation of The Girl’s Own Paper which originally came out weekly until 1908 when it became a monthly publication.  One could liken it to a modern teen magazine, in that it related to young women and their interests. And how [...]

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