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Madame Tajana
The Stars Know All . . . Astrology, Astronomy, Agronomy, Madame Tajana knows all! And all for the princely sum of two shillings! I can’t promise that your two shillings will be returned, even on plain paper, but you will be … Continue reading
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So You Want To Grow Up Big & Strong . . .
Then you must eat up all your Spinach (pronounced spin-atch) Used in almost every cuisine around the world, spinach is an enormously popular green vegetable, the leaves of which can be either flat or slightly ruffled. Bright green when young … Continue reading
The Evolution Of . . .
The Supermarket. A Supermarket is just what it says on the tin: a self-service grocery store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise comprising meat, fresh produce, dairy, and baked goods with shelf space reserved for canned and … Continue reading
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Tagged consumerism. marketing, fashion, Store, Supermarket
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The Fish, The Chip and the Shop
Ten things you never knew about Fish And Chips! 1. There is a blue plaque at Tommyfield Market in Oldham, Lancashire that marks the 1860’s origin of the fish and chip shop and thereby all subsequent fast food industries. By … Continue reading
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A Minor History Of Le Pique-Nique
Where the word ‘picnic’ comes from is something of a mystery but it is conjectured that the French root may derive from the verb piquer (‘to peck’ or ‘to pick’) and the noun nique (‘a small amount’ or ‘nothing whatsoever’); … Continue reading
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M. Parmentier & The Potato
Potato Pete! An iconic potato shaped character from the war years whose sole purpose was to encourage the planting and harvesting of potatoes in an effort to make the country more self-sufficient during the second world war. But, iconic though … Continue reading
How To Patronize A Woman Part 3, Or Was It 4? Or 5?
From the archive, a modest, unassuming piece from ‘Womans Day’ on how to transform the plainest of the plain into Betty Grable! (Julia Roberts to those of a later time span or Katie Perry to those so young as to … Continue reading
How to Patronize a Woman
“. . . the really well trained cook is one of the few women who need never fear unemployment” This article from Good Housekeeping describes in better detail the limited range of jobs considered to be suitable for a woman … Continue reading
Easter Breads And Braids
Fruit Braid & Easter Ring This is possibly one of my favorite sweet-dough recipes. There are others but having used this on a number of occasions and always getting a good result I shall include it here. These recipes come … Continue reading
If You Don’t Eat Your Greens . . .
You Won’t Grow Up Big And Strong! One of the main indications of financial success and upward mobility amongst socially aware Kenyan men is the ditching of so-called ‘rabbit food’ (vegetables) to be replaced with meat, chicken, sausages, burgers and … Continue reading
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