tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post5791339008812816958..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Tuesday Night Club: Holidays & How They ChangeClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-55728943021856852492016-05-25T22:49:10.716+01:002016-05-25T22:49:10.716+01:00They are almost forgotten here, Tracy, so I'm ...They are almost forgotten here, Tracy, so I'm sure don't feature much in the USA. But they wrote good books - I am just reading another of theirs. And I loved the detail of lives in them...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71200986772819499512016-05-24T05:56:34.954+01:002016-05-24T05:56:34.954+01:00I don't think I have ever ran into books by th...I don't think I have ever ran into books by these authors. This one sounds very interesting and I loved your analysis of the holidays then compared to now.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-64356361176107628182016-05-20T11:35:10.917+01:002016-05-20T11:35:10.917+01:00Thanks Bill - I've added the link above, and y...Thanks Bill - I've added the link above, and you are also featured on the overall list here http://thepassingtramp.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/tuesday-night-bloggers-may-edition-week_17.htmlClothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-91888476091312235182016-05-20T11:34:11.318+01:002016-05-20T11:34:11.318+01:00No, no meeting of minds there...No, no meeting of minds there...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-20490583338775737702016-05-20T10:39:45.935+01:002016-05-20T10:39:45.935+01:00Not one I'll be adding to the tubs!Not one I'll be adding to the tubs!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-19715248058386658172016-05-19T21:22:44.905+01:002016-05-19T21:22:44.905+01:00Somebody once told me a theory that there was an o...Somebody once told me a theory that there was an optimal time lapse at which recent-past dramas should be set to please the audience - it might have been 30 or 40 years before, I can't remember - so according to that, the war has long had its moment. <br />That's interesting about the US and Italian movies - it would be interesting to see some research on the topic, I am really intrigued. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-48117825062886393272016-05-19T19:36:58.197+01:002016-05-19T19:36:58.197+01:00It's sort of hard to say. During the early ...It's sort of hard to say. During the early '70s there were a clutch of WWII related items in Britain that I remember. The war comics such as BATTLE and WARLORD were very popular, as well as paperback series by people like Sven Hassell, but they seemed to fizzle out by the eighties. There are the usual movies (THE COLDITZ STORY, THE DAMBUSTERS, ICE COLD IN ALEX, THE CRUEL SEA) but in truth there aren't all that many of them that are purely British, and those that I mentioned tend to be reshown over and over again, giving as false impression. I was a little surprised to find that of WWII movies made after 1945, there are probably more American and Italian ones than purely British. I do wonder whether the truth is that other nations think just as much about WWII, but we tend to be more vocal about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65455291535859975452016-05-19T17:46:43.196+01:002016-05-19T17:46:43.196+01:00Please go ahead with adding it to the list.Please go ahead with adding it to the list.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30574431008704404732016-05-19T13:25:27.552+01:002016-05-19T13:25:27.552+01:00You are very observant Bill - if I ever need a law...You are very observant Bill - if I ever need a lawyer you will be my choice! Yes, that picture appeared for a book called The King and the Corpse, set in the south of France, and I think you commented on it then. Well spotted.<br /><br />Thanks for your link to your Hawaiian-based entry. May we add it to our list of holiday-themed books?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-18106578347336999872016-05-19T13:22:58.247+01:002016-05-19T13:22:58.247+01:00Yes, I love the way TV as class indicator changes ...Yes, I love the way TV as class indicator changes with the times, it's a very dynamic item in that respect!<br />Other nations do not think about WW2 as much as the British though, or at least that would be my perception? Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-51795793681076591162016-05-19T06:12:35.877+01:002016-05-19T06:12:35.877+01:00Moira: In each of the Russell Quant mysteries by A...Moira: In each of the Russell Quant mysteries by Anthony Bidulka Russell spends part of the plot in Saskatchewan and part of the plot in another, usually exotic part of the world. Aloha, Candy Hearts Russell is startled in Hawaii to receive a proposal from his boyfriend, Alex Canyon. My review is at:<br /><br />(http://mysteriesandmore.blogspot.ca/2011/02/aloha-candy-hearts-by-anthony-bidulka.html)<br /><br />I enjoyed your post. I think at least the second last photo has appeared before on the blog.<br /><br />Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-66437125741865118832016-05-19T01:12:52.387+01:002016-05-19T01:12:52.387+01:00The only time that I've ever dressed up for di...The only time that I've ever dressed up for dinner was when I went on a cruise a few years back, and even then we had the option of doing the 'plain clothes' version of dinner, where you didn't have to dress posh. We generally did do the posh, simply because it seemed more fun to do so.<br /><br />Class indicators have changed over the years. TV has become so ubiquitous that anyone trying to impress with the "Oh, we don't watch TV" gambit would probably just be seen as affected. Back in the '90s the satellite dish outside a house was deeply infra dig in certain circles but it passes without notice these days.<br /><br />I would have thought that anyone in 1958 who wondered why WWII was still a topic of conversation was probably a little naive. After all, there were still bomb-sites visible in London streets fourteen years later. Rationing had only ended four years before, and just about everyone had a relative who had been in the armed forces. I remember someone telling me that there were certain people who refused to move on after the war. Generally men, they doggedly stuck with outdated WWII lingo, demanded to be referred to by their wartime rank and dressed in a way that suggested that they were on leave. People wanted to move on, but the War was sort of the elephant in the room. I would imagine that as the last people who actually served in the War pass on, it will finally begin to become part of history, but we're still in a sort of twilight point where it isn't quite history in the way that WWI is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-6506313547584472072016-05-18T20:32:44.374+01:002016-05-18T20:32:44.374+01:00There's no going back once you get used to it....There's no going back once you get used to it...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3891412363468537242016-05-18T18:56:54.116+01:002016-05-18T18:56:54.116+01:00Yes, me too. The heaven of an en suite bathroom!Yes, me too. The heaven of an en suite bathroom!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84137807981331749642016-05-17T22:52:37.533+01:002016-05-17T22:52:37.533+01:00That's the best thing to hear, thank you Chris...That's the best thing to hear, thank you Chrissie. I am old enough to know exactly how much holidays have changed, and not just because I am more grown-up (?maybe) and richer... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22444788201012704372016-05-17T22:51:53.332+01:002016-05-17T22:51:53.332+01:00Yes, indeed - and in this book there is a lot abou...Yes, indeed - and in this book there is a lot about changing for dinner, or deciding not to. And our poor heroine is always hoping for a chance to wear her good dress... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-64381166323024182802016-05-17T22:50:58.888+01:002016-05-17T22:50:58.888+01:00If you see any of their books do give them a try -...If you see any of their books do give them a try - I'd love to know your opinion. And I used to write postcards but have more or less stopped now. I don't really know why... because it's very nice to get them.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41190190991426507612016-05-17T22:50:02.347+01:002016-05-17T22:50:02.347+01:00I could say, I couldn't GET INTO the bathroom ...I could say, I couldn't GET INTO the bathroom to take a photo! I do have memories of staying places where you are forever poking your head round the room door to see if the bathroom is free yet, and someone else always getting in just before you... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-46680942933879455302016-05-17T18:04:35.591+01:002016-05-17T18:04:35.591+01:00Thanks for this, Moira. It made me laugh out loud!...Thanks for this, Moira. It made me laugh out loud!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-43610680579026733612016-05-17T12:22:33.891+01:002016-05-17T12:22:33.891+01:00What a great idea, Moira, to look at the similarit...What a great idea, Moira, to look at the similarities and differences. That's really creative and I fin d it absolutely fascinating, too. One of the most interesting differences (besides the lack of ensuite bathrooms) is that people don't dress nearly as formally now as they did. I think we're actually much more casual in a lot of ways, and this is one of them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-53110358341278027222016-05-17T11:54:24.807+01:002016-05-17T11:54:24.807+01:00Great post - another new author for me! And I like...Great post - another new author for me! And I liked your look at the differences between holidays then and now. Glad I don't have to worry about bathroom spaces. I think I would be the sort of person to write letters home, as I do write postcards, but my problem is that often my postcards end up arriving after I've come home again. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-77526020229198140862016-05-17T11:21:01.153+01:002016-05-17T11:21:01.153+01:00Looks like you enjoyed this one a lot! Great picci...Looks like you enjoyed this one a lot! Great piccies, I was half-expecting a photo of a bath?Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com