tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post3986194980054102462..comments2024-03-28T09:33:29.705+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: My Friends the Miss Boyds by Jane DuncanClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-15450228485952500482013-06-05T11:46:10.223+01:002013-06-05T11:46:10.223+01:00You might like Winifred Foley's series about g...You might like Winifred Foley's series about growing up the Forest of Dean in the 20s. Cue scenes of home-made tube-like dresses and descending knickers. She grows up to work on a farm, with nothing to wear but an Edwardian outfit, and goes on to work in a city, shop-lifting cloche hats with a friend and unwittingly going out in a too-small and revealing knitted dress.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28777652140287265512013-06-05T09:40:14.281+01:002013-06-05T09:40:14.281+01:00Col: there are some Highland kilts in the book...
...Col: there are some Highland kilts in the book...<br /><br />Margot: I haven't come across the books you mention, I must seek them out...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-13440229661109180282013-06-05T03:41:00.253+01:002013-06-05T03:41:00.253+01:00Moira - Those memoir-type novels give a real sense...Moira - Those memoir-type novels give a real sense of place and time and that's something I like about them. In a way this reminds me of Lavinia Derwent's <i>A Border Bairn</i> and the two books that follow it. They're terrific 'slices of life' about her childhood I think. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-33791829645764131592013-06-04T12:49:51.631+01:002013-06-04T12:49:51.631+01:00No fashion tips for me here this time around, I...No fashion tips for me here this time around, I'm afraid.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.com