tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post4355522463208156482..comments2024-03-28T09:33:29.705+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Xmas in Wartime: Northbridge Rectory by Angela ThirkellClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-13145551932033728362014-12-30T15:17:53.879+00:002014-12-30T15:17:53.879+00:00No indeed, and if I were planning this again I wou...No indeed, and if I were planning this again I would NOT leave myself such a strict diet of non-crime!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84731747278924758382014-12-30T15:00:26.415+00:002014-12-30T15:00:26.415+00:00Aah, so it wasn't my imagination then.......in...Aah, so it wasn't my imagination then.......indeed roll on 2015!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-58596073911711519182014-12-30T14:59:15.124+00:002014-12-30T14:59:15.124+00:00Because of the TBR pile project, the crime books g...Because of the TBR pile project, the crime books got used up early, I've mostly been looking at other kinds of books. And I must say, I am really missing my crime fix.... roll on 2015.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-23923186610050742842014-12-30T13:52:13.122+00:002014-12-30T13:52:13.122+00:00A more interesting book (to me) than some of the o...A more interesting book (to me) than some of the other recent posts, but I'll take a pass. You must be saving all your noir for January!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-73344617409286252362014-12-21T13:08:35.209+00:002014-12-21T13:08:35.209+00:00Yes indeed. My primary school teacher (and this is...Yes indeed. My primary school teacher (and this is a long time later!) lectured us firmly about the complete betrayal of Winston. It is a political event that always fascinates me. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84881150763700084632014-12-21T11:13:08.205+00:002014-12-21T11:13:08.205+00:00When I read diaries etc of the period, it always f...When I read diaries etc of the period, it always feels as if that the vast majority of the country scented that huge political change was coming (and was necessary) at the end of the war, apart from a few detached souls who stood blinking in amazement that anyone could even THINK of voting against Winston...Lissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-79366150574882857942014-12-21T10:34:29.844+00:002014-12-21T10:34:29.844+00:00Lissa, I think you will find this fascinating. Cou...Lissa, I think you will find this fascinating. Couldn't be a more different world from Crooked Heart. Very funny and readable, although I think I would have disliked her in real life. She makes me go all bolshy and inverted snobby. Just been reading her on the subject of the Labour victory in 1945 in a later book.... She was upset. GOOD.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76309134872237013252014-12-21T10:30:49.780+00:002014-12-21T10:30:49.780+00:00The photos did it for me, I loved them so much. We...The photos did it for me, I loved them so much. We are the hosts to my family, which is fun but exhausting - when we were first married my husband and I always spent Christmas alone together, and I look back on that with nostalgia. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-78892231448490130282014-12-21T10:29:37.706+00:002014-12-21T10:29:37.706+00:00You made me laugh this morning with that comment.....You made me laugh this morning with that comment... I like Christmas but can find it trying and exhausting. This is a classic Thirkell in terms of her observations and clever way with dialogue. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-42562551315578179732014-12-21T09:59:10.610+00:002014-12-21T09:59:10.610+00:00This is a new one on me, and I'll be getting i...This is a new one on me, and I'll be getting it out of the London Library asap. Thanks so much for an interesting post..Lissa Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-39433814245732118532014-12-21T06:37:57.210+00:002014-12-21T06:37:57.210+00:00Interesting post about Christmas gatherings in the...Interesting post about Christmas gatherings in the war, and the photos are very nice, especially the last one. For many years we have spent Christmas here, watching movies, and I will admit that I am happier doing that than visiting the relatives. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-56363162447104812432014-12-21T03:55:09.475+00:002014-12-21T03:55:09.475+00:00I love Thirkell, having just finished Pomfret Towe...I love Thirkell, having just finished Pomfret Towers and Before Lunch, both for the second time. I was just considering what to read next. Northbridge Rectory it is!! Also, that quote about Christmas expresses all that I have felt about the holidays since I was 21. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418612871246199865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-75725337687304678572014-12-20T15:31:51.125+00:002014-12-20T15:31:51.125+00:00Yes - probably small parties and a chance to laugh...Yes - probably small parties and a chance to laugh with friends were important in keeping going. And I like reading books written at the time, when the author didn't have any hindsight, didn't know how things were going to turn out.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76323074637650349182014-12-20T13:16:42.071+00:002014-12-20T13:16:42.071+00:00Moira - Oh, that more cynical bit about Christmas ...Moira - Oh, that more cynical bit about Christmas gatherings really got me laughing, I admit. I really like what used to be called 'the pluck' of these characters (and of course it was true in real life too) in determining to have a good holiday despite the war. A little oasis of (admittedly sometimes maddening) normality in the midst of the horror of war. There's something to be said for that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-78819749738623717132014-12-20T13:06:34.119+00:002014-12-20T13:06:34.119+00:00Until fairly recently I had only read her books se...Until fairly recently I had only read her books set in the 1930s - I hadn't realized she went on writing into wartime. I like the details in the wartime and post-war (Peace Breaks Out) ones.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-74424472425606733132014-12-20T13:02:39.068+00:002014-12-20T13:02:39.068+00:00Thank you Ali! I loved the pictures so much - the ...Thank you Ali! I loved the pictures so much - the Imperial War Museum is a treasure trove of images from the home front, as well as more obvious military pictures. And I enjoyed the book, exactly, as a picture of the home front. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68070615326222777622014-12-20T11:27:45.990+00:002014-12-20T11:27:45.990+00:00Reading about Angela Thirkell's books has an a...Reading about Angela Thirkell's books has an almost hypnotic affect on me. I immediately want to pull the particular book off the shelf and start reading it. Northbridge Rectory is a favorite of mine, because of Mrs. Villars.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-33850551030568707822014-12-20T11:06:20.978+00:002014-12-20T11:06:20.978+00:00Lovely lovely piece :) I haven't read much Thi...Lovely lovely piece :) I haven't read much Thirkell yet though have enjoyed the ones I have and have 3 others though not this one waiting to be read. Those pictures are so nistslgic even to me not born untill the end of the 1960's. 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