Letters from The Jane Austen Festival 2016 – part one
Thanks to my husband’s interest in military history, we got into the civilian side things in advance of the Waterloo …
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A letter from Spetchley Park – part three
…cont Goodness, how I have run on, and I have scarcely recounted the first morning’s events! I must try to …
A letter from Spetchley Park – part two
…cont The trip to Spetchley Park took but a moment, but after arrival, we were inevitably delayed by Mr F- …
A letter from Spetchley Park – part one
Huge thank you to Spetchley Park for its recent multi-period history event. Myself and Mr Frocksandbikes attended as part of the …
15 Vintage Girl Problems
Originally posted on The Tootsie Rollers:
1. You expect every kiss to be like this… V-J Day in Times Square by Alfred…
A letter from Bath – part four
Dear Sister, you may be wondering how much more there can be to write of, now that The Incident has …
Vote, vote, vote!
It’s the local council and European elections in England and Northern Ireland today, which means that up and down the …
Norman Parkinson and the image of the age
Norman Parkinson, a man from another era, but an astute chronicler of the fashion and mores of generations. Will you …
Announcing the society event of the season
The launch of the frocksandbikes blog, where I will be reporting on everything I love, but mainly: fashion – the …
