Maureen O'Sullivan's Hooded Coat pattern

Bestway knitting pattern 692 - Hooded coat modelled by M.G.M film star Maureen O'sullivan.

Maureen was born in 1911 to Irish/American parents and was best known for playing Jane in Tarzan opposite Jonny Weissmuller.

Maureen was married twice and is the mother of actress Mia Farrow.

Parrot & Thimble

No its not the name of a Pub lol.

I recently sold a job lot of old plastic and metal thimbles to a lovely Ebid  buyer and one of the plastic thimbles is now a drinking vessel for their parrot. What a novel idea I would never have thought of that.

Can anyone date this old photo

When was this photo taken and how old is the couple? Are they in their 30's, 40's or older?

Is this the same lady ?

2012 the year for Autumn colour

Its at least 3 years since my acer above has been so rich in Autumn colour i know last year the leaves didnt seem to change colour at all!

Apparently  the rain this year has helped trees to keep their leaves hence the lovely bright red colour of my Acer.

Vintage wedding photos

All these lovely vintage  1940's/1950's wedding photos are buy it now from purplestevie at ebid.

Make your own felt demonstration

Today i attended a felt making demonstration at my local library by a local lady called  Shenna Swan.  Shenna runs craft workshops using vintage & recycled material to create handmade supplies, artwork and gifts.
https://m.facebook.com/shennaswanmatextiles?v=feed
Below is a piece of felt Shenna made at the demonstration in my favourite colour purple :)

Below a range of handmade items made by Sheena, such as a pink artists brush case, bags, jewellery, needle cases, glasses cases etc., all from felt with other mediums worked in.

Hexham Stone Carvings

HexHam Abbey is not far from Hadrians Wall in Northumberland which was founded by St. Wilfred in C.674AD.
Situated in the Prior Leschman Chantry Chapel are several figures carved into the stone.
The 1st guy looks like he is wearing a woollen pixie hat!

Hadrians Wall which is approx 73 miles long is also worth visiting especially Vindolanda, a wooden fort was first erected there about 85AD later forts were built of stone.  The museum houses fabulous finds from the site including leather goods,glass, pottery, jewellery, shoes of all kinds, and the famous wooden writing tablets.
http://www.vindolanda.com/
http://www.vindolanda.com/doorway-articles/edge-of-empire-3d-film

Hebden Bridge Vintage Car Display 2012

Just thought i would show you a selection of Vintage Cars from the annual Hebden Bridge Car Show. A fabulous 2 day event with cars & bikes from various eras up to the early 1990's.  Saturday cars from 1970 - 1991, Sunday 1906 - 1960's.