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.

What is Feedsack

Pukka-Flour-American-Hard-Wheat-feed-sack

Farmers have been using cloth bags for grain, seed and feed ever since cloth was available. In the early days, homespun linen was hand sewn into bags for the grain that was kept for use in the home, and for next year's planting. The sacks were considered valuable personal property, and were usually stitched or stencilled with names or initials to identify the owner.

Sometime in the 1920's, an enterprising manufacturer of cloth bags hit upon an interesting idea - maybe he could sell more sacks if they were decorated to be more desirable for the farmer's wife. And the era of the printed feedsack began. No longer just beige muslin, with advertising for the feed company, now sacks began to appear in a wide variety of popular colors and prints.  

Queen of Hearts Cookie Company

Today on  the last day of June the Crafty Vintage crew were at Brockholes Nature Reserve Samlesbury near Preston Lancashire.
Despite the weather there was a good mix of stalls although probably more craft than vintage and not a vintage car in sight I can only assume the weather put the Vintage car owners off.
Amongst the  mix of the usual stalls found at these events i spotted a selection of exquisite hand made designer biscuits decorated in a vintage style.

The table display was fabulous and caught my eye immediately i entered the room, Im sure my photos probably don't do the display justice.

These fabulous biscuits would be ideal as part of a Wedding table spread, Prom Night, Children's Birthday Party, Anniversary, Office Party etc,

Queen of Hearts Cookie Company

Designer Biscuits for All Occasions

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Vintage ideas for childrens fancy dress outfits

There are lots of ideas in these 1950's women's magazine pull-outs for children's fancy dress outfits, such as a Flying Saucer Pilot, Daffy Down Dilly, Davy Crocket, Bluebell Fairy, Pretty Polly, Double Six, Liberty Bell, Bat, Owlet, Crinoline Lady, Pirate and much more.

Rag & Bone Man

Does anyone remember the Rag & Bone Man? I remember hearing him shout rag & bone when i was a child in the 1960's, all the children were scared of him. Mum usually gave him old clothes in return he would give her a donkey stone which was used to clean the stone steps.

This is from an flyer from  about the 1940's/1950's i guess a more up market Rag and Bone Man because he could afford to buy items from you!

Dear Sir or Madam
I am out to buy anything you have got for sale, Old stockings, Iron, Rags, Cast-off Clothing of any kind, Old Clocks, Lead, Copper and Brass, Old Carpets, Shirts, Socks etc, also buyer of old Wringing Machines.
I have been solicited to buy and collect the above articles in this vicinity and instructed to give the highest ready money prices.  I also buy Old coats, Waistcoats, Trousers, Gowns, Shawls, Shoes, Boots, Clogs, or any old brass Candlesticks, Old Warming Pans, Broken Spoons, Old Boilers, Metal Teapots, Old Lead and Pewters, Copper kettles etc.
The hands of the Mills are now only half employed for want of goods of the above description.  Best prices given for Old Oak Chairs or Tables. Best prices given for Old Rushbottom Chairs and Oak Tables.
We will call again in one hours time with horse and cart.

I guess these days the guys who roam the streets in a trucks and vans looking for scrap metal are the up-to-date version of the Rag and Bone Man.

Wedding photos from the past

John Kaldor fabricmaker Ltd

John Kaldor Fabricmaker UK Ltd was first established in 1978., within two years John Kaldor London was  supplying  companies such as Frank Usher and Marks & Spencer.

By 1980 the Company’s turnover had grown from zero to around £4 million, the company's London base was  now at 4 Great Portland Street, London.

John Kaldor Fabricmaker UK Ltd had now established itself as a supplier of quality fashion fabrics. It was also around this time that the Company joined the leading edge fabric trade show, Premiere Vision, which helped further sales and achieve a foothold into Continental Europe. This  resulted in establishing agents  in France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic.

1940's hollywood glamour

Hollywood glamour from the 1949 edition of Preview magazine

Lana Turner

Virginia Mayo

Lucille Ball

Sally Gray

Jean Simmons

Lilli Palmer