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Vintage Village - Sunshine & Scooters
What a glorious day it was on Sunday for our return to Stockport's Vintage Village. This month's theme was Mod and the scooter clubs turned up in their droves.How amazing do this couple look? Like Mim,...
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Down The Rabbit Hole - More Mini Adventures
I found this miniature making book at the car boot sale & the introduction by author, Christaine Berridge, could have been written by me. When I discovered dolls' houses it was as though a locked...
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Bell Bottom Blues
Jeans? Even Jon was surprised. Back in the late '90s through until the early 2000s I lived in them - possibly as a reaction against the corporate suits I was forced to wear for work. Back then I'd wear...
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I Can't Stand The Rain
Waking up to torrential rain and grey skies this morning after the glorious sunshine of the last two weeks sure put a damper on our mood. Our first Oriental poppy of the Summer finally burst forth only...
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Pain Stops Play - The Festival That Never Was
Acoustic Festival, 2017You're probably thinking, Shouldn't they be away trading at a festival? and you'd be right, we should. Normally on the last Thursday of May, just like the past four years, we'd...
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Picture This - Four Days in Photographs
Thank you so much for all your kind words, messages and advice about Jon's back. On Friday, after a horrendous couple of days, with the assistance of the National Health's 111 advice line, he was able...
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Vix's Week - Dresses, Doll's Houses & Charity Shop Finds
 Although there's some improvement, Jon's still struggling with his back so it's yet more mirror selfies. On Tuesday Lyndsey (Boomerang Vintage) had a free day and, with the patient weaned off the...
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Gonna Get Myself (Dis)Connected
WEARING: Secondhand denim waistcoat, vintage native American choker, me-made skirt made from a 1960s jumble sale curtain, synthetic hair feather extension part of a 20 piece kit (50p from the car boot...
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It's Vintage, Darling
Yesterday, after what felt like an eternity away from the vintage selling scene, we got to take Kinky Melon's Retro Boutique back on the road trading with the fabulous Pop Up Vintage Fairs in...
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Down In The Bus Station On Monday - A Blogger Day Out
Yesterday Jon and I made the two hour journey to Chester to get together with long-time friends, Lynn and Philip and to meet Ann and her husband, Jos, currently holidaying in the UK from their native...
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Are You Gonna Go My Way - Car Booty, Charity Shopping and a Night Out With a...
After the relative inactivity of recent times, it's all go this week and, if trading in London and meeting the gang in Chester wasn't exciting enough, on Wednesday night we saw Lenny Kravitz on his...
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England 2 - Belgium 2 : A Trip To Attingham Park
This time tomorrow we'll be up against one another when England take on Belgium in the World Cup but today we played nicely when we met up with our friends, Polyester Princess Ann and husband Jos, at...
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On The Ball
When the lovely volunteers in my local hospice charity shop asked Jon to take some photos of me wearing this vintage John Charles chiffon strapless ballgown I bought from them last week we had to...
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Lets Be Frank - Forgotten Frocks, Refashioning and Ten Quid Vintage
What is it those strange minimalist types tell you? If you haven't worn it in six months then get rid of it or some such nonsense. This 1970s Frank Usher maxi has been hanging in my wardrobe for over...
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Here Comes Summer - We're Festival Ready!
Like Oscar Wilde I can resist anything but temptation. As is so often the case, I ended up bringing more home that I took with me to Vintage Village on Sunday. On the way to the loo, I bumped into...
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May The Fourth Be With You - The Cornbury Festival 2018
Have I mentioned how much we love the Cornbury Festival? Previous years have been brilliant and this year, our fourth, was phenomenal. I'm pretty sure most Brits will recognise Si and Dave aka The...
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Two Go Wild in Dorset - The Larmer Tree Festival, 2018
After a day at home, at 5am on Wednesday morning we climbed back into the van and made our way through the counties of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, arriving four and a half...
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Going Loco - Indietracks 2018
On Friday morning at just after 8am we set off to Indietracks, the festival which combines indie music with vintage steam trains and is held at the Midland Railway Museum in Derbyshire. When you spend...
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love - Lakefest 2018
And now to our fourth festival of the season, Lakefest.Held in the breathtakingly gorgeous grounds of Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire, Lakefest is in its seventh year. Although we'd never been we were...
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Cats In Space
What's this, a non-festival related post in the middle of August? That'll be because we don't need to be at our next destination until tomorrow morning (leaving home at the ungodly hour of 4am).The...
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