tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post5034989656954519590..comments2024-03-28T12:40:16.119+00:00Comments on Vintage Vixen: Get Up, Stand Up: Don't Give Up The Fight!Vixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-87936812831972289002016-11-23T08:24:07.228+00:002016-11-23T08:24:07.228+00:00Wasn't she a forward thinking woman? A true in...Wasn't she a forward thinking woman? A true inspiration. <br />Yes, the olive oil gives the wood a nice sheen (and a lovely fresh smell!) xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-47637616443778456852016-11-23T02:08:55.959+00:002016-11-23T02:08:55.959+00:00I love the story of Edna's factory and how she...I love the story of Edna's factory and how she treated her women. Your museum must stay! Thanks for the recipe for floor wash. I use clove oil and water in the summer when it's damp to get rid of mould, otherwise vinegar and water. My floors are oiled wood too so I'll give the olive oil mix a try, I presume it will give it a nice sheen? xxElizabeth g.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08701073937645312469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-1886774880995589122016-11-23T01:52:59.671+00:002016-11-23T01:52:59.671+00:00I loved the story of Edna's factory - and how ...I loved the story of Edna's factory - and how she treated the women. Your museum must stay! So pleased you didn't get beaten up for the lame skirt! Obviously Karma prevailed and you were rewarded. Thanks for lots of colour again. xxElizabeth g.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08701073937645312469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-1511398303480104732016-11-21T10:26:41.159+00:002016-11-21T10:26:41.159+00:00Thanks, Natalia! xxxThanks, Natalia! xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-46167441123850819252016-11-21T07:08:57.590+00:002016-11-21T07:08:57.590+00:00Always a joy to look at your colorful home! Love n...Always a joy to look at your colorful home! Love new Indian decorations, and this dress is fab! Such a pretty fabric!Natalia Lialinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552652475347261756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-16718777931093662542016-11-20T09:42:02.110+00:002016-11-20T09:42:02.110+00:00I was so excited when I received that fabric from ...I was so excited when I received that fabric from Emma Kate. The colours are just amazing.<br />Woo! I'd have loved your night out, what a fab theme!<br />The floorboards were varnished 10 years ago, so probably need redoing but the olive oil mix works a treat and restores their glossy finish. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-16128955665665960832016-11-19T20:12:17.765+00:002016-11-19T20:12:17.765+00:00You look spectacular in that amazing self-made min...You look spectacular in that amazing self-made mini dress! Never seen bri-nylon like it! <br />Your house is looking beautiful. I'm rather intrigued by the olive oil/ lemon juice combo - are your floors varnished or not? <br />It's shocking, all these cuts. I really think there are hard times ahead, but it's all so short-sighted. I'm going to sign (if it's not too late). <br />Glad you're back at Stockport, bet they missed you. Look at that haul!!!<br />I went to an awards ceremony the other night for work thrown by the council. The theme was BollyWood. You'd have loved it! Xxxxfrecklefacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15881334320685123475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-27689051120537457142016-11-18T13:24:18.959+00:002016-11-18T13:24:18.959+00:00That thought had crossed my mind, too. xxxThat thought had crossed my mind, too. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-7414144875543061912016-11-18T12:34:08.055+00:002016-11-18T12:34:08.055+00:00It certainly does make life worth living. The staf...It certainly does make life worth living. The staff who work in both our museum and gallery are really worried about their futures, its not like there'll be any similar establishments that they can relocate to. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-17969731425158327962016-11-18T10:14:36.692+00:002016-11-18T10:14:36.692+00:00My suspicious side thinks they'll close the ga...My suspicious side thinks they'll close the gallery, then realise they have all these valuable things that aren't on display and so flog the lot off... and Walsall will have lost some of its unique treasures.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-63981730362730212312016-11-18T09:53:11.430+00:002016-11-18T09:53:11.430+00:00Sorry to hear about your museum closures. I worked...Sorry to hear about your museum closures. I worked in the museums sector from 2005-2014 and worked for a local authority museums service affected by cuts (though weren't they all?). It was a terrible stressful time for staff and a truly depressing time for the area - so many museums are already run on a shoestring and to have them cut altogether is devastating. It's not easy to justify culture vs things like healthcare at times of cuts but in one way or another, culture makes life worth living doesn't it?Kestrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984301306389767638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-40302807029334434832016-11-17T18:14:49.459+00:002016-11-17T18:14:49.459+00:00Thanks, Beth. Indeed it is all about the location....Thanks, Beth. Indeed it is all about the location. The old leather factory the leather museum currently occupies is wonderfully cosy and charismatic and used to be really popular to hire out for corporate events.<br />You could make a wonderfully Xmas-y decoration inspired by the Indian one. Great way to recycle old Christmas cards, too. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-72311167303598267722016-11-17T18:12:21.417+00:002016-11-17T18:12:21.417+00:00Me, too. It was playing on the radio when I got up...Me, too. It was playing on the radio when I got up on Monday morning!<br />I'll have to try sodium bicarbonate on our oven, it's filthy.<br />Thanks for signing! xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-56659150627719851382016-11-17T18:11:19.699+00:002016-11-17T18:11:19.699+00:00Thanks for signing! Power to the people as Citizen...Thanks for signing! Power to the people as Citizen Smith used to say.<br />It is a bright haul of vintage, isn't it? The Americans made some wonderful stuff. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-52385300381486530022016-11-17T18:10:08.983+00:002016-11-17T18:10:08.983+00:00I know! Surely by attracting visitors to the town ...I know! Surely by attracting visitors to the town the town makes money.<br />Winter is so dreary, colour is vital for my sanity!<br />Thanks for signing. xVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-64684682456936051132016-11-17T18:06:41.293+00:002016-11-17T18:06:41.293+00:00Wow! Thanks, Jennifer! I never sit still, I drive ...Wow! Thanks, Jennifer! I never sit still, I drive my friends mad! xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-64017264550606647072016-11-17T17:50:10.028+00:002016-11-17T17:50:10.028+00:00Thanks for signing, Kelly!
I'm glad you like ...Thanks for signing, Kelly! <br />I'm glad you like the dress, you're such a brilliant sewer so it's a huge compliment.<br />I can't believe all that crazy psychedelia was reduced to clear, even if it didn't fit surely people would have bought it for the fabric alone? xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-57021819748251623272016-11-17T17:11:29.496+00:002016-11-17T17:11:29.496+00:00Thanks for signing, Sally! I was thrilled with the...Thanks for signing, Sally! I was thrilled with the fabric, they was no way I was going to let it sit in the fabric box, it needed to be made into something on arrival. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-51198265269116960392016-11-17T16:51:58.054+00:002016-11-17T16:51:58.054+00:00Hello, Theresa! Isn't it grim? I'm sad to ...Hello, Theresa! Isn't it grim? I'm sad to hear about the chain restaurant in your town. That's what seems to be the norm here, knock something down and replace it with an ugly breeze block structure selling inferior food at inflated prices. <br />I love the term "Fainting Couch", less pretentious that our Chaise Longue! xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-13215712366777841922016-11-17T16:49:48.935+00:002016-11-17T16:49:48.935+00:00Thanks for signing, Ann!
Synthetics and psychedel...Thanks for signing, Ann! <br />Synthetics and psychedelia are the only way to go in the Winter, warm and cheery.<br />Is Jos the domestic one in your house? We're both equally lazy! xxx<br />Vixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-44104081175968073032016-11-17T16:47:43.609+00:002016-11-17T16:47:43.609+00:00Thanks, Judith! I have to be careful standing in f...Thanks, Judith! I have to be careful standing in front of my patchwork, some of it contains bits of dresses I still wear! xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-59019980648456863412016-11-17T16:47:03.474+00:002016-11-17T16:47:03.474+00:00Bloody bastards! Is there a petition regarding the...Bloody bastards! Is there a petition regarding the M.O.D cuts we can sign? One day we'll wake up and all that's left in the UK will be a massive Asda and a drive though McDonalds.<br />Thank god for psychedelic vintage to brighten the gloom. xxx Vixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-532977054563923362016-11-17T16:44:57.522+00:002016-11-17T16:44:57.522+00:00Thanks, Sam! I was thrilled to read Thrift Deluxe&...Thanks, Sam! I was thrilled to read Thrift Deluxe's blog post, our art gallery is world famous. The people of Walsall were bequeathed the Garman Ryan collection in 1973, consisting of 375 paintings and sculptures by the likes of Van Gogh, Augustus John, Jacob Epstein & Picasso. Most of us have seen these pieces so often they've become interwoven with our lives, the thought of not being able to access them is utterly heartbreaking. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-14705002420959369132016-11-17T16:41:15.991+00:002016-11-17T16:41:15.991+00:00Hello, Hope! I'm drooling at the sound of your...Hello, Hope! I'm drooling at the sound of your tights collection. If you've got to wear the things they need to be as bright & zany as possible. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868048249049410936.post-70564739804603558172016-11-17T16:40:16.812+00:002016-11-17T16:40:16.812+00:00I know. It's not like culture or art are eliti...I know. It's not like culture or art are elitist, they belong to us all and its insulting to think that museums, libraries and galleries can be closed and the public are too dim to care.<br />With your allergies I bet standard cleaning products are a nightmare. Stick to only cleaning when you feel like it (old knickers optional!) xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.com