tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post3424647517127263629..comments2024-03-14T11:06:51.529+00:00Comments on Faith Hope and Charity Shopping: The Weekend Book - then and nowLakota [Faith Hope and Charity Shopping]http://www.blogger.com/profile/04247624645636227130noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-21823599604670873962011-10-25T12:23:00.038+01:002011-10-25T12:23:00.038+01:00hmm seems like i still need to learn more coming f...hmm seems like i still need to learn more coming from outside this country, need to read more books! but i gotta agree on the blurbs in the week end book : "It's the Weekend!<br />Forget supermarket aisles, traffic jams and chores. <br />Instead, reinstate the tea party...<br /><br />xx susan♥ Miss Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615298030351481246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-14328054816820773072011-10-24T10:15:27.656+01:002011-10-24T10:15:27.656+01:00A very interesting post - comparing the two books,...A very interesting post - comparing the two books, with pictures, was sooo good!<br />I belong to the groups of sceptics (which you'll find anywhere, hehe) who question the validity of books which tell you about looking at sunsets, knitting and making chutneys..just like India Knight's thrift book. I am always slightly, just slightly, shocked that people need to be told to do or not do certain things, that, REALLY, SHOULD come to them naturally. But I am all for a variety of unknown/lost in time games and songs...I think I have actually played Up Jenkyn once some years ago (NOT in the 20s :P ).<br /><br />I think what I am really trying to say is why publish a book of the obvious? I am sorry if I hurt some readers here who thought the book by the late L.T. is cats' pyjamas.<br /><br />I suspect the book will be viewed with equal amounts of giggles when it's reprinted in 80 years time.<br /><br />Now form an orderly queue to hit me over the head ;Popakowanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338289138395903487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-43854957151527223002011-10-23T18:01:32.955+01:002011-10-23T18:01:32.955+01:00Wonderful wonderful wonderful! Must must get it- ...Wonderful wonderful wonderful! Must must get it- will drop hints to family members re Christmas! <br /><br /> "There is also the assumption that every weekend gathering will end in song, and the scores and lyrics for numerous - now obscure - ditties are also included. "<br />Doesn't everyone's weekend gathering end in song? Mine certainly does! ;-)<br /><br />(having a little giveaway - feel free to enter if you want!)Kezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705356707599121605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-18766300818109118802011-10-22T11:45:21.898+01:002011-10-22T11:45:21.898+01:00I so was born 60 years too late - I should have be...I so was born 60 years too late - I should have been my own Nana,Mary; a glamorous lady smelling of powder, flowery perfume and always immaculately dressed and coiffured. In addition, a marvellous cook, milliner, dressmaker, knitter, homemaker and all round wonderful family lady. A bright young thing in the 20s/30s she and her sister Dorothy were fashion icons! The weekend book would have been their handbook!sky-blu-pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055140440446191946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-5715021431572034142011-10-21T16:47:35.684+01:002011-10-21T16:47:35.684+01:00I love the illustrations, your a funny MaMa. I see...I love the illustrations, your a funny MaMa. I seen those Pj's at Primark I want the Elvis ones.doradadamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115732129336500002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-31972248165758094072011-10-21T05:14:33.966+01:002011-10-21T05:14:33.966+01:00Sounds like an interseting book and arent those pi...Sounds like an interseting book and arent those pics hilarious?Nellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772909805259138693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-67837866287073300502011-10-21T02:45:52.195+01:002011-10-21T02:45:52.195+01:00Tennis and cocktails, sounds like my kind of weeke...Tennis and cocktails, sounds like my kind of weekend! Perhaps all the ukelele players of the 20's emigrated to NZ as its HUGE here, even my non-musical husband can play one and nana has already asked if she can get Claud a kids ukelele for chrimbo!!!Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387407423793099797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-70970183068865532652011-10-20T23:48:51.684+01:002011-10-20T23:48:51.684+01:00Brilliant, Elspeth Thompson was a great talent and...Brilliant, Elspeth Thompson was a great talent and her death was so very sad xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000027853260104521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-23063888034099797542011-10-20T23:19:36.113+01:002011-10-20T23:19:36.113+01:00REally enjoyed this post, love all the funny advic...REally enjoyed this post, love all the funny advice and illustrations. <br /><br />Last year my BFF got me a onsie for my birthday although warm and comfy my husband won't come near me in it!Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350442910321860733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-75229630558242410162011-10-20T22:52:09.538+01:002011-10-20T22:52:09.538+01:00What a brilliant post, I read it three times throu...What a brilliant post, I read it three times throughout the day (so rich I can afford to pay staff to look after the house and boys).<br />So, we are all left thinking that cocktails sound the best solution to fill those long weekend voids? Unanimous?lucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-39522670302301795622011-10-20T21:08:57.983+01:002011-10-20T21:08:57.983+01:00I've got this book too - as well as the Handma...I've got this book too - as well as the Handmade one that Elspeth Thompson co-authored. I love them both :-) I'm very impressed by your fantastic 1920's find - I really must start trying to visit car boot sales...Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133060244758950172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-25182146852912999662011-10-20T20:46:01.347+01:002011-10-20T20:46:01.347+01:00Sounds like a very interesting book, I love the pi...Sounds like a very interesting book, I love the pictures.<br />I love reading old books wether or not the information inside them even works with our lives now. *lol*Vintage Coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01066185329988715511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-71662048148030399332011-10-20T20:30:17.722+01:002011-10-20T20:30:17.722+01:00Haha well that cocktail does sound pretty fabulous...Haha well that cocktail does sound pretty fabulousHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13837564671225474138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-40008127290637452222011-10-20T20:21:16.675+01:002011-10-20T20:21:16.675+01:00Brilliant post.I love these books and maybe I can ...Brilliant post.I love these books and maybe I can learn the to play ukulele.xxxIvy Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11514980482704825331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-75435066646292770792011-10-20T19:48:44.879+01:002011-10-20T19:48:44.879+01:00Fascinting post. I think I actually used to know h...Fascinting post. I think I actually used to know how to play Nine Men's Morris once upon a time! I have a book from the 50s which is called 'The Saturday Book', sort of along the lines of the 'wholesome family papers' that were popular in Victorian times.Rose&Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743161506881664575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-69231112620972003182011-10-20T19:37:18.570+01:002011-10-20T19:37:18.570+01:00Really sad about the Author poor lady such a great...Really sad about the Author poor lady such a great book thanks for sharing.carole johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721058683205450682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-20002790270692558752011-10-20T19:20:34.706+01:002011-10-20T19:20:34.706+01:00Well, you got the chutney making down. And you'...Well, you got the chutney making down. And you've started an anthology known as pinterest. That onsie makes me ill. I could never wear feet pajamas as a child because my feet would sweat in the night and my mother would find me naked in te morning. She then began cutting off the feet for me. Eff onsies.lasophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067489300055344841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-3301382264277366602011-10-20T17:05:50.095+01:002011-10-20T17:05:50.095+01:00I did enjoy this post. I knew there was something ...I did enjoy this post. I knew there was something missing from my life - now, where can I find a ukelele?Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-65472606305589541892011-10-20T16:29:49.095+01:002011-10-20T16:29:49.095+01:00Oh to be a part of one of the hardy races - shucks...Oh to be a part of one of the hardy races - shucks that means no young bracken shoots for me this christmas - bummer ;o) I'll just stick with the Satans's Whisker then...<br /><br />Scarlett xScarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06127736256417833208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-79364795109267448532011-10-20T15:54:07.246+01:002011-10-20T15:54:07.246+01:00A Satan's Whisker on ice for me please, Lakota...A Satan's Whisker on ice for me please, Lakota, before the Up-Jenkyn starts.<br />Fascinating post. The older book won't be any more representative of everyone's lifestyle at the time than its modern counterpart, but they both capture a flavour of a certain strand/group, and that's fine. It's always interesting to hear how the other half live! xxxCurtisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362184504889147455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-50014282836495651732011-10-20T15:14:36.018+01:002011-10-20T15:14:36.018+01:00You've reminded me of a post I keep meaning to...You've reminded me of a post I keep meaning to write about a wonderful book I've been lent.<br /><br />I loved the Elspeth Thompson book - she used to blog too and it was very sad when she took her own life. Anything that inspires people to claim back there weekends from the evils of the DIY sheds and the High Street is good in my view.VintageVickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16468973681066716805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-15299455987966856092011-10-20T14:52:28.832+01:002011-10-20T14:52:28.832+01:00The Rajah's Peg sounds lethal! I'd love to...The Rajah's Peg sounds lethal! I'd love to read this, such fun xPenny Dreadful Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658769790784076024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-52985350839537545102011-10-20T14:43:20.364+01:002011-10-20T14:43:20.364+01:00I love social history like this. I could do with a...I love social history like this. I could do with a camel hair pencil, a mozzie can sniff me out from miles away.<br />I came across a 1912 Annual Edition of Woman & Home which is fascinating. Interviews with Maharanis, gypsy caravan holidays with one's staff and how certain continental countries are now employing "elderly ladies" in their 40s. I'll have to work out how to use the scanner and share it. xVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-40496667247327764472011-10-20T14:19:57.075+01:002011-10-20T14:19:57.075+01:00I love 20s and 30s stuff too! I'm rather curio...I love 20s and 30s stuff too! I'm rather curious about the games, the names are funny aren't they? I'd keep both books til I'm old and grey if I were you.xx.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03565814556356447975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126878015817020943.post-77232348398429559652011-10-20T14:03:14.358+01:002011-10-20T14:03:14.358+01:00Fabulous post dahling! Genuinely enjoyed it xFabulous post dahling! Genuinely enjoyed it xCharishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660480515664679559noreply@blogger.com