Category Archives: Shady stuff

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Tarts and gay gobbles

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Shades

I spent much of today down in Loughborough helping take stock of the Gould Theatre Collection, the life accumulations of Mervyn Stockbridge Gould, raconteur extrordinaire and keeper of the Schnorbitz. I expected to find myself getting rather maudlin as he … Continue reading →

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“Tuppenny Rushes”

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Shades

Saturday morning picture shows are looked back on with affection by many people over fifty in Britain. For a few pennies, children had the chance to spend an hour or two watching Westerns, cartoons and Serials with the cliffhanger endings … Continue reading →

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Pepparkakshus

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Shades

Karen was told of a little Christmas tradition from a colleague of hers at work. It was to take a trip to the Ikea Swedish Shop and to buy a Gingerbread House kit. Coming from Ikea, of course, it comes … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary to me…

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Shades

Today, the blog is five years old. Glitterfy.com – Glitter Graphics Here’s to another five! I might really push the boat out and do another videoblog for my 2,000th post.

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The two Queens

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Shades

Now I wouldn’t normally associate a steam preservation society with Pub memories, but one occurred to me this afternoon. When I used to live in Maidenhead, a colleague lived on the way to Reading and he had two Pubs just … Continue reading →

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