If there is an annoying thing it is for a broomhead to come off when a housewife is busy.

[strange_complex]

Firstly, thanks to everyone for their comments on my last post. 'Cathartic' would be an understatement.

But secondly, because not everything is about doom and gloom, I have some lovely pictures to share. They are from two publications of the 1930s, and both were found in the family archive last weekend, where they'd obviously been preserved by my

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[biascut]

I think my friend Little Mrs owns one of those houses in Acheson Road, Shirley, too!

[strange_complex]

Ah, well do pass the scan along to her, then.

[aliceinfinland]

How can the city of Birmingham be less than 200 years old? ... great scans!

[strange_complex]

It's true for quite a few of the big Industrial Revolution cities. They blossomed late, but they did it on a big scale when they did!

[big_daz]

One of my cookbooks (which never gets used as I can't cook for toffee) is Elizabeth Craig's Electric Cookery, published in 1938 by the British Electrical Development Association.

In it, the elegant-looking Ms Craig (who probably has servants to do such menial tasks as cooking) gives some Mr Cholmondley-Warner -esque tips for the modern housewife, such as cleaning one's oven when its switched off. I'd have thought cleaning it when its swithed on would make for a far more interesting experience..

[dragophelion]

Ooooh! I love Vintage Ads! :o)

You just inspired me to make a post of my own. (I've been meaning to for a while after Pete got a magazine from 1897 & it has wonderful adverts in it!)

My post is here if you want to take a look! Some of them are quite amusing! :o)

[weepingcross]

It's like being back at the museum again!