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Alt Studio Photo Shoot – And Giveaway!!
A picture is worth a thousand words – at least that’s what we’re told – and humans are very visual creatures – we can glean from an expression much more than from a word on a page, a text or a tweet....
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Enter the Calendar Girls
I first met Bethany Jane Davies when I asked her to help at a Manchester WI event earlier this year. I’d known about her talent for recreating the most beautiful vintage style for a little while, her...
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Guest Post: White Memoirs Wedding Fair
Being an old married and having been married in Las Vegas (yes with Elvis), I’m a bit envious of those doing a more traditional wedding. Especially when it comes to the wedding fairs. Andy is getting...
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Review: Lady Nom’s Unbirthday Supper Club
Supper clubs are enjoying a bit of a revival – after all, in a tight economy, places where you can take your own booze, enjoy a fantastic meal on a lower budget than most restaurants and still feel...
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Quickpost: Thriftette and Waiste
My personal style tends to lean towards vintage – specifically the 1950s/1960s; but there are one or two other decades that hold onto my heart too. Perhaps most surprisingly (or not?) is the 1990s – my...
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Honest Crust Pizza at Hanging Ditch
Before I began the teetotal part of my marathon training this week, I managed to squeeze in a final couple of drinks – one was the 7 Word Wine Review dinner at the Angel (post to follow next week)....
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Vintage by the Sea
Vintage is probably my first love. Before I even knew what it was, I loved the clothes, design and grace of it, especially from old movies, whether it was a black and white Fred and Ginger or a silly...
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Waste Not Clothes Swap
What’s the easiest way to get rid of the clothes you don’t want to keep, get new ones and spend as little as possible doing it? Whatever name you give it, clothes swapping is fun, cheap and ethically...
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The Vintage Emporium at the Whim Wham Cafe
The vintage community in Manchester is something special. As with all of Manchester, it’s somewhat incestuous, everyone knows everyone else, and six degrees of separation is closer to two. But it has...
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Vintage Manchester Awards 2013
Just in case you blinked and missed it (and if you did, that’s rather impressive, as I’ve done nothing but waffle on about them for weeks) the Vintage Manchester awards ceremony was last week at...
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January Giveaway with Stone Bridge
When I was very little, I had hair so long I could sit on it. I used to have friends who would just sit and plait my hair, braid it, brush it. And then I did something a bit silly. I cut it myself....
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Thrifty Friday
I know we’re all a bit skint, but there are still things you can do for little or next to nothing in this gorgeous city of ours to keep you going over the next week or so. With my training causing me...
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Uncle Norm’s Record Box
I first bumped into Vintage 78DJ one day in Spinningfields where they were part of SpinFest. It was cold, the sun kept trying to make an appearance and failing, but we were entertained by good beer,...
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Easter Weekend
Tomorrow is Good Friday – and most of us are off work. So, let’s be honest. If I write a blog post for tomorrow, the likelihood is that most of you will miss it due to a little overindulgence tonight....
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Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair – The Social
This weekend saw a vintage extravaganza. With both the award winning Vintage Village being held at Old Granada Studios and Victoria Warehouse, having recently hosted the BBC 6 Music festival, teamed up...
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Vintage Collective: Summer Fashion Show
It can be hard to know how to wear vintage. As with all clothes, there are some outfits that on a hanger look beautiful, but put them on… And it’s a whole different story. And there are those that look...
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Levenshulme Market: Vintage, Fashion and Flea Stalls
It’s been far too long since I’ve been able to write about vintage. Much as I love food and booze, vintage is a love of mine and I adore nothing more than a rummage on a good stall or fair. I think I’m...
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This Old Thing
Vintage can be quite a controversial subject. There are the purists, who believe that anything pre 1940 or 1950 can be called vintage and nothing else. There are those who believe anything secondhand...
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Rose & Lee
When I visited Cuckoo in Prestwich, I mentioned a friend who was setting up shop nearby. That was a little bit of a twisted truth. Not nearby. Next door. Fiona of Rose & Lee Vintage Living was...
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Guest Post: Vintage Clothing
As part of a monthly Manchester blog post swap, bloggers covering all sorts of subjects across the city are swapping posts on each other’s sites. It gives us chance to do something different, try our...
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