Vintage cookery (via vintage cookbooks) is an insight into social history as much as it’s about the recipes themselves. Now here’s a strange little gem, written by Helen Burke, who was the cookery correspondent of the Evening Standard at the time of its publication. As it states on the fly leaf it’s about impressing your…
Oh yes! These days around here it’s all about the socks, those handmade socks. You can’t have failed to notice them all over the Instagram and Facebook feeds. It started back in the summer with the purchase of the wondrous 1920s Autoknitter Sock Knitting Machine. Now, after months of learning (through trial and error) how…
Yes it’s changing times here at Girl’s Own Store. As many of you will have noticed, the bricks and mortar shop in South Street, Bridport closed at the end of October. Retail has changed a great deal in the almost 12 years since it opened. And – as people say – ‘things ain’t what they…