Very Inspiring Blog Award!

I have been lovely award this from the darling Ivy at Evie's Tea Room!

The rules are to thank the person who gave you the award, share 7 things about yourself and nominate 10 other bloggers and let them know in a comment they have been given the award.

10 Bloggers i award:

Tickety Boo Tupney

The Fairly Young Grandmother

Old-fashioned at heart

Vintage Rose

1940s Style For You

Fashionable Forties

thefortiesfloozy

We'll Meet Again

vintage lovin' gal

Victory Vintage

7 things about me:

I don't have a belly button

I have already named all my future children

I am a 1/4 Scottish 

I don't like my freckles

I used to be a hippy

I want to be a Disney princess

i love barbecue sauce

Yuletide Felicitations!

All images from my tumblr.

Hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year! xx

New project and blog!

 Hello all! Sorry I have not posted a shameful amount of months but I have been quite busy organizing a project I'm going to be starting in the new year.

It's called Ration Book Year, and well the title says it all really I will, from the 1st January, be starting a wartime diet until the 31st of December 2013.

Yes that's right one whole year of rationing.
However there are some things i am not including;
1. Soap and deodorant  because i still have to go to work and i think smelling badly is highly unprofessional as well as disgusting.
2. Toothpaste, because i don't want my teeth to rot.


Along with the blog i will doing video diary's on youtube, 'vlogging' as they say, every day.

So if you are interested in following me on this journey you are all welcome to check out my new blog and youtube channel.
www.rationbookyear.blogspot.com
www.youtube.com/rationbookyear
Ta, ta for now!

xx

Newhaven Fort Battle of Britain Day

A few weeks ago i went to Newhaven Fort's Battle of Britain Day. It was really lovely, there were land girls there, the Swing time Sweethearts and Brighton Boogie Dancers.

 Brighton Boogie Dancers

 The Swing Time Sweethearts

Sorry for not posting in a while! Will be doing more soon!
Promise!

x

New book and bag and a lovely day

Today i went to Newhaven Fort with my Brother, his mum, my mum, my sister and my step sister. After wards we went charity shopping (of course!) and I found these two beauties!

my step sister took this of me, isn't it cool?!

 me trying to be artsy by taking a photo of myself in the reflection of the old searchlight

yummy

 nice photograph on a poster

 my new beautiful bag i got for a mere 99 pence!

 and Lauren Bacall's autobiography for 99p too!

Belated Birthday Mini Haul

 On the 9th of August was my 17th Birthday. I had a wonderful day and received many lovely presents.

 The bouquet of flowers my Mother surprised me with, i love them!

 My new circa 1940s bed (and a glimpse of my room which is yet to be completely finished)

 My Jones' Sewing Machine, have already started making a cute summer top on this!

The beautiful pullover my Grandma knitted me, she knitted me a air force blue cardigan as well which i will show you in an outfit post!

 Here is me modelling it for you!

 Cheesy pose!

My R.A.F Brooch, which is not an original WWII one but i still love it

More posts coming soon, i know i have been a very lazy blogger!

x

We will remember them

"They went with songs to the battle, they were young.

Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them."

- ode taken from Laurence Binyon's poem "For the Fallen"

Of the nearly 5,000 strong Canadian contingent deployed that early August morning, 907 were killed, 2,460 wounded and 1874 taken as prisoners of war. Of the 2,210 who returned to Britain, only 236 were unhurt - and 200 of these were men who had not been landed. The

British Commandos had lost 247 men. The Royal Navy lost one destroyer (HMS Berkeley) and 33 landing craft, suffering 550 dead and wounded. The RAF lost 106 aircraft  - including 13 from the Royal Canadian Air Force - the biggest allied air loss in a single day in the entire war. More than 150 aircrew were also killed or captured. Sixty per cent of the ground force became casualties, including almost 100 per cent of those tank crews who landed. The raid's planners had factored in 10 per cent casualties.