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The naughty teenager’s tattoo (Rousse)
My niece AF and her friend HH returned home from a shopping trip to celebrate A’s sixteenth birthday. When they confessed that they had spent the whole afternoon in a tattoo parlour on Edinburgh’s Cockburn Street we feared the worst. … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, gold, naughty, neckline, parlour, red, shopping, sticker, tattoo, teenager
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Game show failure (Belle)
Unsure how I had become a contestant on this ‘women only’ game show, I watched horrified as the other players competed in the first round. They were scaling a horizontal climbing wall while other contestants were firing high velocity water … Continue reading
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Tagged climbing wall, clothes swap, game show, TV, water cannon
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Rousse meets Puffing Billy on train spotting commute
Who would have thought the commuting could be so exciting? On a sunny summer’s day TPR and I caught the red steam train from Bath to Bristol. Because we were the second and third people to board, we won the … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, Bristol, carriage, commute, French horn, loud hailer, photo, photograph, photographs, photos, Puffing Billy, red, steam, train, trip, whistle
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Rousse’s flood-damaged carpet crisis
TPR choked back tears as he gingerly paddled across our flooded sitting room to inspect close-up the damage to our most precious possession. The threads of the Persian rug had disintegrated under the water. It was now puckered with huge … Continue reading
Last minute wedding outfit disaster and a cosmetic use for dust (Rousse)
We were last-minute additions to EM’s wedding party. EM himself lent me one of his maids for the afternoon and her first task was to rush back to our flat to fetch suitable outfits for us. Meanwhile I wandered around … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, bride, ceremony, clothes, compact, cosmetic, cosmetics, decoration, disaster, dress, dust, flat, foundation, Georgian, gown, house, jigsaw, junk, maid, maids, make-up, mother, outfit, paintbrush, parents, party, powder, shoes, tights, underwear, wedding, zip
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A drag act and multiple germs (Belle)
Backstage at a run-down Vauxhall pub I watched the next act being introduced. Surely ‘Dorothy I Wantmour’ was the worst drag name ever? Meanwhile, and in a story that made the front page of the Daily Mail, scientists had discovered … Continue reading
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Tagged backstage, Daily Mail, drag act, germs, headline, London, pub, sofa, Vauxhall
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What Rousse learnt last night
Startling news I learnt last night: The night-time taxi fare from central London to Reading is only £10.02. My friend V has multiple pseudonyms (including “Deany”), and was the head girl at her Swiss boarding school. My new American lodger … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom, chest, clothes, clothing, drawers, pseudonym, Reading, school, Switzerland, taxi, vintage
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The long walk to London and cartoon china mugs (Rousse)
My mother could barely manage a few steps around her own garden, yet my husband’s powers of persuasion were such that she had signed up for his long walk to London. Much to his distress, however, I resisted his invitation. … Continue reading
