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How to get ahead

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Graham

Graham Report 13 Mar 2014 10:14

I thought this thread was going to be offering advice for a mad axeman. Oh well. :-S

Sharron

Sharron Report 13 Mar 2014 06:44

And a pair of shoes with toes half a yard long.

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 13 Mar 2014 05:51

I didn't see it - but your title "How to get ahead" reminded me of a poster advert I used to see in the 1950's (when I was a child).

- "If you want to get ahead ---- get a hat!"

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 13 Mar 2014 00:32

I didn't see it - but at Corfe Castle last year, they had a man who made medieval shoes/boots. If I'd had my meagre inheritance then, I would have bought some :-D

They were lovely boots - only £60 - but the soles looked slippery :-S

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Sharron

Sharron Report 12 Mar 2014 22:12

Don't know why they went out of fashion.

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 12 Mar 2014 22:05

Loved the shoes :-D

Researching:
Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

Sharron

Sharron Report 12 Mar 2014 21:55

Is anybody watching "How to Get Ahead in the Mediaeval Court"?

It is brilliant. That's the way to teach history. Get 'em interested. Say it like it's today.