I recently purchased this rather lovely picture of an Edwardian Maid, judging by the poor condition it must have been a well cherished picture of someone’s sweetheart.

“I whispered love into her ear, not dreaming that my wife was near”

Judging by the message on the back of the card Hilda appears to have the measure of George

Via

Rosaleen Young

Rosaleen Young – Reading

Thanks to William Caxton we have had “love affair” with books since the mid 1450’s. Kindle and e-books are becoming more and more popular but will Caxton’s legacy finally be consigned to the funeral pyre? “People never really stop loving books. 51st century. By now you’ve got holovids, direct-to-brain downloads, fiction mist. But you need the smell. The smell of books”. (“Silence in the Library“ (8^th episode, 4^th series, “Dr Who”).

Emma – A Victorian Maid

Danger Theatre

Maid of Salem

Marjorie Rambeau (15th July 1889 – 6th  July 1970) was an American film and stage actress.

Turn of the Century