Grumpy old fart!!!

"If you talk to God you're religious. If God talks to you, you're psychotic."

Isa Miranda

Isa Miranda (5th July 1909 – 8th July 1982)

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Nurses at The London Hospital – The Tatler – Wednesday 10th June 1903

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Louise Brooks

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Off to bed with Bovril

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Rudolph Valentino and wife Natacha Rambova at their home in Hollywood Hills, c. 1924

Thanks to Kitten on the keys

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Glenn Cravath

London Dungeon Keeper

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Garrould’s – The Tatler – Wednesday 11th December 1935

EVERYWHERE Garrould’s, 150. Edgware Road, are acknowledged to be experts in service uniforms.

They have earned this reputation by combining smartness with quality at moderate prices.

All garments are made on the premises.

The TatlerWednesday 11th December 1935

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Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson – Beyond the Rocks – 1922

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A Morland Chapeau – The Bystander – Wednesday 14th December 1904

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Bovril for Health and Beauty – The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News – Saturday 12th January 1907

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