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Poster: How to make your household linens last longer

Pulls Ferry, Norwich, Norfolk, England, from the Cathedral Close. This ferry was formerly used to convey the clergy across the river, but no longer operates. Date: 1960s

Fishing Casts
A fishing rod with longer spinning casts. Date: 1960s

French & Swiss Women
Women of Strasbourg & a woman from Basle, Switzerland. Largely regional or National costumes but with ruffs (by this date were no longer fashionable). Date: 1644

Shakespeares Richard II

Dog Knocks over Cakes
No longer hungry, Towser knocks over the cake stand

Skirting The Difficulty
I won t marry a man who can t look me straight in the eye Then wear them longer! Woman upset at the affect that her exposed legs are having. Date: 1925

A Tatler Fashion for 1930, by Gordon Conway
Illustration showing an original design by Gordon Conway for a soft satin dinner dress, January 1930. The dress was designed on princess lines, ankle-length in front and longer behind

Elizabeth Kerry (105+)
ELIZABETH KERRY resident of Needham Market, Suffolk : this drawing was made when she was 105, we are not told how much longer she lived

Roberts Enters Pretoria
Lord Roberts enters Pretoria triumphantly after the Boer capitals surrender. After Mafekings earlier relief, many thought the war over but it dragged on two years longer

Puss in Boots - 5
Puss with the ogre who has made his home in the castle of the Marquis de Carabas, but not for much longer thanks to the cats cunning

First on Moon / Carrying
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON Worker-Selenites carrying a Selenite intellectual who is no longer capable of walking due to his oversized brain

Folklore / Bigorne
The bigorne is a sexist creature which eats men who do as their wives tell them; though no longer politically correct, it may not be extinct

Advert / Ethyl Petrol 1933
Ethyl motor fuel - helps to make your old car last longer

Russian New Year
RUSSIAN LAPPS New years day is a solar festival here : the sun is encouraged to spend longer in the sky by games and ceremonies

Bigorne / Eats Husband
The bigorne is a sexist creature which eats men who do as their wives tell them; though no longer politically correct, it may not be extinct

Converted Cheffonier
A bookcase made from a cheffonier, now that cheffoniers are no longer a la mode

Fur Jacket 1914
Blue dress with narrow draped skirt, a wrap-over fur coat which is cut longer at the back with collar & cuffs of a pale coloured fur, square handbag & floral hat

Rounding up Stray Dogs
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Continents Joined
Sniders conception of how Earths continents were originally one - proposed long before Wegener, longer still before it was accepted by the scientific establishment

Free Trade or Tariff ?
Propaganda postcard advocating Free Trade rather than Tariff Reform, which would lead to higher prices, unemployment for some and longer working hours for others

Two Ladies in Undies
- Don t you like me in my creation by Beaumont ? - Yes, but I like my longer lingerie better

Putting on her Corset
A slim girl puts on her corset, watched by her no-longer-slim momma

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