Royal Ceremonies Cost Plenty Banner Sales Highlight Mall History
Royal event decorations cost Britain millions with the Coronation and royal visits. The ministry sold chairs, stools, a blue and gold carpet, glass panels, and city arms to recover funds. Some banners were gifted or loaned, now treasured by foreign regiments and guarded by UK units.
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London
Bhumibol
Sirikit
Thailand
Ministry of Works
Margaret
Westminster
Wales
Scotland
Hyde Park
Suffolk
Elizabeth
Britain
Canada
48Th Highlanders
le Régiment de la Chaudiére
South Africa
Royal Durban Light Infantry
Railways and Harbours Brigade
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Scots Guards
Mall
Patterned suit dress with trim and size options
Smart town and travel pattern pattern 4838 offers tweedy rayon cotton faille or wool options. Includes half sizes 14 14 16 44 18 20 22 42 44 with size 1644 jacket and skirt 642 yards 39 inch fabric. Send fifty cents stamps accepted and provide size name address style number to Ane Adams Box 1 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ont.
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Smart Town
N’ Travel Company
Ane Adams
Eighteenth St
New
Toronto
Ont
Milk on doorstep cleaning and other milk lore
A London man in Yorkshire witnesses a housewife cleaning her doorstep with milk a long standing local custom noted by her mother. The tale recalls milk used to darken stone with a white edging and history of wartime fines for continuing the practice.
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Yorkshire
London
Batley
Chicago Board of Health
H. N. Bundesen
Life and politics mix in a busy home diary
The writer blends world affairs with domestic chores from a busy week. Eisenhower’s strong UN speech is praised while questions arise about future U.S. leadership. Domestic tasks include wiring an outlet, plumbing fixes, maple logs for a fireplace, pheasant dinner, and hosting relatives amid hot humid weather and a late electrician visit.
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United Nations General Assembly
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
U.S
Art
Modern Etiquette Questions and Answers
Anne Ashley answers etiquette questions about hors d oeuvres served on picks and whether to eat with the pick or fingers. She outlines maid of honor duties including adjusting the bride’s veil and train, holding the bouquet, lifting the veil, carrying the ring in a double ring ceremony, and serving as a witness on the marriage certificate.
Thrifty Slip Covers Step by Step Pattern
Advertises Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book 1960 with pattern number 841 for basic slip covers and six other types. Promises professional results and lists mail order details from Laura Wheeler Toronto Ontario with prices and 25 to 35 cents.
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Laura Wheeler
Eighteenth St
New
Toronto
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Nancy Anne Fleming
Dee
Bob
Joy
Ross
Cedric
John Diefenbaker
U.N. Assembly
Anne Ashley
Sally
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