Sunday, 13 March 2022

A History of Carmarthen

 I wrote a short history of the little Welsh town of Carmarthen localhistories.org/a-history-of-carmarthen

Thursday, 10 March 2022

History of Warminster

 I wrote a history of the small town of Warminster in Wiltshire 


Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Barbie

 Happy birthday Barbie. She debuted at the American Toy Fair in New York on 9 March 1959. localhistories.org/a-history-of-toys

Sunday, 6 March 2022

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Women in the 20th Century

 The bikini was invented in 1946. In 1947 Christian Dior introduced the New Look, with long skirts and narrow waists giving an ‘hourglass’ figure. During the 1950s women’s clothes were full and feminine. However in 1965, Mary Quant invented the mini skirt and clothes became even more informal. localhistories.org/women-in-the-20th-century/