17/03/2010

The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton

Mrs Beeton IMG_1342I recently watched a great BBC costume drama recently about Mrs Beeton - well worth catching (available until 22/03/10)...Anna Madeley gives a wonderful performance: looking forward to the forthcoming film about Anne Lister with her in it...

The maid knitted anxiously whilst waiting for the doctor to give the thumbs-up for Mrs B's latest baby...

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I'm lucky enough to own a 1923 reprint of her 1861 Household Management and a 1986 reprint of her 1870 posthumously-published Book of Needlework: both found in a tiny, magical second-hand bookshop in Glentress. Both are beautiful reads...and the knitting patterns are hysterical! :-)

17 Mar 2010 20:06:34 | Bath Stitch'n'Bitch natter & knitting

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