Author Archives: Suzi

ARRA Book Signing Event at RWAustralia conference.

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Australian Romance Readers Association is doing another Book Signing Event at the Romance Writers Australia conference, Diamonds Are Forever. Yippee! It will be held on Friday, 17th August 2012, from 4.30–6.00pm at the QT Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The event is open to the public.To register for the event, please go to the BSE Registration page on the ARRA blog. Cost: $7 or $5 for ARRA members All those who register will receive a free ticket in the prize raffle to win one of three prize baskets. We hope to see you there! The following is the full list of authors … Continue reading →

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William Pitt Faithfull

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

A search for historic clothing led me, via his family, to the biography entry below for William Pitt Faithfull, born in Australia and yet descended from the famous British William Pitts. ( Who I am also descended from.) Continue reading →

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Dummy board – Street Pedlar – Victoria & Albert Museum

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Dummy boards are life-size, flat, wooden figures painted and shaped in outline to resemble figures of servants, soldiers, children, and animals. The taste for using illusionistic painted figures as a form of house decoration probably originated in the trompe l’oeil, or life-like interior scenes painted by Dutch artists in the early 17th century. Continue reading →

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Covent Garden – London’s Best Historic Places to Visit.

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Covent Garden – London’s Best Historic Places to Visit. Covent Garden is within the London boroughs of Westminster and Camden, and the parliamentary constituencies of Cities of London and Westminster and Holborn and St Pancras. Continue reading →

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East India Docks – London’s Historic Places

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

The East India Docks was one of London’s most famous Historic Places. They were a group of docks in Blackwall, east London, north-east of the Isle of Dogs. Before 1800, the Thames river was overcrowded with ships. Continue reading →

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History of Utensils at Historical Hearts

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Over at Historical Hearts, Danielle Lisle is talking about the History of Utensils Ever wonder the origin of what you’re
sticking in your mouth? Continue reading →

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