girlsown.bsky.social
Illustrations and genuine replies from the Girl’s Own Paper 1880-1899. (‘Girls’ at the time meant roughly age 15 to 29 years). Working back to the 33,000 followers I had in the other place! Caption contest every Sunday at 18:00 GMT
👤 Joined on 11 November 2023
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Show PostWalter M. Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz Slightly stunned I hadn't heard of this before: a 1959 sci-fi novel set in a Catholic monastery in a US desert after a devastating nuclear war. With themes of cyclic history; religion; landscapes of self-inflicted disaster; archives - my perfect novel
Show PostDammit Agnes I will NOT let you disgrace the family name by marrying a…a ladder! There, I said it.
Show PostSo beautiful the weapons of retribution nature gives me to poison mine most mortal enemies, Clarissa for one who shall be farting like a drayman’s horse after I add three drops of Tincture of Senna to her afternoon cup of tea.
Show PostProvidence with a capital P presumably refers to the place in Rhode Island, United States of America. I’m delighted to learn that the residents of that town would potentially be able to support couples in setting up a home. Though I wonder why they can’t be relied upon. Maybe other readers know?
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