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#StSwithinsDay
The legend says if it rains on this day, July 15, there will be rain for forty days. Named after St. Swithin, Bishop of Winchester who died 862.
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We think this print says it all for #NationalWritingDay: Le Moment de L'Imagination,
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#IKnowImGettingOldWhen I realise my dancing days ARE over unlike this hopeful old girl portrayed on a Victorian comic valentine.
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Appropriately for Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday anniversary a piece of sheet music, “Merry May - Little songs for Little singers”, with a charming illustration of the young princess.
#Ephemera #QueenVictoria #Victoria200

For #NationalPetDay
Sagacity of the dog. How a navvie’s pet dog saved him from the demon drink. #Ephemera

February’s Item of the Month on our website:
Menu for a Bachelors’ Ball, 1901, which is also the occasion for Dorothy’s “coming out”. #Ephemera
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Front of long leaflet enclosed in Fortnum & Mason’s 1935 Christmas catalogue. Crackers for all tastes and sizes including giant Tug-O’-War crackers (from 2ft to 6ft long)! Witty, amusing and unfailingly interesting. #Ephemera #Christmas

Is there a Victorian greeting card for every occasion?
#Ephemera #InternationalBatWeekend

Summer issue of “The Ephemerist”, the journal of The Ephemera Society, was posted to members on 18 July. Not yet a member? Join now https://t.co/H6aQS27hYL to receive a copy. Payment can be made online via PayPal. We're always pleased to welcome new members.
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The City Cycling Festival (13-15 June, 2018) is taking place, celebrating 200 years of cycling in London. This print, published April 1819, depicts Dandies astride a Velocipede, a scene from the birth of cycling albeit without brakes or pedals. #Ephemera #cycling #londonhistory