A visual history of crinolines – fashion’s most magnificent disaster

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Queen guitarist, astrophysicist and wildlife campaigner Brian May is a man of diverse interests, but his latest project, a book on the history of the crinoline, is perhaps his most astonishing yet. Around 1840, skirts began to widen – slowly at first, but within a decade a hem could measure as much as 33ft round. … Read more

What It Looked Like Wednesday: A&P, Delaware at Great Arrow, 1948 – BN Chronicles

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I’ve blogged about his location before (in what is in that space now) but this is what it looked like back in 1948

Now known as Marshalls Plaza, the strip mall has also been known as Great Arrow Plaza and, when it first opened in 1948, the Delaware Park Shopping Center. The apartment buildings in the background are still recognizable. The big tenants when this photo was snapped were the A&P market and the Western Savings Bank branch — which was opened after…

Source: What It Looked Like Wednesday: A&P, Delaware at Great Arrow, 1948 – BN Chronicles

DOCTOR WHO Will Exclusively Stream on Amazon Prime | Nerdist

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Back in late February, we told you about a video Amazon posted to their Twitter showcasing some of the new and upcoming programs that would be available on their Prime streaming service beginning in March. One of them was Doctor Who, which was big news given that the show had just disappeared from all streaming services at the end of January. That video was quickly taken down, though, and it seems to be because they weren’t ready to officially announce it. Now they are: Beginning March 27, Doctor Who will be exclusively streamed on Amazon Prime. The press release from BBC Worldwide North America states that Amazon Prime will be the only U.S. streaming service to get to show the British sci-fi favorite, meaning folks who used to watch it on Netflix or Hulu and don’t have Prime will have to subscribe. However, they are offering free 30-day trials for new members if you want to test it out. So what will you be getting? Beginning on the 27th, Prime subscribers will get the complete series

Source: DOCTOR WHO Will Exclusively Stream on Amazon Prime | Nerdist

 

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