I’ve had red hair now for 5 years. That’s probably the longest I’ve kept my hair the same colour for most of my adult life. I was getting bored of it, and needed a change, so last week I impulsively ran out and bought a box of Colour B4 Extra strength colour remover and, with

I’ve avoided mentioning it so far, but no longer. There’s just no escaping it, the Diamond Jubilee celebrations are next weekend. We get 4 days off to make sure we have plenty of time to buy those paper plates and cupcakes stands with black and white pictures of the Queen that have been distributed to

And I’m very, very tired. Returning to work after holidays has a disturbing tendency to have that effect. I’ve been on “holiday” for 2 weeks, though it was somewhat higgledy piggledy as holidays go. I spent 2 days in our muddy woodland, 3 nights in a deeply glamorous caravan on the south coast, 1 night

Retro Chick is taking a well earned break, but to keep you entertained today’s post comes from Lili La Scala, singer of vintage songs, collector of vintage clothes, lover of shoes, cat lady, pin up girl, burlesquer and comedy WAG. You can catch Lili in Norwich next week at the Spiegeltent. Musica-Lili speaking! My fascination

Well, this is one of those updates that only really interests regular blog readers or anyone who happens to live in Norwich I’m afraid! I’ll start with the more general stuff for those of you who for some reason DON’T live in beautiful Norwich. Which is to reveal one of the reasons I was so

HAPPY EASTER! I hope you all enjoy a nice long relaxing weekend. I certainly intend to. To keep you entertained I’ve tracked down some Easter Vintage Pin Ups for you, some of which are quite frankly terrifying. The Easter Bunny suddenly seems quite sinister. These vintage pin ups mostly date from the 20s to the

I spent this weekend in London at a Most Curious Vintage Wedding Fair. Well, I actually spent Friday night in the pub with Mr Chick, Cathy from Perdita’s Pursuits and His Lordship, there were scotch eggs and London prices were paid for beer. Then on Saturday I spent the day in Bethnal Green at A

Well, it’s nearly over! March, that is. March has been a crazy busy month. I like to be be busy, but I also like to set aside a certain amount of time for watching Poirot in my pyjamas with a cocktail and there’s been woefully little of that this month, indeed there has been NONE

Once again I’m here to tell you about what I’ve been up to in the busy, busy month that is March! On Sunday the Historical Sauces took a road trip to Hampshire to visit Mill Rythe Holiday Village on Hayling Island. The Village is putting on a musical show about Vera Lynn as part of