Author archives: Betty Hobcraft

The Crooked Book

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Yesterday it was my Mummy's Birthday so whilst on a trip dpwn to Bournemouth to see my sister, we took her out for a lovely cup of tea and light bite to eat.  We took her to my new favourite place, The Crooked Book, in Boscombe.I first went to The Crooked Book about two weeks ago.  I had heard that Boscombe/Pokesdown was the Vintage quater of Bournemouth so [...]

Swiss Handkerchiefs

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There isn't much news at Betty Blue's HQ at the moment.  I am busy organising production on the Nell Robe in Black and designing new lovelies for you all, so I don't have much to report to you at the moment.  So to keep this ol' blog going I have found some items that I thought I would show you.With the death of my Uncle and the subsequent clear out of his h[...]

Spring/Summer 'Luna' 100% Silk Scarves

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Well as promised this blog post is going to reveal some brand spanking new Betty Blue's Loungerie products!!  Thanks so much to everyone who has been so patient in waiting for me to get my act together these past few months.  I am now back and ready to get this show on the road one more time!The new Betty Blue's Loungerie products are the last two 100% Silk [...]

The big 'C' word

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No not the rude one ;-), I mean Cancer.  Things have been a little quiet on my social media front of late.  This is partly due to the fact I have a new phone and have somehow not configured it correctly so can't use Internet based things whilst on the go ie twitter.  But mostly due to the fact I haven't felt up to it.  My Uncle has just recently been diagnos[...]

Old Lady Hobbies

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I have blogged about my old lady hobbies before now, such as my Jam making.  Well I thought I'd tell you about some more ;-) and some great Vintage finds!Yesterday I met up with an old school friend of mine.  Nikki Strange, has been a friend of mine for quite a few years now, and we posses a great deal of embarrassing photos of each other in our awkward teen[...]