The Social Season
The Social Season The social season was a well established pattern of behavior where the elite, rich and famous members of society moved with the seasons like a flock of migratory birds from one nesting place to another enjoying a range of activities and events. Fashionable society has always lived by a routine largely defined [...]
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The bizarre tale of Mrs Smith-Wilkinson
The bizarre tale of Mrs Smith-Wilkinson Described variously as ‘The Countess of Monte Cristo’, ‘The Queen of Diamonds’ and ‘Madame Aladdin’, Mrs Smith-Wilkinson can be seen as a society con-artist and one of the first wannabe celebrities who made a rather big splash in Paris in the summer of 1921 causing much debate and gossip [...]
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Jenny Dolly and the Speedway star Harry Knight
Gasoline and love – Jenny Dolly and the Speedway star Harry Knight I recently bought a rather lovely postcard showing the Dolly Sisters early in their career, signed by them (the ‘Sisters Dolly’) to a H. C. Knight. It is most likely that the card was given to Harry Knight, the speedway driver of Indianapolis [...]
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