Raiding the attic - Great Granny's dresses

Norah Burbury - great grandmother and society grande dame - a debutante in the Thirties, at Bletchley Park in the Forties, and retired to bed in the Fifties. We have some of her dresses, incredibly glamourous, if a little shabby with time - and had a bit of a fashion session this weekend. Fine for parties, but when o when are we going to have use of the ermine parasol complete with little tails? Here's a few tasters:

May Day in the ballroom

A little too er...tired for the maypole, marching or Morris dancing, so we settled for a game of badminton in the ballroom, with the spring sunshine streaming through.