Mother and Daughter… Enid Stamp Taylor and daughter Robin Anne…
Thought to have been taken in 1943, the picture comes from Robin Anne’s own collection of images…
Note the very 40s look hairstyle, although, a fashion I feel, did not do Enid full justice…
At 9 years old Robin Anne is a quint essential schoolgirl having been educated at an all-girls school in Brighton.
Television in The Home. July 1953. Aerial requirements. The aerial is usually of the dipole type, with a reflector and a special matching feeder cable to connect the aerial to the receiver. Usually a receiver is designed for a feeder having certain electrical characteristics. It is necessary to have the aerial arrangement fixed at a good height, and a suitable place is on the roof of a house. Often this is mounted on the chimney stack.
The aerial should point in the direction of the transmitting station, with the reflector behind the aerial. Its erection is a job for the expert and is not one the amateur should undertake lightly.
As television sets will in time improve, more and more people will get good results from aerials of low efficiency, but in the meantime, it is safe to assume that a television set is no better than its aerial. In some circumstances it can be found that installations close to the transmitter will receive too strong a signal. A way of dealing with this is fix an attenuating device between the aerial feeder and the receiver… Severe interference can often be reduced by changing the position of aerial…
D. B. Wyndham Lewis was an author and journalist, and was the original “Beachcomber” of the Daily Express. Later he wrote for the Daily Mail and the News Chronicle as Timothy Shy. His books included Francois Villon, King Spider, Emperor of the West, and At the Sign of the Blue Moon. He was born in 1884.
Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865. His first book entitled Schoolboy Lyrics was published in 1881. Ultimately he gained fame with his Barrack Room Ballads followed by his tales depicting jungles and life in India. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Sadly, he died in 1936.
Victorian Potted Shrimp. Marilyn put together this interesting little Victorian dish, which proved to be very tasty, and very novel. Firstly she set the oven to medium hot, then cut around two large handfuls of small fresh peeled shrimps (prawns) into halves. In a saucepan she melted two large knobs of English butter, with a tablespoonful of anchovy essence, added a teaspoon of mace, and a pinch of salt and pepper. She placed the shrimps in an oven dish and poured over the buttery mixture, and covered and cooked them for around 20 minutes. Then Marilyn drained the shrimps, holding back the liquor, and placed them into small jars, pouring the liquid over them. Whilst this was left to set, she melted a further two knobs of butter and poured this onto the jars to seal them. The jars were placed into the refrigerator overnight before being served at midday on toasted wholemeal bread. Delicious!
This previously unpublished picture of Enid Stamp Taylor comes from her daughter Robin Anne’s own private collection. It shows a more unguarded Enid relaxing in the spring sunshine of 1935 in the back garden of her home in West London. The picture is thought to have been taken by Robin Anne’s Nanny.
There are many more images of Actress Enid Stamp Taylor, and much more information to be found by clicking Enid Stamp Taylor on my website.
Grandmother’s Salmon and Mushrooms. This is a recipe handed down to Marilyn by her grandmother many, many years ago, and goes back to the turn of the century when Salmon was a more common food than it is today!
Firstly, Marilyn steamed two fresh Salmon fillets spread with Dill, then warmed undiluted condensed mushroom soup on the hob, to this was added chopped onion, chopped garlic, small halved mushrooms, and small fresh shelled prawns (shrimps). Pepper and salt was included for sharpness of taste, and all was simmered for around 20 minutes. During this time Marilyn boiled potatoes and mashed these in Cornish butter. Then placed the mushroom sauce, and mashed potato, alongside the Salmon fillets on a large oblong plate. It served us both and was fantastic on taste!
Enoch Arnold Bennett. He gave up the study of law for journalism and eventually achieved fame as a writer of novels portraying a hard life in the six Staffordshire towns of England known as “the Potteries.” Among his novels are The Old Wives’ Tale, Clayhanger (this became a popular TV series in the 70s) and Riceyman Steps, and in turn successful stage plays such as Milestones, and The Great Adventure. Born in 1867 Arnold Bennett died in 1931. I remember reading the trilogy of Clayhanger back in the 1960s, and watching the superbly made Granada TV production starring the late and great Harry Andrews. Jessica and I, at the time were completely and utterly absorbed by it!
Mushrooms on Hot Buttered Toast. When Marilyn served up this meal it was a real treat! The recipe goes back over 100 years, and it’s really tasty! Firstly, she sliced the required amount of young fresh mushrooms, then crushed a garlic. She fine-chopped an onion and gently cooked this in a pan of butter, adding the mushrooms and garlic after a few minutes, along with some dried herbs, black pepper and salt. This was allowed to simmer on a low heat for around ten minutes, and then turned-out onto slices of hot buttered toast! Fabulous!
The Eastman Kodak Company has turned over its huge archive of Panoramic Colorama Images estabished from 1950, to The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York. The collection consists of some 565 negatives and prints used in displays in New York’s Grand Central Station from 1950. Promoted by Kodak as the world’s largest photographs, these images when shown, measured 60ft x 18ft high, they were backlit and replaced every three weeks by the Kodak Company.