Old Mags

I find old magazines very interesting. I have 3 Home Journals from about 60 years old. These magazines are about 50 pages in length, with small print and the only colour is on the front and back covers. They contain patterns for knitting pullovers and paper patterns for making other clothes for the family. There are adverts for a perm mixture you can apply at home to get 'the very newest hairdo from the States'. Another ad, for pancake makeup says, 'Be your age...but never look it!' And there's an advert for a kerosine operated bath heater. There are movie reviews and an agony column where a mother asks what to do about her daughter who regularly spends an hour or more on the phone talking to her friends.

by Marie Vonow

Thanks Marie. Kindred spirit lol. I find old mags alot more interesting and informative than the ones of today xxx

The old journals have a wealth of information we can still adapt and use today