tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2917308783665153029..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Keeper of the Locks by Clare MulleyMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-78443823323722926562015-05-20T07:20:44.827+01:002015-05-20T07:20:44.827+01:00Last year, for my birthday, among other things my ...Last year, for my birthday, among other things my mum gave me a well-wrapped cigar box celebrating the Brussels Grand Prix of 1910. It made a light parcel and did not rattle when I shook it, but inside was something rather wonderful. <a href="http://flatratelocksmith-indianapolis.com/" rel="nofollow">flat rate locksmith</a>Elizabeth J. Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824134730760179008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66350618053398180652014-05-29T22:08:07.212+01:002014-05-29T22:08:07.212+01:00Thank you for your lovely comments. I once came ac...Thank you for your lovely comments. I once came across a curl of baby hair lovingly snipped from the head of Eglantyne Jebb, the founder of Save the Children, and subject of my first biography. It was bright auburn - wonderful to see, since the only photos we have are black and white, but I knew her pre-Rapphaelite beauty was often commented on. There is something lovely in the fact that it is still carefully kept by her great great nephew too. <br />Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26920702986672065052014-05-29T18:31:35.092+01:002014-05-29T18:31:35.092+01:00How lovely she was! Funnily enough, I recently dis...How lovely she was! Funnily enough, I recently discovered a lock of hair - but it was my own. I had long, curly golden hair till I was five (it's been downhill ever since), and then my mother got sick of all the screaming on hair-washing day, so she had it cut off. I remember the lock being kept in a glass jar in a cupboard. I found it in a paper bag at the back of a drawer. What is surprising to me is that the colour isn't faded at all; it's still bright. I'm glad to be reunited with it!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-50213372333974304072014-05-28T15:17:31.851+01:002014-05-28T15:17:31.851+01:00I love this piece. It reminded me that I too found...I love this piece. It reminded me that I too found someone's braid of hair among a set of family photos. The trouble is I've no idea who's it belongs to. I wonder if they thought one day they might want to make it into a hair-piece, or if it is to do of the old belief that body parts should be buried with you otherwise you'd spend the day of judgement searching for them, or to ensure that hair didn't fall into the hands of those who might wish you harm. Maybe it was just a sentimental keepsake of their youth. Rather wonderful though that you do know who this belongs to.Karen Maitlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658962341244062060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67486973455917586532014-05-28T13:06:34.655+01:002014-05-28T13:06:34.655+01:00Loved reading this personal history, very touching...Loved reading this personal history, very touching.Lybohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522454735853085819noreply@blogger.com