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Friday, 15 April 2011

Beach body beautiful

Some tips for looking your best on the beach this summer - as modelled by me in Cornwall 1961
  • Always wear a hat - an especially handy tip if you have ginger hair to hide.  If you do not have a hat of your own, wear your mothers.
  • Shop around for a rather becoming ruched swimsuit.  If it has been handed down from your big sister, the elastic may have 'gone' from around your midriff but no one will notice
  • If a bracing breeze should pick up, make sure you put on your cardi.  When bracing breeze becomes too unbearable, retreat quickly to behind the windbreak for a picnic lunch of cheese sandwiches (complete with sand)
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12 comments:

  1. alexa15 April 2011 at 11:41

    I am smiling so much I can hardly breathe. :) I can relate to every one of your comments! My swim costume from the same era was red ruched nylon, and I can remember vividly the 'flattening' of them bit by bit ... Did you have sand in your egg sandwiches too?

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  2. Cheri15 April 2011 at 11:57

    Despite the chill and the sand in your sandwich, you do look quite happy!

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  3. Sian15 April 2011 at 12:44

    Very cute! I remember handed down swimsuits so well - my little brother was even persuaded into one of mine when he was too tiny to protest. Don't tell him I told you that though lol

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  4. Rachel Holaday15 April 2011 at 13:26

    Absolutely, completely adorable! Oh, how I am looking forward to beach fun with my little ones this summer!

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  5. Maria Ontiveros15 April 2011 at 16:48

    Love, love, love that picture!
    Rinda

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  6. humel15 April 2011 at 23:19

    I'll bear all these tips in mind, thanks :-) I have plenty of hats myself though, I can probably lend on to my mother!

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  7. Denise16 April 2011 at 10:35

    What a cutie!Love that hat x

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  8. Scrappi Sandi16 April 2011 at 16:04

    Oh! I LOVE this post!!! Like Alexa, I'm grinning so much it aches!! My Mum used to knit (!!!) our swimsuits...all well & good until you actually got them wet!!...& as for sand in the sand-wiches...yuk!!

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  9. Anonymous16 April 2011 at 16:45

    I had the very same swimsuit too! I must root out a photo next time I am visiting Mum!

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  10. furrypig17 April 2011 at 11:28

    I think I was lucky to be the eldest so didn't get hand me dowm swimmies! Totally cute photo an I love the hat!

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  11. Rachel Brett17 April 2011 at 13:02

    Adorable piccy Deb and some great summer advice :)

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  12. Heather17 April 2011 at 23:51

    and all with a cute smile! we used to have 'soggy salad ' sandwiches - by the time they were eaten the tomato & salad cream had soaked into the bread & made them soggy ... yum!

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