Blog Posts

Notes by Alison Pickles. I was curled up on the winged sofa reading ‘Sense and Sensibility’ – wishing I was alone on a little boat....

Random Reminiscences from Teenage Years by 60s Pop Star, Dottie Pickles We were excited the moment the theme music by Manfred Mann,...

Random Reminiscences from Teenage Years by 60s Pop Star, Dottie Pickles. Mary Quant had her hair styled by the equally famous, Vidal...

Notes by Alison Pickles I do try to be patient with auntie, but honestly, sometimes... As I came down the stairs this morning into the...

Get Back to Where You Once Belonged Dottie, alone in the shop after Alison had disappeared upstairs to ostensibly do some laundry, was...

Babydolls It was lunchtime. Dottie had left Alison on lunch duty in the shop. Now in her bedroom, Dottie dragged the pink Egyptian cotton...

Notes by Alison Pickles Aunt Dottie’s disapproval of the way I dress reached a new height today. I ask you. Am I a punk rocker who struts...

Notes by Alison Pickles Have you ever said ‘Yes’ when you know it should have been ‘No’? This morning I was buffing the 60s egg pod chair...