Sir John Lavery, Night After the Battle of Langside, circa. 1886, watercolour Glasgow Life PR.2017.4. Replica of miniature boxes made for soap, powder & perfume made for H.M. Queen Mary's Doll's House by Alfred Kent & Son, London, 1923". I confess that I don't really know anything about these little miniatures, but I wonder if they might have been given away or sold at the British Empire Exhibition. Can any readers shed any light on the matter either way? Huntly & Palmers Ltd Biscuit Tins - Not Queen Mary's Dolls' House Replicas Our fellow rally rejects ( some 10 boats who hopped off the rally in Vanuatu) have also made the excellent decision to visit New Cal. The next day we had our official welcome with a gift exchange and feast prepared by the villagers at Port Resolution. We brought clothes, tools, fishing gear and bedding. In exchange we were given hats and bags made from palms and locally grown vegetables. The band played on a bass made out of tea chest and the rally boats band played along too.

Every day we were there the weather was studied in every format possible. Tuesday was to be the departure day for 6 of the boats. Elsie 1, the ginormous catamaran hosted a farewell party where we all brought a dish. Escapade brought an 8 ft marlin caught on passage. It was so big they needed to winch it in. It was a wonderful evening with song, dance and good friends. There were at least 20 onboard and the boat is so large she could easily have fitted another 20. A big thank you to Elsie and Willo for their outstanding hospitality. It was such a good party we decided to go on Wednesday. The reason given was the weather but I suspect it may have been the hangover. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. Griffin, Annie (17 June 1999), Coming Soon (Comedy, Drama), Pirate Productions , retrieved 2 September 2022This is the first experience most children have of theatre – they see dance, hear a live band, live singing, comedy. There are so few opportunities in Scotland for that.” The lining of the box is made of silk and the filled bottle of "Fruit Salt" sits in a velvet-lined base. Since 2015, Smith has presented a documentary-style show entitled Burdz Eye View, broadcast by STV, in which she tours Scotland with her comedy act and talks about Scottish life and culture. In 2016, she began starring in the BBC Scotland sitcom Two Doors Down. She won the BAFTA Scotland award for Best Actress – Television in 2018 for her performance. She said: “There’s a not very nice woman in my head who sits on my shoulder going, ‘Well, that was rubbish’. I think most women have that.”

When a colleague was clearing his desk in the office at Bass Worthington before he retired, my father-in-law rescued for me a miniature made for Queen Mary's dolls' house. It is a Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd. beer crate, marked 'Bottling Dept.' at both ends. There are six tiny bottles, each with its red triangle label.

Queen Mary's Dolls' House Miniatures

Smith is best known for her role as Mary 'Mary Doll' Nesbitt in the BBC sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt, a series based on characters in a Naked Video sketch. Launched in 1990 and set in Glasgow, the show was a cult hit, and ran for nine years on BBC Two. The show was revived for a Christmas special in 2008, two new series in 2010 and 2011, and a New Year special in 2014.