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Enough to make any girl feel a million dollars

MAY 2024 Seen here is another stunning pair of Pinkham gloves which have been given to the collection by Lynn Jamieson of Timeless Gloves. Dating...

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It’s been booked……..

APRIL 2024 The Story of Pinkham Gloves ...it was bound to happen and doesn't leave a plot to be desired...

V & A 1836 Valentine's card

When I think of love as something new……..

MARCH 2024   This delightful card was discovered at the Victoria & Albert Museum and epitomises the romance of gloves. ...

Nylon

Swinging Sixties

FEBRUARY 2024 This stunning pair of Pinkham gloves are quintessentially sixties and were found on a period costume clothing stall at the Twinwood...

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The ‘Get-Away’ van

JANUARY 2024 Seen here outside the Witham factory which had been built in 1912 is an Engecie delivery van.  The company at...

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Happy New Year – Let’s hope that 2024 is a great year for everyone

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Have a Merry Christmas

DECEMBER 2023 If you need inspiration for this year’s Christmas card look no further. Thought to date from around 1877...

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A fan and his dog

NOVEMBER 2023 Laurette Laman Trip from Leiden in The Netherlands has an eagle eye that saw the image on a fan in...

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Never mind the width feel the quality

OCTOBER 2023 This interesting pair of Pinkham gloves turned up recently in Cambridge. What is so interesting is the cream card label attached...

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A touch of elegance

SEPTEMBER 2023 The saying coined by Leslie Pinkham in a 1950s advert A touch of Elegance could not be better exemplified than by this...