From YouTube

from Lisa Ackerman Baldwin

Perhaps you will admire, (as I did) the amazing method of changing out pots of glass. OY! I don’t know WHY they had to have them hot, but I guess there are reasons.

Here is a British Pathe short video circa 1963.

A Follow Up To Last Tuesday’s Article On Beaching This Sloop

from Dick Stark

What a lovely Sloop! I’d take it in a heartbeat . It looks like it’s about a 42 footer and seems none the worse from having broken from it’s morring. It obviously has a retractable keel and with a good high tide,the winds blowing the correct direction, A few good towlines, a tow craft and possible raising some sail to get a bit of heel, she will be ready to go and she has for the last 35 years or so..

A Steuben Gift for a Princess

The wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten took place on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey. The princess, who would one day become Queen Elizabeth II, received over 2,500 wedding presents from all over the world. One such gift was this engraved Steuben crystal Merry-Go-Round bowl designed by Sidney Waugh and given to Princess Elizabeth by President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess. In addition to the Trumans’ gift, Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas and his wife Peggy gave the couple 12 Steuben Audubon plates.