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Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
That is, the little undergrads who are arranging the Christmas party. From an email they sent round yesterday:
"This years theme/dress code is 1940's Swing so
think Sinatra, Crosby, Rat Pack, Champagne, Marilyn Monroe, Fred & Ginger,
Audrey Hepburn and everything that defined the Era (there will be a prize
for the best costume). We'll have Swing Music, Christmas Cocktails and
every Christmas song you need to get you in the mood for the Christmas
season. "
Hmm. Sinatra (mainly 50's/60's?), Crosby (the same), Rat Pack (ditto), Champagne (huh?!), Marilyn Monroe (60's again), Fred & Ginger (20's/30's!),
Audrey Hepburn (50s/60s). Nice one. They've put up posters with pics of Sinatra (see above) and Indiana Jones (all set in the 30's).
My friend has a rather nice RAF uniform, and I'm trying to decide between a wartime frock (complete with legs painted in cocoa and the seam drawn up the back) and a set of overalls and a headscarf, as if I've just come off shift in a Munitions factory. We're going to go round poking all the young folk with our fingers and saying "Don't you know there's a war on?"
Although as my mate pointed out, at 18 or 19 most of them probably don't even have grandparents who remember WW2, whereas my Mum does, and my Dad fought in it...
"This years theme/dress code is 1940's Swing so
think Sinatra, Crosby, Rat Pack, Champagne, Marilyn Monroe, Fred & Ginger,
Audrey Hepburn and everything that defined the Era (there will be a prize
for the best costume). We'll have Swing Music, Christmas Cocktails and
every Christmas song you need to get you in the mood for the Christmas
season. "
Hmm. Sinatra (mainly 50's/60's?), Crosby (the same), Rat Pack (ditto), Champagne (huh?!), Marilyn Monroe (60's again), Fred & Ginger (20's/30's!),
Audrey Hepburn (50s/60s). Nice one. They've put up posters with pics of Sinatra (see above) and Indiana Jones (all set in the 30's).
My friend has a rather nice RAF uniform, and I'm trying to decide between a wartime frock (complete with legs painted in cocoa and the seam drawn up the back) and a set of overalls and a headscarf, as if I've just come off shift in a Munitions factory. We're going to go round poking all the young folk with our fingers and saying "Don't you know there's a war on?"
Although as my mate pointed out, at 18 or 19 most of them probably don't even have grandparents who remember WW2, whereas my Mum does, and my Dad fought in it...