tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post6102803505906525144..comments2024-03-28T11:21:09.694+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Nothing's new.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78090346793556904672022-10-07T05:37:53.864+01:002022-10-07T05:37:53.864+01:00Ashley was the forerunner. She made the whole idea...Ashley was the forerunner. She made the whole idea of sex-change into a possibility.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90954868731716469932022-10-07T05:36:26.794+01:002022-10-07T05:36:26.794+01:00OK, understood!OK, understood!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45047920958724008882022-10-06T19:28:56.042+01:002022-10-06T19:28:56.042+01:00I thought her hair (hat) looked more like a Bearsk...I thought her hair (hat) looked more like a Bearskin, the Busby is smaller, and often made of Astrakhan.<br />It's one of those little, utterly unimportant things that wind me up, Bearskin vs Busby vs Shako! XColhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191036562913935116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5920388712156629382022-10-06T14:42:57.359+01:002022-10-06T14:42:57.359+01:00Living your best life is important. JM was iconic ...Living your best life is important. JM was iconic and did so in all ways. AA is new to me. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14561410457585790192022-10-06T13:38:45.646+01:002022-10-06T13:38:45.646+01:00People such as April should be their icons.People such as April should be their icons.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44015093629758315682022-10-06T13:36:20.444+01:002022-10-06T13:36:20.444+01:00Youth often lack knowledge of what came before the...Youth often lack knowledge of what came before them. Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14391991921621319432022-10-06T13:23:25.630+01:002022-10-06T13:23:25.630+01:00Yes, as James Morris at the time, the journalist w...Yes, as James Morris at the time, the journalist with the 1953 expedition. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8949942643927162462022-10-06T11:24:37.734+01:002022-10-06T11:24:37.734+01:00She was in The Guards, it's a busby!She was in The Guards, it's a busby!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19335438861896079442022-10-06T09:56:46.659+01:002022-10-06T09:56:46.659+01:00That's a strange hairstyle she had - fuzzy gre...That's a strange hairstyle she had - fuzzy grey on top with dark tresses below. Very avant garde. Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-16534008788930192982022-10-06T09:54:09.898+01:002022-10-06T09:54:09.898+01:00Didn't she climb Everest, or was that someone ...Didn't she climb Everest, or was that someone else?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42556720637948182622022-10-06T09:09:01.333+01:002022-10-06T09:09:01.333+01:00Papers like the News of the World made it scandalo...Papers like the News of the World made it scandalous. It was a very taboo subject at the time.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63288616875497782212022-10-06T09:07:36.348+01:002022-10-06T09:07:36.348+01:00Great journalist and a travel writer, I recommend...Great journalist and a travel writer, I recommend the books to you Cro. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13691127398104904962022-10-06T09:04:05.522+01:002022-10-06T09:04:05.522+01:00They know all the answers already!They know all the answers already!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54992837921536293722022-10-06T09:01:49.625+01:002022-10-06T09:01:49.625+01:00April A was big news for a while in the early 60&#...April A was big news for a while in the early 60's, but not in a nasty way. I don't really know why her 'outing' caused her to lose work. She was still the same person.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91401702932582777732022-10-06T09:00:40.449+01:002022-10-06T09:00:40.449+01:00Jan was a great person. We used to live in the sam...Jan was a great person. We used to live in the same localitygzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60027664250656377522022-10-06T08:59:38.888+01:002022-10-06T08:59:38.888+01:00I remember the name Jan Morris. I think the curre...I remember the name Jan Morris. I think the current crop of angry 'trans' folk should read their stories.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84723762469321519792022-10-06T08:25:52.193+01:002022-10-06T08:25:52.193+01:00You shouldn't be asking young folk such things...You shouldn't be asking young folk such things.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44000040893553697772022-10-06T08:03:16.331+01:002022-10-06T08:03:16.331+01:00She isn't someone I've heard about. People...She isn't someone I've heard about. People like her put chinks in the armour of society, later to open to chasms. They are due respect and thanks, and of course we all know that every young generation will have all the answers. I recently heard that the current young generation has invented good sex!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82168515075602123342022-10-06T07:55:19.799+01:002022-10-06T07:55:19.799+01:00Jan Morris, as James Morris at the time, father of...Jan Morris, as James Morris at the time, father of 5, took himself to Morocco in 1972 and had a sex change. He kept it low key and matter of fact having known since he was a child that he was in the wrong body. He wrote about it in his short memoir, Conundrum. I often recommend the book to people, it sets it out as very understandable and quite normal that these things happen and people can born in the wrong body. The book is also about his travels and school days. You should read it. I remember April Ashley well. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45417141053134553662022-10-06T07:31:32.830+01:002022-10-06T07:31:32.830+01:00I had a schoolfriend when I was about 7 who knew h...I had a schoolfriend when I was about 7 who knew he was born in the wrong body. I don't know what became of him.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39187737185282399252022-10-06T07:00:40.016+01:002022-10-06T07:00:40.016+01:00Not something I have experience of............Than...Not something I have experience of............Thank heaven.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-48850162825152661382022-10-06T06:23:30.713+01:002022-10-06T06:23:30.713+01:00And not making a fuss about it. She just got on by...And not making a fuss about it. She just got on by knowing what was right for her.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-64547730641473818742022-10-06T05:44:50.561+01:002022-10-06T05:44:50.561+01:00I was still a child in the early 60s, so don't...I was still a child in the early 60s, so don't remember anything about this, but good for her, doing what was right for herself.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com