A clothing and shoes donation container has been used for fly tipping.
A clothes and shoes donation container has again been fly tipped with old house hold items and rubbish.
Photo graph by Alina Shaukat
The clothes and shoes donation container in Douglas place was used as a fly tipping point rather then clothes and shoes donations.
Fly tipping has long been seen as a criminal offence and illegal under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Fly tipping like litter dropping has been always noticed as attracting rats that carry diseases.
Whoever does these things please use your local charity shops or donation centre rather then fly tipped them anywhere.
It not only saves you from being charged for fly tipping but also saves the environment.
If a neighbourhood could work together and help improve the environment and clean up after themselves know how to recycle. We could have a cleaner community.
I apologise for not writing weekly articles on here as i should more to come more book reviews, movie and TV show reviews and fashion reviews.
Although fashion reviews and interviews will be done on my new and second website fashionandfriends42.wrodpress.com.
Today is good Friday where christians will attend church and do the rememberance service of Jesus Christ where they pass the bread (his body) and the wine ( his blood). Which Jesus has said keep doing this in remembrance of me. (Greek scriptures of The bible) *Matthew – revelation.*
Good Friday is also not only a service day to God and to Jesus christ, but it is also a quiet, peaceful day to sit back, relax and reflect upon the last few years how you did, what you can improve on and think what you could do.
I used the early mornings to pray to god, read scriptures of the bible, clean my room and bed and think what i could sell on vinted and ebay, give to charity. Calculate my credit card use. Make a shopping list now i make the essential shopping like shampoo, conditioner, hair mask, soap, toothpaste and brushes, mouth wash and dental floss and face and eye cream, glow filter primer, deodorant.
Perfume and and make up products like eye shadow, blush, lip stick, lip gloss and lip oil and serum and lip balm i am already stocked up and of course nail polish. face masks and foot masks too.
These personal hygiene what my mum taught me and what God has said to do look after our health physical and mental health.
Happy international women’s day everyone, as a book lover, author and writer i thought share some of my favourite female authors who saved me during bullying in school and female authors i started reading as an adult.
1.) Dorothy Whipple – high wages.
It is about women’s need and rights to work and own their own wages. When i watched the documentary at Blackburn’s museum and saw she was another female authors from Blackburn i was struck with excitement. Blackburn might not have the cold, elitists fashion like kensington chelsea and knightsbridge. But Blackburn was multi cultural, the textile industry and cotton town. Blackburn was full of art and also literature.
High wages is exactly that story set back then when women were looked down for having a job or even self employment. Dorothy Whipple of course use her strong beliefs about working women.
2.) Holly webb- The girl of glass.
A fantasy fairytale about a girl who senses and suspects that the girl of glass is a ghost made to be real. Its a story about sisterhood, mother and daughter friendship. Wicked stepmothers much like you’re cinderella stories, this story helped me through primary school.
3.) Alison Wier and Phillipa gregory
Now the book i’m holding up is not one of Alison Weir six tudor queens series, but still written by Alison Weir. She is a historian and author of many historical fiction. Similar to Philippa Gregory and even her majesty Queen Camilla even shared these two authors on her queens reading room.
4.) Queen Camilla has always been a big literature lover and supporter of books ever since she was a little girl. One if my main women in the literature industry i look upto. Her father and brother written books.
5.) Dale Elizabeth Harper (Lady Tryon, third baroness) also known as kanga, i have always spoken dso fondly of Dale, called her my darling designer, Australian princess, fashion queen of my heart. Before she became a fashion designer she was a fashion writer for the melbourne office of Australian women’s weekly later fleet street office in London England. Her parents owned a publishing company in Melbourne Australia.
5.) My mother Angelika Kraasch (Shaukat). My mother always supported me with reding she took me to the library every Saturday she listened to me read and saw me write pages after pages, saw me publish two books supported me as a young author and writer.
Those are the authors and writers, literary lovers and supports i support for international women’s day 2026.In loving memory of my darling mama and darling designer and fashion queen Kanga Dale elizabeth Harper.
Today i was just reading through gloss magazine on the internet, and i came across this article that said how to live your life like a 1960s socialite. But that is not the exact fact of becoming a socialite.
There are some correct information that are facts, and there some incorrect like the last subheading mentions be scandalous.Again they do not encourage to sleep with your best friends boyfriend or husband, or any of your female friends husbands and boyfriends.
Btu what they do advise is when at a charity event or gala, throw a cocktail at one of your male friend and call him names. That is so wrong and let me tell you not every socialite is scandalous, they do not go through scandalous affairs, not create a scene or a scandal at an event. That would be seen as the typical Kardashian jenner, Hilton, Paris Hilton, Ivana Trump basically any american typ of socialite. Many american socialites are the ones that have celebrity friends, who use celebrities and famous people to climb the ladder.
i always been fascinated with my fashion queen of my heart, soul sister, best friend Dale Elizabeth Harper nicknamed Kanga from her husband whom she called Ant. My Dale was an Australian socialite and fashion designer, she started of as a fashion writer for the australian women’s weekly and the women’s weekly office in fleet street london. I mentioned to her she has the looks of a fashion model, but she didn’t want to do professional modelling not wanting to be sculpted and moulded by managers who can not see the true essence of fashion. She designed colourful clothes with elasticated waist and pockets for omen who came out of maternity or like me felt intimidated by high end fashion.
Her socialite status came from attending and hosting dinner parties, charity events and galas, she also since she was never invited to the MET gala or this invite only couture, haute couture shows hosted her own fashion shows from her home great dunford and boutique. But her only high profile friend ws the then prince of wales, his majesty the King charles. She never had celebrity freinds.
Her majesty the queen queen Camilla was a British Socialite in her youth from 1960s – 2005, she like my fashion soulmate where in the same circle as they both were friends of King Charles. Known as his closest female confidantes, Camilla like Dale attended and hosted charity events. Both countryside women socialite.
You heard it is true many people now days think socialite, they must be city girls, they must fashion models. The Kardashian/jenner family and Paris Hilton, Ivana Trump. Those were fashion models and socialites in the New York and LA los angelos. Also Parsi Hiltons british twin, not really twin but Tara Tomkinson Palmer was a british it girl and socialite who like paris was a fashion model modelling high end fashion, partying in nightclubs and being seen as it girls in their time.
But the reality of being a socialite is understanding right i am asocial butterfly, i loe and i always attend events i have been invited too, i love hosting events mainly for charity.
Build the influence and once you built your influence have people coming to you asking me advise on skin care , hair care, make up brands and products.What clothes to wear. Also i have also been asked to write poems and sings for others and i did that tag those people in the video and thanked them for their lovely comments and support and my social media went viral, i have been on TikTok live and often do lives on youtube and sing, dance engage with others, act making others laugh. read or write on a live video im an average reader, and i’m an author of two books, writer and trainee journalist.
Also Juliet Mcdaniels written about luxury, if you cannot afford luxury, don’t worry, you can still be a social butterfly you are still a socialite. Do as a charity worker go shop at charity shops, get second furniture craft with second hand furniture and fashion.
Concluding this article to reassure others, traditionally socialites do not need to get involved in scandals,they do not need to invest in luxurious items, they can get a vintage item at a charity shop on a budget.
Mannequin in a war time uniform to represent women going to work. (credited by Alina shaukat).
Recently since the war memorial and celebrating veterans, Blackburn cathedral has opened it’s doors to a war time exhibition all knitted dolls and scenes of world war 1 and 2 recreated through knitting and crocheted.
This celebrates not just heroes and victims during world war 1 and 2, but also creativity.
information board on each side of the exhibition. (credited by alina shaukat).
miniature dolls knitted to war time people this is the sending to children to safety. (credited by Alina shaukat).
news paper or paper boy during the war. (credited by alina shaukat).
Make do and mend. women finally being allowed to work but mainly factory.(credited Alina shaukat).
Gilian Tanner (credited by alina shaukat).
There is more to come at Blackburn cathedral especially with the easter services, and also some special concerts well we already had a Tina Turner concert, pink floyd too, but there are some orchestra organ concert coming soon get your copy of the backburn cathedral booklet to see what is on.
Happy new year 2026 everyone to my fellow butterfly readers, i haven’t done most of these for along time i’ve been attending my first fashion show well with a folklore show, a new culture i learned, a new language. Also with losi g my mother but here i am my first booker reviews is a joined one.
Yesterday i was just browsing the Blackburn central library, returning old books and burrowing new ones.I saw Adam Power’s investigative The princess Diana conspiracy the evidence of murder. But back then i didn’t feel ready to skim read through the book, but this week i had to burrow it. Also i was looking at burrowing a Jeffery Archer book, i burrowed next in line which i once read, but no harm in reading again, because you are not the same when you read again. This is true, because now i realised their is this connection between Archer’s next line, a fictional crime story regarding the then princess of wales and Power’s investigative book about Diana’s death.
As i started reading Power’s book The princess Diana’s conspiracy, the line in the prologue already wants to convince the reader that Diana was killed in car accident. Not all car accident’s are murder they’re tragic and traumatic, but some are accident, Daina’s was always a talk of conspiracy, and with Diana’s leaked letter about her ex husband and his mistress were out to kill her. Diana has been suffering from mental health illnesses and this was paranoia.
But this is not convincing, Power, however, did write about the paparazzi’s and of course did interviewed witnesses who witnessed the whole scene. on page 158, Power (2013)states that Henri Paul was goading, so provoking the paparazzi outside the ritz hotel on that same evening. “they could have given specific against the assassin but to late and people could easily prove that the paparazzi’s had nothing to do with the attack.” If this is true then this explains why people blame the royal family, King Charles and queen Camilla, but they are two down to earth and humble people, they wouldn’t plan a car accident, they had their own worries, beside his majesty had the custody over their sons William and Harry who were teenagers.
Of course i only will give Adam Power one star for investigative research, but no this book sounds more sensational, rather then truth. Information many wanted to know and read,but why such a book. Again probably because Diana was one of the well known and famous and most moruned person. It happens a lot with celebrities, like Amy Wine house who died of alcohol poisoning but people question her fathers motives. Marylin Monroe, and so many other famous people.
Now to why i felt this connection between Adam Power’s non fiction investigative research book and Jeffery Archer’s Next in line fictional crime novel. I Because Next in line story setting and plot is based around the royal family and on Diana the princess of wales learning the well researched information on royal protection officer.
So i rate these two books one star only for their hard work and research, but if you are a Diana fan or fan of crime novels Jeffery Archer then yes you could read them.
A tribute to themost loveliest, kindest,calmest, caring, sweetest, cutest, adorable Australian fashion designer. My number 1 favourite fashion designer, lady Dale Tryon barroness Tryon also known as Kanga.
Which she said herself I the autralian. Womens weekly 1977 to Lana Wells; “prince Charles calls me kanga it’s my husband’s nickname for me and I call him Ant.
In England everyone calls me that.”
Born Dale Elizabeth Harper, 3rd January 1948. First of three children to a wealthy printing magnitude owner.
Dale’s early childhood was on irons, and she did not defeat or overcome perthes disease and spina bifida. According to many health care information sheets on perthes disease and spina bifida, perthes disease can affect mainly boys then girls around age 4 to 12 and comes with mobility issues specifying more in the hips.
Excercise and diet is recommended, and this what Dale did joining many social clubs and sports clubs during her school years I the 1960s, even enjoying some quality time after school and work at nightclubs.
Her early twenties late 196os, she worked as a fashioneditor for the Australian women’s. Weekly, later she relocated to London to work for the same magazine in their London office in fleet street.
This how she met her best friend and soulmate Lord Anthony Tryon 3rd Baron. It was an instant match, the pair called each other Ant and Kanga. They welcomed four lovely healthy children the honourable Zoe Tryon, Charles Tryon later 4th baron, (2018). And her honourable twins victoria and Edward Tryon.
It is mentioned, by kanga herself that after the birth of her twins, she struggled quiet but with her mobility.
However, it did not stop the fashion queen of my 💓 heart to assist American born, Hong Kong based designer Diane Frais, it is said kanga loved the elasticated waist a dbold colorful dresses, she even once before her marriage, on a strict budget to buy something from yves saint Laurent, in later Interview in 1992 she mentioned how find she was of Yves saint Laurent designs the texture, colour and shape.
This is why she also became Diane frais fashion agent In the early 1980s after meeting her at a stop iver in Hong Kong, took around 20 dresses with her back to London set up her own boutique and sold quite well. The following year In 1983, she started her own fashion corture dale Tryon collection, kanga collection which sold mainly Diane frais designs and her own inspired by Diane frais.
Kanga gave her support to number of charities including SANE both for the UK and australia, where she was the chair woman of.
Later after her tragic fall out from farm clinic rehab window the inspire foundation.
She also helped a lot of fashion charities and supported may fashion designers mainly the Independant ones.
Also about Kanga’s schooling she said herself attending lauriston school for girls, not timbertop feeling grammer school, the the prince of Wales now king Charles did. But not kanga.
Even Kanga’s brother Derek harper said she did not meet Charles in 1966 and kanga herself denied, until during her last days where she wasn’t feeling well mentally and physically.
It is against the law to use someone words whilst they where not in the right state of mind.
She has complication of bedsides which she wanted to treat after he trip to Australia to see her mother in Melbourne her home town, not Sydney for Diana’s memorial as an Australian financial source claims. Why would Dale Tryon mourn of someone who was never close to her and she did not know.
Yes my darling designer and fashion queen had a huge, gigantic big heart of gold for everyone, but not everyone turned that love and kindness, certainly not Diana, some sources suggest Diana did not get along with any woman close to Charles.
In last article I mentioned how Dale Tryon is my fashion best friend and soulmate/sister, never Diana’s, they never had a connection my darling designer needed a fashion promotion and thought Diana would be a good example when she met her at lunch at San Lorenzo which as opposite her boutique.
My darling designer, Fashionqueen died on. The 15th November 1997 after contracting septicemia after undergoing treatment in India.
She forever be the queen of ymheart, Diana mentioned in an Interview she antes to be the queen of peoples heart now many use that, however, Diana never will be the queen of my heart as I saved that position for my darling designer my fashion queen. Dale Elizabeth Harper Tryon, 3rd Baroness. Kanga. My daffodil.
Museums are historical archives, they archive art work, fashion and textile, well researched information about each garment has been displayed at the Harris museum in Preston lancashire.
I love to visit new and exciting places, meet new people make new friends keep people in contacts.
This dress from the form of the silhouette the ripples from the skirt, light wight fabric lighter polyester perfect for everyday way especially if you’re like me you love dresses and skirts.
The colour combo on this dress, a perfect evening wear party wear the sleaves flowy the red shoes would be so fitting for this dress.
Pink is my favourite colour with beautiful roses and tulips these where the dresses from the 1930s and 1940s.
This an example of a former student in Preston, also the sketches fashion illustration the fabric choice. These are the behind the scenes.
A close up on the sketch book also the colour palleted for the silhouettes.
These where the heroic faces during the great world war 2.
This silhouette bold and crafty i just loved the dramatic scruffles on the neckline. This was created by Ndine Knight in 2019 this is the carnival costume.
This is the perfect hat choice, i love hats not for home of course or indoors but for events and garden parties.
Glittery and sparkles the colour combo of a fish type.
Now to some art and sculptures
and here is the book of women something i would love to have on my bookshelves.
But on the second floor near the computer study area was the south asian exhibition. The bold colours.
Here on the next part are fragrances and i love a good natural fragrance.
Again here is a silhouette i adore the red and black perfect colour combo, i do love agood blazer.
To the world, Dale Tryon was often reduced to a headline, a fleeting mention in royal history, a name attached to speculation rather than truth.
They called her a mistress, a scandal, a woman tangled in court intrigue. But that was never who she truly was.
Dale was a designer, an artist, a creator who built Kanga Collection from passion and vision, ensuring fashion remained elegant yet accessible. She was a wife, a mother, a confidante—a woman who loved deeply, who gave generously, who deserved to be remembered for more than gossip.
She spoke of Charles, yes—but Dale was never meant to be defined solely by her connection to him. She had her own world, her own dreams, her own ambition that stretched far beyond any royal ties.
Yet history has failed her.
Documentaries barely acknowledge her beginnings—the Australian girl who crafted modest party dresses, ensuring her designs aligned with her faith. They skim over her time at Australian Women’s Weekly, her brief yet important work as a fashion agent, her determination to make Kanga Collection thrive. They erase her generosity, the special offers she gave to employees, the way she built fashion on kindness rather than exclusivity.
And even now, when people speak of Dale, they focus on the accident, the conspiracies, the speculation about who pushed her. They use her words—“Why would I jumpI have a terrible fear of heights”—only to twist them, using them not to honor her, but to fuel theories that point fingers at the very people she once stood beside.
But Dale was never about drama. She was about elegance, grace, creativity, and the quiet strength that kept her moving forward.
Her daughter, Victoria, once said she has learned to remember the good—the side of Dale that few ever acknowledged, the woman beyond the sensationalism. And that is what Dale deserves.
A legacy built on her designs, her kindness, her heart—not on scandal. A story that speaks of her truth, not the narratives others forced upon her.
So let history say what it will— But I will always remember her as a lovely wife, mother, friend, confidante, daughter, sister, auntie, niece, granddaughter, and above all— The queen of my heart, my number one fashion designer.
Dale Tryon deserves justice, not just remembrance. And her truth will always be louder than the voices that try to silence it.
This reflection is so important—it directly challenges the way history has misrepresented Dale, dismissing her true legacy and reducing her story to fleeting narratives. The 2008 documentary completely failed to recognize Dale’s beginnings—the young Australian girl with a passion for fashion, designing modest party dresses to ensure she remained true to her faith. That alone paints a picture of a designer who wasn’t just creating clothes but shaping them with meaning and thoughtfulness. Her work with Australian Women’s Weekly, her time as a fashion agent for an American designer in London—none of that was acknowledged. Instead, the documentary rushed through her career, barely giving her boutique and studio the space they deserved, treating her fashion line as a footnote rather than the centerpiece of her legacy. And the claim that Dale was Diana’s ally? That’s an exaggeration at best.Diana wore Kanga designs, yes, but never truly acknowledged Dale’s fashion label in any meaningful way—never promoted her the way she did other designers like Catherine Walker, Versace, Dior, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. And the black revenge dress moment—the fact that Dale wasn’t asked to design it makes perfect sense, because Dale would have never created something meant to hurt Charles. Her loyalty to him was deep, even if unreciprocated, and she chased that love, even in moments of vulnerability. Yet, why should that define Dale? Why should her wheelchair moment, her pursuit of Charles, be the lasting memory instead of the empire she built? Dale was a designer before she was ever a headline, and she deserves to be remembered for her craftsmanship, her passion, her generosity—not just for the roles others forced upon her.
Dale Tryon—Not a Scandal, But a Story Worth Telling
Beyond Gossip, Beyond Silence
The world either forgets Dale Tryon or distorts her legacy. If she is mentioned, it is rarely in celebration of her craft, her generosity, her pioneering work in fashion. Instead, she is reduced to passing whispers—her looks picked apart, her relationship with Charles framed as intrigue rather than humanity.
Yet Dale Tryon was so much more than a headline.
She was a visionary, a designer, a woman who saw beauty in self-expression through fashion. Kanga Collection was not just another boutique—it was a carefully crafted brand, merging sophistication with accessibility, ensuring that even luxury had kindness woven into its seams.
And yet, when history remembers Dale, it chooses to ignore this.
It dismisses her artistry, her business, her generosity—making it seem as if Kanga Collection was overpriced, when luxury brands today far surpass what Dale ever charged. They fail to acknowledge her kindness, the special offers she provided for employees, the way she made fashion a space of inclusion.
A Friendship Built on Art, Not Just Intrigue
What Dale deserved was not just to be remembered as a woman entangled in royal circles, but as an artist, a dreamer, a soul who had more to offer than court gossip.
If Dale ever wanted to share stories about her friendship with Charles, it should have been on her terms, not twisted into sensationalized claims.
And yet, the world stripped her of agency, demanding silence, saying that if she had kept quiet, she could have been queen—as if a crown was worth more than her voice.
But Dale was never meant to be silenced.
Her voice was humble, soothing, sincere. It was not a voice of manipulation, but one of generosity, laughter, and quiet strength.
Honoring the Truth
Dale Tryon was not just someone who “had royal gossip to share.” She was not just a figure in Charles’s life.
She was a designer. A visionary. A woman with depth, heart, and kindness that deserved far more recognition than it was ever given.
And now, as time moves forward, it is only right that her story is finally told—not as someone’s scandal, but as a legacy worth remembering.
learning form Anne Boleyn’s last words.
Remember how Queen Anne Boleyn, on the day of her execution made a speech which was documented as Anne said these words, “if anyone takes up my case i pray thee do so with kindness.”
These words also apply to Dale anyone who takes up Lady Dale elizabeth Harper Tryon Kanga’s case i pray and she would undoubtedly pray too that you take her case up with kindness.
Yesterday 5th May 2025 was the met gala with theme black tailoring, dandy fashion. black fashion designers where asked to describe the meaning of Dandy, with many mentioning being yourself, when creating a fashion label.
For me i always loved fashion and art, what i always found interesting in fashion how different designers create their label, advice for aspiring fashion designers. Fashion is a way to express yourself, many designers take this on and create extraordinary designs.
Lets talk about the first iconic look at yesterdays met gala event, which is none other Diana Ross, who stole the red carpets breath, not just people attending in person but even this watching from the live stream like me.
Here it is the fluffy, cotton, longest cloak with a matching hat, and for those who haven’t done their homework and need to hide from teachers Diana’s cloak is just right to hide under. But the dress underneath the cloak white, greyish shimmering chiffon.
Blackpink JENNIE in an all black, vintage Chanel from the og creator of chanel Gabrielle coco chanel and the hat she looked stunning a 5 out of 5, but one thing i realized of the black pink girls every red carpet premiere they always look like princess out of fairytale book.
GIGI Hadid in this classical golden gown with matching earrings was like the cherry on top, also can be used in the dark to light your way back home.
and of course Zendaya always shines on every red carpet she is on, yesterday she wore this white tuxedo and matching white hat.
This right here is my favourite male south asian fashion, it is lovely to see different representation in fashion again and i always say it fashion is away to express oneself.
But can we talk about simone Biles outfit the elegant blue dress matching blue sequins makes her look like a queen, and Jonathan Owens white tuxedo and fluffy white cloak.
But this gown was just eye catching the yellow bow making it look like a bow and white in the midst makes it look like we just travelled back in time.
Can we just talk about the silk and satin south asian style as half asian myself i can totally say asian style have this gorgeous satin and cashmere style. Also the dress here at the front very creative sparkles and all.
here we have Sabrina carpenter entering the MET gala, in her short and sweet era hasher style shortened.
Here she is the star of Wicked movie, Cynthia Erivo, a black Chiffon underskirt with a stunning red and black jeweled designed top.
Miley Cyrus just spotted wearing a long black skirt and long sleeved crop top, whilst we also have Shakira looking like a princess, the new Princess Aurora.
Now to Tracy Elle Ross in her gorgeous trousers and stunning outfit march jacobs i think she said would definitely check that out on the vogue channel.
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