General Chat

Noticed her perfume on the dressing table was Opium?......it came out in the seventies ;-)

I was reading a 'upmarket' magazine recently and a lot of the pictures showed houses with vintage furniture,1960's to 70's so popular now apparently :-).......( just like mine is,though original) :-D :-D

Rose ,My daughter has square 4 legged polished leafed table used everyday with matching chairs,,,,,,,her sister looks on with disdain,,,,,, :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D.

Kay we used to have one just like that, my mum used to go to auctions when we lived in the IOM so often came home with furniture which she'd polish up and sell on. I love the smell of wax polish :-)

I have an oak china cabinet and some small tables bought at the auction here, as you say they will around long after the chipboard has fallen apart and much nicer. I really want a table for the kitchen to go with the oak settle.

I've still got some of my mums clothes with the utility stamp:-D and some furniture that's not stamped but mum always referred it as utility furniture :-S

Rose, I have all dark polished wood furniture,,,,,including a mirro backed sideboard with barley twist legs, most was bought at auctions or through the trade years ago ....... it will see all the modern stuff out and looks much nicer, imo.......

Nothing nicer than the smell of Lavender or Wax polish through the house and the shine.........

Not odd at all Kay :-D ( but then I am not sure I am the right one to judge ? ;-))

I sold my mums 1940s dresses on Ebay a few years back, it seemed better that someone else enjoy them than sit in a suitcase. She was very slim!

I see a lot of 40s furniture at the auctions, very cheap as few want dark wood these days...oh for a van ( and a driver lol) .

Fab Fab Fab,,,,,, ------

I go to 40s dos and the weekend also saw me in authentic 1940s dress along with alomst every other lady there,including my grandaughter who loves to go 1940s..........soninlaw also does the 40s look,You would be suprised the number of young people that do the 40s........The cost of some clothes are expensive,,,,,,,

My daughter house is a time warp of 1950s ,,,,most authentic,,

we are not bizzarre or odd,,

am I Rose.?

Probably getting too much sun in that window Wend, it needs splitting too :-D

Her Aspidistra could do with a bit of t.l.c. - I know they're supposed to thrive on neglect, but that one sure ain't. I would be ashamed to have it in my home. Wonder what else is neglected? :-0

I don't think it's bizarre at all but I would take the reporting with a pinch of salt.

She doesn't have a 1940s car!

That said, it's her choice.

I wouldn't want to live in the 70s when I grew up, much prefer the 'noughties'


Daily Mail........arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

This has been reported on many times in the past but what a great free advert for her business!

I wouldn't mind a look round her house, I don't think she's bizarre either, she probably has a nice little business going selling 40's stuff she doesn't want.

No I don't think it's remotely "bizarre" ( that being the DMs word for this week!..they used it yesterday about something that was also not bizarre).

Most of us have some particular era or style we like, and thank God we don't all have to look the same, or have identical homes with no character.

Not as bizarre as the man who celebrates Christmas every day, nor the houses full of 100's of teddies/Barbies/daleks. I'll bet she doesn't eat 1940's style food :-(

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2405363/I-funny-looks-pub-The-1940s-housewife-Christine-Edun-living-Merseyside-time-warp-Formby.html

I don't she looks great so does her home.