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Viv yes thats the photo. There used be another one but I cant remember what it was, but its eyes used to follow you about.
 
Cheese cloth shirts,no ironing great.
Can you still get the drink in the cinema,the one with the daft advert, ( Its too orangy for crows its for me and my dog,
i will be your dog says the crow,woof).or has that gone too?
 
Mom had fibreglass curtains cream with blue and green flowers on them. Her kitchen was tiled in bright orange tiles, she shudders at it now and their bedroom had purple and gold wallpaper.
Do you remember the pictures you made winding metallic thread round pins in a pattern or picture depending which set you had? My brother loved doing those, so they were everywhere.
Sue
 
Been doing a bit of digging around on fibreglass curtains and they would have cost about 45 shillings in 1968. When I first remembered these I didn't think they were very popular, but obviously they were at the time. Yes G G Jean, they could have made you itch as, apparently, they released glass fibres!! Don't think they'd get past H & S standards these days. They were very glossy and had a distinct man made feel to them. All part of the 60s modern home. Another 60s product was glass made up of lots of bullseyes. It had a yellow/orange tint. We had it in our front door. Gave everything a sunny glow even when it was miserable outside. Viv
 
Has Flocked Wallpaper had a mention yet? We had it and loved it, it was brown with a broken gold stripe.
 
Does anyone remember Fablon, used to cover worktops in the kitchen. We lived in rooms when we got married in 1957 and painted the units white and had red Fablon on the tops. I thought I was ultra modern at the time!!!!
 
Yes Sylvia, I do remember Fablon, but I had forgotten about it until you mentioned it. It had squares on the back so that you could cut it in a straight line. It was OK for shelves, as it was wipeable.
 
Not a product but I suppose Milk Floats like these have faded away. A friendly milkman meets my brother-in-law's sister in Cavandale Avenue Kingstanding/Great Barr. On the back of the photo is written 'isn't he a smasher'.
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Hi oldmohawk
What a smashing photo. I used work on the milk many years ago as a kid. I worked with an old chap called gabby. He had a three wheel electric float, it did not have a steering wheel, but a triangle shaped bar to steer the float. We worked at the Co-op dairy in garretts green and used to cover all round Cranes Park and parts of Sheldon. Most of us met up at Eddie's Cafe at Lea Village for breakfast. Thanks for sharing your smashing photo.

Regards Stars
 
One of our family photos of a fireside scene in a Cavandale Avenue house. I suppose those type of chairs have faded away, and the fireplace and electric log fire are vintage.
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By utility chairs do you mean those produced in WW2 with the utility mark?. I don't think those are really utility type chairs, too modernistic . I don't think it would be of metal either due to wartime restrictions
mike
 
I think you are right Mike they are not utility chairs, they are just utilitarian looking chairs which would not look good in today's modern living rooms. I do remember real utility furniture with the utility mark.
oldmohawk
 
My parents always had a bolster pillow on their bed.. Sometimes when my head falls between the pillows, I often think of them.
 
I remember bolster's too, they were in the house where I grew up. Plus the mattress was a big old feather thing, that was a nightmare to turn or shake. I wonder if they were more comfortable than todays memory foam topper's?
 
We always had bolsters on the bed when I was growing up. When I got married in 1957 I had a few presents of pillowcase sets with embroidered pillowslips and a plain bolster case. We didn't have a bolster so I cut the bolster cases into two to make pillowslips. Make do and mend in those days.
 
My parents always had a bolster along with pillows all feathered....when my g/parents died mom had their feathered mattress too and put it on top of the one mom and dad already had...it was a nightmare to make the bed it was push and pull to get the mattress smooth again...my brother and l would jump on mom and dads bed and just about disappear sinking down into two feathered mattresses....just wondered what happened to the mattresses.....Brenda
 
We had eiderdowns, every time we shook them, feathers would come out of the seams. I like feather duvets now!! Our old mattresses were flock with lumpy buttons and covered in stripey ticking.
 
I had a carry-cot type pram for my son in 1972, it was second-hand, but I made pretty covers etc. There was a tray for shopping underneath. In the Summer we had a lovely shade, to replace the hood, with fringes on. I really wanted one of those coach-built ones but they were too expensive. When my grandaughters slept over we had buggies. I much prefer the old prams though. Are proper prams still made?
 
Rosie you can still get the prams, but are expensive. In the 60s for my daughter I had a carrycot and transporter which was ideal because she could use the carrycoat as a cot. You could put it on a bath stand which I kept at the side of the bed until she was old enough to go into a proper cot.
 
I had a 'Marmet' high Pram, for my first daughter. Colour -racing green-.

Next daughter had a 'Silver Cross! Colour-Black.

I would walk for miles loved pushing the Pram. There was six years between the girls.

Happy, happy days.
 
I had a Tansad Alwin High pram in green which I used for my two daughters between 1970 and 1973. It was put in the loft afterwards and is still there.
 
Silver Cross prams are still available - The Balmoral is £1,250 and the Kensington is £950. They also do other types these days but I did not bother to stay on the site to see how much they were. Too expensive for most folk these days.

In the 1970's Marmet used to make the prams for Mothercare, I worked at the Sutton Coldfield branch from 1976 until 1979, and the manufacturers were always clearly marked on the delivery labels.

Shortie
 
I loved pushing my son in his Silver Cross in 1963, very high, White with navy hood and raincover and bag fixed to the front.
Quite expensive in those days but over £1000 now.Set off by Pale blue nylon quilt and Pillow case.Aaaah,quite nostalgic now.
I have a photo off him at 13 months in a 2 piece romper set white broderie anglais, now it would be jeans and an England football top, LOL.

I suppose the equivalent nowadys to the Silver Cross are McClaren or Quinney.

I foolishly told my son I would buy the buggy when they had Daisy thinking I would be paying about £250 only
to find that the Quinney they wanted was £700.LOL,but for that you get chassis ,pram body, buggy and baby car seat.
The pram body and baby car seat are now in my loft as Daisy is 2yrs old soon.

In 1963 my son also drank from a bottle shaped like a boat with a teat at either end, it was thought they helped 'windy' babies.
 
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We started off with a Silver Cross combined pram and carry cot - weighed a ton. With second child our son caused the pram to overbalance when he sat on the rear. We bought a Silver Cross large pram second hand from a friend who had really looked after it well - it even came with a pot of touch up paint. Served us well for a few years. Even when our son (bless him) undid some of the bolts with a spanner given to him by my Father in Law. The pram started to collapse half way up a steep hill and his Mom was not well pleased.
 
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Glancing at the new posts menu I saw names which reminded me of an occurrence in 1963 in Birmingham. The first names were that of perambulators : Silver Cross and carry cots. The other name was Dale End.

I visited the Birmingham area to introduce my wife to the Midlands and some of my relatives that she had not met. I had arranged to meet a cousin, who worked somewhere in the City centre, in Dale End. My wife and cousin were walking a little distance behind me, having just met each other for the first time. I was pushing a carry cot which contained my slumbering infant son. Suddenly two men exited, at speed, a small cafeteria engaged in a brawl. They collided with me causing me to lose my hold on the carry cot. The carry cot traveled a few feet downhill and was, fortunately, restrained by some kind bystanders. A Police cadet intervened in the fight and was soon assisted by a motor cycle constable.

During their altercation, which was over the treatment by the cafeteria manager (a Cypriot) of the other persons (an Irishman) girlfriend, I had seen them at one time laid on the bonnet of my Ford Escort van. I Noticed that one of the rear door panels was dented in. This was mentioned to the police who asked if I wished to make a case of it. Saying yes, the brawlers were then told that any court case would be in Devon as that was my place of residence. Not being at all happy at the thought of a long journey they decided on a cash settlement. I accepted £5 (not a bad sum of money at the time) in settlement. Afterwards, when I inspected the rear door panel again I found that with a quick blow with my fist the panel resumed in usual appearance.

My uncle in Handsworth, with whom we were staying, jokingly asked if we were visiting the City centre again the next day.

Earlier in the day we had visited Rackham's. I bought my wife a lovely high color daffodil yellow coat. To our amusement we found that the sales staff thought we only wore tweeds in Devon. We told them some do some don't: it depends where in the County you lived.
 
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