Monday, 30 January 2012

Breakfast through the last century - the 1970s

Hello again and thank you for all you support re:wallpaper and your excellent ideas - I have managed to distract Dom by saying it was time our living room was redone (it has been 10 years) so swished 50s fabrics around yesterday and got the children on my side.    I am finding (as usual) that formatting is a problem so cannot reply - my revamped blog is a bit vampish!

Anyway here is my take on a 70s breakfast - I realise that I could also do early versus later part of any decade so this is becoming very tricky to do  so let's say 70s'ish

The egg cosies I have had a while (and don't worry they are proper 70s egg cups underneath!) - the large Winkle plate I like with the birds and then blow me down at the car boot yesterday I bought an armful of linen for 50p and the orange bird place mat was amongst it.  The plate in the bottom right was from under the bed - a whole set of that...cough, cough.... made by Woods and called Alpine


The cookery book is one that was written for children and has lovely illustrations

The tea towel at the back must have come from a car boot but cannot remember when!



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  1. Rainbow Vintage Home30 January 2012 at 13:51

    oh what can I say, too too gorgeous! thanks for brightening my day with all this retro loveliness, and reminding me to dig out all my old kids cookery books. Rachel

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    1. The Custards9 February 2012 at 09:01

      Many thanks - they are cheery and cheering colours aren't they

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  2. Kitsch and Curious8 February 2012 at 23:04

    I think we may have had this conversation before, but I had 'My Learn to Cook Book' when I was little, and I love those illustrations.
    Love the whole set-up here, and interested to see the Taunton Vale jar. I have that pattern on a jug, and a different floral pattern on a jar.
    But I'm getting pretty fed up hearing about your car boot sale buys, damn you! An 'armful of linen' for 50p?? That just does not happen around here any more.

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    1. The Custards9 February 2012 at 09:13

      Hi Elaine - do you still have the book? Please say that you do - we can do a 'cook-a-long..' The Taunton Vale jar was from a charity shop but missing its bung(a la Carry on Screaming again!)bit so cheap - I've got ribbons in mine at the moment. Please come to my neck of the woods any time Elaine - the relative cheapness of it all is my undoing. Dare I tell of my adventure on Monday?? Well, since you ask. I had to drive Dom to where he works - somewhere I last went several years ago. As he gets free parking I thought it best to check out the local 'shops' (I think we both know what I mean here..). After asking the manager the price of her Kilner jars (not a phrase you will hear too often..)I got caught up in conversation. An hour later...I left with several lampshades, two vintage (1960s?) rose bedcovers (more of that in the blog later..),a range 1970s fabrics, red woollen jumper (to make 'heart warmers')and a promise from the manager that I must come back. Total cost £5. I was heartbroken to hear her tell me that anything old (vintage) is sent for shredding and old books go for recycling - she had a pile of vintage Ladybird books so I merrily told her what she could do with them (not being rude, please see previous posts!). There is more to this tale but I don't wish to bore the pants off you. I am really beginning to think that I am subconsciously sending out Derren Brown messages regarding price dropping when people see me. Dom would rather I stopped channelling Derren....

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    2. Kitsch and Curious9 February 2012 at 14:43

      How marvellous! I AM pleased for you, despite my griping. I probably don't do enough chatting in charity shops, but to be honest, I don't think it would do much good. Half the charity shops round here have adopted a 'vintage boutique' style, so they can charge more for anything interesting. I've practically stopped going to the local charity shops now, as it's always disappointing. There was a lovely little Sally Ann shop that used to have real treasures in it, and they refitted it a couple of years ago, and now I never find anything in there. Ho hum...

      I don't have my original Learn to Cook Book, but I bought a replacement off t'internet a few years ago, after seeing it on someone's blog. (No 10p finds for muggins, of course!)I've since found the second one, 'My Fun to Cook Book'. Hmm, what shall we make?

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    3. The Custards10 February 2012 at 09:51

      Hmmm - I know what you mean about 'vintage boutique' style. I am fairly sanguine about it - charity shops are raising money for charity and it is a business so they need to maximise profits. On the other hand (my wishy washing, fence-straddling side) knows that charity shops are essential shopping for some so prices need to fair. I am fortunate in that I could spend more money but opt not to most of the time and I think charity shops offer a win-win situation - they get the money they need and we get the bargain - sometimes. Over the many years of frugal shopping I think that I have had my fair share of bargains. I do not live in a wealthy, well to do, city so we have plenty of 'Mr Langford' type shops that are just like the junk shops I remember as a child. But car boots - now that is where bargains are to found..
      I will fish out the cookery book again - perhaps peppermint sugar mice?

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