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calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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know most of you wont remember any of these things, that were around in the late sixties, but come on Round TVs on a swivel type stand, fridges that had wood effect on outside. sideboards the longer the better, called Long John sideboards. and the craziest wallpaper that went with nothing else in our homes , what were we all thinking of back then.
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    shuddershudder Posts: 1,326
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    Radiogrammes

    my grandparents had a choice of a tv or a radiogramme

    they chose the latter!
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    calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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    shudder wrote: »
    Radiogrammes

    my grandparents had a choice of a tv or a radiogramme

    they chose the latter!
    didnt have a telly until I was about 12, it was always the gramophone with old records or wireless, my auntis radiogram or gramophone got used for the Clabber in the street for the Queens Coronation.. all out dancing in the street and not a drink in site.. aye those were the days.:p:p:p
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,153
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    What were those things called that you melted cheese in and put in the middle of the table and dipped? Those, anyway. Oh, Pressure Cookers. Doilies. Those horrid bathroom carpet sets - the one round the loo for soaking up stray urine, and a couple of matching ones for sink and bath. Yuk.
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    trevalyantrevalyan Posts: 7,705
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    hi-fi stack systems. i remember my dad bringing one home in the early eighties, chuffed to bits because it played a new fangled thing called "compact discs" (the full words had to be used, none of this CD malarkey) we only had three or four "compact discs" and we used to listen to them over and over.

    soda streams - as shit as they sound

    we also used to have, a tall wooden effect ashtray that was considered high end furniture in the late seventies. i used to hate having to touch it because it made your hands smell. it was a bit like this

    http://www.abccigar.com/images/Floorstandashtray.jpg
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    Babe RainbowBabe Rainbow Posts: 34,349
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    shudder wrote: »
    Radiogrammes

    my grandparents had a choice of a tv or a radiogramme

    they chose the latter!


    Omigod - my first thought when I saw the OP - we had one very like this
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    Miriams SisterMiriams Sister Posts: 7,967
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    DeadJoe wrote: »
    What were those things called that you melted cheese in and put in the middle of the table and dipped? Those, anyway. Oh, Pressure Cookers. Doilies. Those horrid bathroom carpet sets - the one round the loo for soaking up stray urine, and a couple of matching ones for sink and bath. Yuk.

    Fondu sets. Oy I love my pressure cooker and can make casseroles and mince in 20 minutes!

    I was going to say Continental headboards.
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    Babe RainbowBabe Rainbow Posts: 34,349
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    DeadJoe wrote: »
    What were those things called that you melted cheese in and put in the middle of the table and dipped? Those, anyway. Oh, Pressure Cookers. Doilies. Those horrid bathroom carpet sets - the one round the loo for soaking up stray urine, and a couple of matching ones for sink and bath. Yuk.



    A fondue set
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    calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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    hell that was modern compared to ours :p:pmy auntie had a Dining room suite, big table, four chairs and an ugly big sideboard with a drop down cocktail cabinet, just waste of space as it never got used, who came up with these designs.
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    calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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    Miriams Sister wrote: »
    Fondu sets. Oy I love my pressure cooker and can make casseroles and mince in 20 minutes!

    I was going to say Continental headboards.
    wasnt complete without a candlewick bedspread. with big flowers.
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    Fondue - nightmare! Apologies for putting Pressure Cooker. I quite like them, I temporarily forgot that it was supposed to be crap things.

    Polythene fake flowers. Lampshades made out of identical bits of plastic held together with rubber bands.
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    batcountrybatcountry Posts: 340
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    I remember my mum bought a raptou(?) in the eighties. It was a plastic object that peeled sliced diced grated and the like. Obviously it went in the cupboard under the sink never tobe seen again :rolleyes:
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    Miriams SisterMiriams Sister Posts: 7,967
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    calamity wrote: »
    know most of you wont remember any of these things, that were around in the late sixties, but come on Round TVs on a swivel type stand, fridges that had wood effect on outside. sideboards the longer the better, called Long John sideboards. and the craziest wallpaper that went with nothing else in our homes , what were we all thinking of back then.

    We bought our first house in 1969 - we could choose the colour emulsion to have as it was a new-build.

    We chose white in the lounge, bright orange in the kitchen, lime green in the cloakroom, white in the main bedroom, and yellow and torquoise in the other two. I wonder what the present owners think when they take off the wallpaper to decorate!
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    shuddershudder Posts: 1,326
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    Babe Rainbow wrote: »
    Omigod - my first thought when I saw the OP - we had one very like this

    Ahhh memories - furniture you could set out to sea in :)
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    Babe RainbowBabe Rainbow Posts: 34,349
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    How did we ever get by with these before IPods ??


    Oh and Fabulous thread, OP :)
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    calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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    This will have you all going mad with jealousy hahahah http://www.retrotogo.com/2006/12/ebay_watch_boat.html
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    Miriams SisterMiriams Sister Posts: 7,967
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    Everyone owned a rubber plant.
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    Babe RainbowBabe Rainbow Posts: 34,349
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    And such fantastic wallpaper :cool:
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    calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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    You had to keep up with the Joneses with one of these too..

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FUNKY-RETRO-GLASS-AND-MIRROR-DISPLAY-CABINET_W0QQitemZ390055957841QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090530?IMSfp=TL0905301210002r25056
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    lawrenma2lawrenma2 Posts: 4,060
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    batcountry wrote: »
    I remember my mum bought a raptou(?) in the eighties. It was a plastic object that peeled sliced diced grated and the like. Obviously it went in the cupboard under the sink never tobe seen again :rolleyes:

    SINK? We couldn't afford a sink. We had to wash our dishes in old bath water that my 8 brothers and I used earlier in the week, for our monthly bath.
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    calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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    lawrenma2 wrote: »
    SINK? We couldn't afford a sink. We had to wash our dishes in old bath water that my 8 brothers and I used earlier in the week, for our monthly bath.

    :p:p:pI thought I was a toff with my twin tub washing machine. a Servis was the make..http://www.global-b2b-network.com/b2b/93/456/81410/twin_tub_washing_machine.html
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    shuddershudder Posts: 1,326
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    lawrenma2 wrote: »
    SINK? We couldn't afford a sink. We had to wash our dishes in old bath water that my 8 brothers and I used earlier in the week, for our monthly bath.

    Bath! Bath! - Luxury - me and my 26 siblings had to wash in an old puddle full of broken glass, once a year and then our dad killed us before we had to go down pit for 26 hours a day!

    Pah - youngsters don't know their born!
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    Miriams SisterMiriams Sister Posts: 7,967
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    lawrenma2 wrote: »
    SINK? We couldn't afford a sink. We had to wash our dishes in old bath water that my 8 brothers and I used earlier in the week, for our monthly bath.
    http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/Picture_6-57.jpg

    This was our sink:cool:
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    Bom Diddly WoBom Diddly Wo Posts: 14,094
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    Asbestos and lead pipes.
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    calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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    wall lights everyone had them, and remember the teak table lamps with orange shades and you could adjust the brightness of the bulb.. some came attached to a small tacky table hahaha
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    Babe RainbowBabe Rainbow Posts: 34,349
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    Oh and Lava Lamps :p
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