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Do these decorations of Xmas past bring back memories?
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Beecosy
07-12-2016
I remember the decorations from links 2, 3 and 4
A few years ago I was given a similar bell from Christmases past that used to go on our little silver tree from the 70s - the bell still rings.

the tree was about 4 - 5 foot so smaller than this but similar. I loved putting it together as a teen.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Retro-Vint...UAAOSwj85YRtP3

I'm glad we didn't have the dimple baubles they scared me.
calamity
07-12-2016
Im older so I remember way back in the late forties, fifties, when it was the tissue paper bells that opened out , sometimes it was angels , the xmas lights were big, in shapes of snowmen, santas, some even had water bubbles in them, I wonder how many remember them, we had the same old lights for years and I can remember the first time I saw a tree with all pink tiny lights, a white tree too, I thought it was the most beautiful thing Id ever seen, but usually people have the bigger multi coloured lights sort of cone shaped, paper chains made of tissue or crepe paper long before foil decorations, maybe not as fancy as nowadays but gave loads of smiles on our faces.
calamity
07-12-2016
I always think of Woolworths at Xmas time as it was the main shop where we could get some cheaper decorations loved it though http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/xmasdecs.htm
starry_rune
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by calamity:
“I always think of Woolworths at Xmas time as it was the main shop where we could get some cheaper decorations loved it though http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/xmasdecs.htm”

If you visit woolworths.co.uk now it takes you to very.co.uk
mistygal
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by postit:
“Whoever is putting these up on Ebay are very optimistic, judging by the prices they're asking for, not to mention the P&P”

That is what I thought. Vintage? Nah Tat
Lamin_Ator
08-12-2016
They made me feel a bit sad
starry_rune
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by Lamin_Ator:
“They made me feel a bit sad”

Yearning for the past sad? or crimes against style sad?
Lamin_Ator
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by starry_rune:
“Yearning for the past sad? or crimes against style sad?”

Well, not yearning exactly. Thinking about being young and my mum decorating the house etc for Christmas and making everything magical for us.
Leicester_Hunk
09-12-2016
http://www.wilko.com/view-all-christ...m/invt/0419654

These are on sale in Wilkinson's, look like a throwback to the 80s.
calamity
09-12-2016
http://i.imgur.com/ryPvuts.gif
calamity
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by calamity:
“http://i.imgur.com/ryPvuts.gif”

A Glasgow shop in the 50s

URL=http://lunapic.com]http://i.imgur.com/jmY2feI.jpg[/url]
starry_rune
09-12-2016
Originally Posted by calamity:
“A Glasgow shop in the 50s

URL=http://lunapic.com]http://i.imgur.com/jmY2feI.jpg[/url]”

Perfect and 99% of those annoying xmas songs weren't invented yet.
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