The 1970's Front Room
Jun 23rd 2005, 9:59 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Found it!!! Though it doesn't look gaudy enough to be true vintage.
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:01 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by Dant3
Was that an Athena print?
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:01 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by Dant3
Found it!!! Though it doesn't look gaudy enough to be true vintage.
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:02 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
found it
Haven't seen that one for years!
How about the 1970's novelty plastic ice bucket shaped exactly like a pineapple for some reason.
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:08 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by Dant3
Found it!!! Though it doesn't look gaudy enough to be true vintage.
OOh - yes - I had one of those on my larder doorway in a flat in Leeds.
Later to be replaced by a bead curtain which gave you bruises every time you went in for a jar of jam!
Bead curtains with Elvis on them -
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:10 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
For your viewing pleasure...Ziggy 12", one bottle of Campari, and an original velvet painting...
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:12 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Saving the best 'till last...
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:14 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by Dant3
Saving the best 'till last...
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:17 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
lol Jimmy Saville....kind of reminds me of michael Jackson now
Yes - strange fellow ! But he did do a lot of good at Leeds hospitals, and at Stoke Manderville too if I remeber correctly. Is he still around?
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:19 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Did you ever get your little fingers trapped in a Floor Standing Ashtray :scared: or get told off for pressing the button, some others had a knob that you lifted, too many times make it make it's noise?
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:22 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
My Mum came over last week and we were talking and laughing about the 70's. My Nan and Grandad had the mysterious chinese lady picture in their best room above the fire place.
My mum made lamps out of bottles covered with shells. We had a lamp that was a Black Tower wine bottle with a shade on it. She started doing Macrame and we had plants hanging from the ceiling in Macrame holders. We had a black leatherette suite with orange cushions with the customary cigarette burn in the arm, caused by the cig falling off the 2 foot high swivel ashtray. We had 2 glass fish, 2 glass handkerchief bowls, 2 brown glass decanters but my Mum's pride and joy were here Capo di Monte flowers and figurines.
I could go on and on but will stop there.
My mum made lamps out of bottles covered with shells. We had a lamp that was a Black Tower wine bottle with a shade on it. She started doing Macrame and we had plants hanging from the ceiling in Macrame holders. We had a black leatherette suite with orange cushions with the customary cigarette burn in the arm, caused by the cig falling off the 2 foot high swivel ashtray. We had 2 glass fish, 2 glass handkerchief bowls, 2 brown glass decanters but my Mum's pride and joy were here Capo di Monte flowers and figurines.
I could go on and on but will stop there.
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:24 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
classic paint by numbers
THAT brings back memories-my grandmother who was paralalyzed on one side did those by the score. She did one of some horses that my dad (she was HIS mother) framed and put over the mantle.
Nobody's mentioned lava lamps yet?
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:24 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
lol Jimmy Saville....kind of reminds me of michael Jackson now
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:26 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by mandpete
My Mum came over last week and we were talking and laughing about the 70's. My Nan and Grandad had the mysterious chinese lady picture in their best room above the fire place.
My mum made lamps out of bottles covered with shells. We had a lamp that was a Black Tower wine bottle with a shade on it. She started doing Macrame and we had plants hanging from the ceiling in Macrame holders. We had a black leatherette suite with orange cushions with the customary cigarette burn in the arm, caused by the cig falling off the 2 foot high swivel ashtray. We had 2 glass fish, 2 glass handkerchief bowls, 2 brown glass decanters but my Mum's pride and joy were here Capo di Monte flowers and figurines.
I could go on and on but will stop there.
My mum made lamps out of bottles covered with shells. We had a lamp that was a Black Tower wine bottle with a shade on it. She started doing Macrame and we had plants hanging from the ceiling in Macrame holders. We had a black leatherette suite with orange cushions with the customary cigarette burn in the arm, caused by the cig falling off the 2 foot high swivel ashtray. We had 2 glass fish, 2 glass handkerchief bowls, 2 brown glass decanters but my Mum's pride and joy were here Capo di Monte flowers and figurines.
I could go on and on but will stop there.
Capo di Monte ! Wow - you were POSH!!! LOL!
Jun 23rd 2005, 10:29 am
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Re: The 1970's Front Room
Originally Posted by Dimsie
Capo di Monte ! Wow - you were POSH!!! LOL!
lmao, Capo di monte, my mum always raved about finding some at the market
