Thursday 16 February 2012

Step back in time .........


Gypsy Rose Lorna and the little'un in the bender.......

'Buy me pegs Sir ...help me feed the little'uns'........a bunch of 'eather for luck or cross me palm wi' silver and I'll tell 'ee fortune .....'

Visited Milestones the other day ......interesting stepping back in time .....my best bit of course was a cabinet full of sewing machines.....oh I'm so predictable...

Will we all get home on this ??

His Master's Voice .....

Who had a kitchen like this in the sixties?
Now my favourite bit ......of course.....




these look more like surgical instruments........

Now the scary thing is that I can remember Ironmongers like this and I used to love them ....I think we probably still have them in Wales ......beats B&Q anyday...AND you could buy 1 screw instead of packs of 500 !!.....

One HELL of a pin cushion .....


Nothing like getting the kids working .......

Believe it or not I have a massive collection of wooden shoe trees I'll have to blog about them soon ....

Fancy goods ???.......


Should have said the Gentle Giant.....Hope you enjoyed the step back in time....xx

20 comments:

  1. Looks like a great place to see what life used to be like. Those butter molds were swell and your antique sewing machines, ahhhh. I like all those hand operated tools, nothing breaks and you don't need electricity to use them. xox Corrine

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. yes the butter moulds were really amazing the carving was lovely ..x

      Delete
  2. eh oui.. on vieillit..en regardent les vitrines..

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yes lots of interesting things to see.....x

      Delete
  3. Ooh I love it! I wanna go there too. I have a sewing machine shot for you coming up soon. I had to take it in Jaipur and was thinking of you of course! You could have been an actress, Lorna...a character actress I'm sure. Our kitchen didn't look quite like that but our living room was oh so modern and well, I think I even gave you a swatch of the barkcloth draperies for your collection.
    xoxo Kim

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. love the sewing machine shot you sent me today ...x

      Delete
  4. Loving that retro kitchen! Am I spying biscuit/butter moulds? Looks like a wonderful place to make a trip out to.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. yes it was great fun ...if you are ever in Basingstoke .......x

      Delete
  5. You had fun!!! Did Sherlock Holmes and Watson buy any of 'yer' pegs!?

    You do look the part btw!!!!

    I haven't been to Milestones for years.... but I remember really loving it.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. No they didn't it wasn't pegs they were after !!........x

      Delete
  6. Thanks for the fun post! I would've spent the most time looking at the old sewing machines as well!
    best, nadia

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Nadia I love those old sewing machines ..x

      Delete
  7. That is so cool. I just love to read about your adventures. Wish I were on one of them!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. you'll have to come visit sometime Lisa ..x

      Delete
  8. cool...thanks for the step back in time! that was fun!

    the PIN cushion looks like something out of a horror movie...(hellraiser...)!

    cool stuff lorna!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. the pin cushion was far out the biggest needles you ever did see ...x

      Delete
  9. Replies
    1. yes it was have you ever been ? its in basingstoke .....x

      Delete

Thanks for reading my post...Please leave a comment if you like .....I'll try and answer anything you'd like to know.I try and answer every comment you leave so check back or click on subscribe by email

Related Posts with Thumbnails