'Vintage mundane'
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Saffy
Under the duvet..
Ahh this reminds me of mum and toddler group I used to go to. There was this colour and a pale yellow as well.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Yep I remember seeing them in blue, green, and yellow - might there have been a pink one too?
They were very popular for a while, seemed to be everywhere.
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
He loves taches from the 80s too by the looks of things
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Whereas I hate big chunky cutlery. In fact, we have two sets of cutlery mingled together, one 'fat' and one 'thin' - Mr K likes the former, I like the latter, and we both grumble if given the wrong sort
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
It reminds me of church hall crockery.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Whereas I hate big chunky cutlery. In fact, we have two sets of cutlery mingled together, one 'fat' and one 'thin' - Mr K likes the former, I like the latter, and we both grumble if given the wrong sort
Yeah with my dodgy hands and poor grip, cutlery has to be light. We have a spoon that is too heavy for me, so that is OH's spoon.
I also use only small kitchen knives or kitchen scissors for chopping ingredients, I'd be in danger of dropping anything heavy on my foot or having some other sort of accident when I lost my grip on it.
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
I had one of those plates. We found it in the kitchen cupboard when we moved into a flat. Kept a plant pot on it while we lived there until it had an ingrained circle of dirt on that wouldn't clean off, so we left it behind when we moved out.
I had a knife just like the top one. Again, I think we found it when we moved into a flat. Had it for a while, but somehow the blade ended up all burnt
That set says 'church hall' to me.
I'll always have a soft spot for the Meakin Poppy set that my mum had in the 70s:
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
I gave kept hold of our old BBC Master
Before I moved hundreds of miles away, I had the unofficial job of looking out for sets of church hall crockery in local charity shops for the churches in my mum's (rural, not many charity shops) parish
Not all! My mum has a ridiculous set of cutlery that's far too heavy and also really badly balanced, so it's impossible to clear the table without butter knives flying off in all directions. She got rid of loads of the previous set when she bought it, so now they're back on the old old set of stuff like those cream handled knives and her family's good silverware from a hundred years ago and bits of her old set that my brother and I had nicked over the preceding years
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Edit: and the other one is George Hides & Son
They’re both potentially >100 years old. Antique mundane
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Boudicca
Seaside Queen
My grandma had these, I found them in my Dad's loft when he died. They may still be in my garage but I think they went to the charity shop.
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I guess it’s down to what you are used to and whether you have dainty hands or shovels.Whereas I hate big chunky cutlery. In fact, we have two sets of cutlery mingled together, one 'fat' and one 'thin' - Mr K likes the former, I like the latter, and we both grumble if given the wrong sort
It’s SOOO jarring when you pick up a fork or knife that’s not quite the right size or shape or weight. I have one fork in the drawer that fills me with rage if pick it up by mistake and am compelled to fling it across the room in disgust and declare that my tea is now RUINED
Yeah I know some are. Would obviously never go out and buy them but it feels better to keep using them now since they can't be unmade.The top one and mine are ivory
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
It is!
kalmatthew
Lurker Extrodinaire
I had single handled mug with the same illustrations when I was little!
Ron Merlin
Jus de chaussettes
Those string and nail pictures from the 60s/70s - we had some in the family home when I was little, as I recall. Bought a couple recently:
Brilliant thread btw
Brilliant thread btw
WouldBe
Dislicksick
My parents had one of those of tower bridge.Those string and nail pictures from the 60s/70s - we had some in the family home when I was little, as I recall. Bought a couple recently:
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Brilliant thread btw
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
My grandparents had one of them. It'd completely gone from my memory until I saw those pictures and suddenly I was in their front room againThose string and nail pictures from the 60s/70s - we had some in the family home when I was little, as I recall. Bought a couple recently:
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story
Changing the facts
I shall now make sure I buy one or two if I see them in second hand shops etc
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
Kelloggs cereal bowls!
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
I made one of these for my grandmother, quite similar to the one at the top! (Yes, in the 70s, feeling old now).Those string and nail pictures from the 60s/70s - we had some in the family home when I was little, as I recall. Bought a couple recently:
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Brilliant thread btw
story
Changing the facts
Those string and nail pictures from the 60s/70s - we had some in the family home when I was little, as I recall. Bought a couple recently:
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Brilliant thread btw
I loathed these. Possibly still would if I were to see them IRL
Something about them gave me some kind of unpleasant visceral sensation or reaction that got in the way of everything else happening in the same room.
A repetitive going round and round in circles with no purpose and no fun kind of feeling
