OS Picnic hamper : when it's so retro it's modern!

Lillibet_2

Cyber chatting with a couple of friends I mentioned that we are off on a picnic tomorrow & gave my menu which they both said was far superior to their ready-made sarnies & packet of crisps picnics (:eek:), I said that you need a retro picnic hamper to go with my food. I inherited it from my grandparents, circa. 1950's & it's totally impratical but we love picnincing from it & the conversations it causes with other picnic-ers!

Here is a photo, sorry it has a very scruffy hubby & disgrunted Spud in it too!
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f352/Lillibet123/DSCN1421.jpg

My 2 non-OS friends thought it was so retro it was a new trend & are both bidding on ebay for their own!!

Punky

Hi Lillibet

That takes me back - my mum and dad had the exact same hamper but in blue. Many happy picnics and camping holidays were had with that set (driftinh off into a daydream...).

We were given a hamper from John Lewis as a gift. We've made use of it but it's quite bulky - I wonder if my Mum still has the old hamper?

Punky

moggins

That looks lovely, I've always wanted one of those

KizzyK_2

The plates are cool :cool:

nikiyoung

They had something similar on This Morning on Thursday and it cost a fortune.
Keep an eye out in charity shops the ones round here had some recently about £10 to £15.
Niki

iwanttosave_2

Wow I love those plates. I have a big wicker one that I got on sale a few years back from matalan, ended up getting it all for £2.50 should have been £30 but because its so big its neither use nor ornement :rolleyes: I would much prefer a little compact one like that :j

lynzpower

yep they go for a stash on ebay- been looking for my own for a while now

theres one I saw in a magazine in matalan at the mo for £25 maybe Ill wait till the sales :rotfl:

edit here it is- no way as nice as yours lillibet

moggins

I've spotted the one I want, I just need to take out a second mortgage

http://www.picnicshop.co.uk/p/picnic+baskets/sporting+range/sporting+themes+ballooning+basket+for+6+people

Churchmouse

moggins wrote:

I've spotted the one I want, I just need to take out a second mortgage

http://www.picnicshop.co.uk/p/picnic+baskets/sporting+range/sporting+themes+ballooning+basket+for+6+people

Trying to keep you motivated, can I point out that it's actually 12 weeks cigarettes!!:rotfl: :rotfl:

Well that sort of thing has helped me, even when I've not gone on to buy it!!;)

Penny-Pincher!!

Moggins-That is devine!!

Bootsales are very good for these kind of things, especially in the winter months when nobody wants a picnic basket;)

OH picked one up last year from a bootsale and was in a rucksack all brand new. Plates, glasses, cutlery, napkins, salt/pepper pots etc and bought for £2:eek: It also has bottle holders on each side for wine:D

PP
xx

Lillibet_2

The downsides of mine are ;
it's heavy (but that's what Hubby is for:D)
the crockery is china & I'm terrified of breaking it:rolleyes:
there isn't much space in there for food (so we eat less, money saving & old style:D)
it isn't thermal (so I pack as much as I can frozen & allow it to defrost:cool:)

The upsides are;
it's original (if not quite unique pretty damn near it for actually still being in use;))
it's real vintage, not a modern copy:p
everyone comments on it (it's amazing how many people remember one from their childhood etc, & I'll talk to anyone:eek:)

I love the pink matalan one but hubby thought it looked like a very girly sewing box & said no way would he be seen dead carrying it:rolleyes: & as much as I like the expensive ones I just can't see the point? I do think the modern thermal rucksac ones are the best all rounders but I'm going to be sticking with my vintage one, I toast my grandparents every time I use it:D (apparently they got it by saving up their green flag stamps!).
I just couldn't believe my very un-OS friends (well, one is a wanna-be OS'er but has never quite got the hang of it:rolleyes:) thought it was so fab that it was worth buying their own!:rotfl:

If anyone else happens to be visiting Charles Darwins' house in Kent tomorrow look out for a family of 3 with a very old picnic set & a circle of curious onlookers:D:rolleyes::rotfl: