Good Old Fashioned ????? and Moneysaving - bedspreads

nuttybabe

well, i got a teapot from the charity shop this morning but still no luck on the napkins (although i didnt have time to go in poundland, i knew i should have) but i did buy 3 meters of a lovely burgundy fabric for £3 that i will make into napkins (hopefully this weekend). Sorted!

artydoll

susank wrote: »

I remember the liberty bodice and I am 56 and the virol malt extract and also on a friday the syrup of figs we were made to have - yuk. Why did we survive at all I ask myself?

I was always given senna pods on a Saturday morning,and we had an outside lavvy ,so god help anyone who used it after me,lol.

luxor4t

artydoll wrote: »

I was always given senna pods on a Saturday morning,and we had an outside lavvy ,so god help anyone who used it after me,lol.

Now that's one piece of nostalgia I'm glad to leave in the past! Our's was a spider sanctuary ... :eek:
Little Sis & I could have set Olympic records for fast exits. Dad even put an extension on the overhead flush so we could pull it from outside! Thank goodness we had an indoor bathroom too - but a houseproud mum ruled that was nightimes only.

Scottish DH grew up in what I get into trouble for calling a tenement (a victorian four storey block of 'apartments') & they had a 'stair toilet' - it was outside their flat part way down the communal staircase. Well, at least they didn't get wet running down the garden

BitterAndTwisted

I think your Scottish DH would call that a "close". At least that's what my family from Edinburgh called where they lived and yes, they too had to use a communal lav on the landing. I believe that chamber-pots were popular for night-time use.

When I was a child my German family had an outside privy except that is wasn't plumbed. My poor Oma had to empty the bucket into the cesspit at the bottom of the garden. When visiting on our summer holidays we used to take a huge breath, do what was necessary double-quick and then belt out again before we had to take another breath.

All this talk of "opening" medicines has brought back memories of being given cascara. Now, that was fearsome stuff!

Eenymeeny

nuttybabe wrote: »

well, i got a teapot from the charity shop this morning but still no luck on the napkins (although i didnt have time to go in poundland, i knew i should have) but i did buy 3 meters of a lovely burgundy fabric for £3 that i will make into napkins (hopefully this weekend). Sorted!

We visited Knaresborough yesterday (Market day and charity shops..double whammy!) Spotted damask on market stall and napkins in charity shop 40p each, immediately thought of you Nuttybabe! Congrats on gettting your fabric I'm sure it'll be lovely when it made up:j
Loving this thread!:)

Angelfeathers

Fascinating thread! I am pretty old-fashioned, mainly because I got most of it from my mother, who grew up during the war/post-war rationing (I'm 37).

I haven't got any bedspreads, though I'm looking for one at the moment as I keep getting too hot under my duvet and would like something a bit lighter. Though if I get a nice one, I might need something else on top to protect it from the cat...

I have a dustpan and brush (how can you not???) - in fact I have two as we lost one and bought a second! I don't wear a pinny but Mum always did when I was a kid and I keep thinking I must get one because the number of tops I've ruined with grease splatters is ridiculous.

I always use napkins. I don't understand how people can eat a meal without something to wipe their fingers on. My brother (who also grew up using napkins) doesn't use them any more and when the family goes round for dinner he (belatedly) hands out squares of kitchen roll for napkins after we've asked for them - even though after a couple of years I bought him a set of napkins for Christmas so he would have some for when we came round!!!

Oh, I also have one of those lovely nylon damask tablecloths and two sets of matching napkins. They are brilliant in that they dry in minutes and you don't have to iron them! I don't actually like the look of them very much - bit old fashioned for me - but I love the practicality! I got mine from Debenhams, though that was 11 years ago when I got married.

luxor4t

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I think your Scottish DH would call that a "close". At least that's what my family from Edinburgh called where they lived and yes, they too had to use a communal lav on the landing. I believe that chamber-pots were popular for night-time use.

Chamber pots: another old fashioned device I'm glad to have left behind! Thank goodness for indoor plumbing :T

Mind, the tin bath in front of the fire has always sounded cosy - but I'm not sure I'd like to empty it!

B-A-T: I had thought the 'close' was just the staircase, but DH had to explain (he does that a lot, I wish there was a phrase book )

rosalie-lavender

Well not exactly moneysaving although it was bought in Boots 75% off sale but my 15 year old daughter has just come downstairs smelling of Coty L'aimant. I remember wearing the same perfume when I was a teenager and my 79 year old mum remembers wearing it too.

Lily-Lu

rosalie-lavender wrote: »

Well not exactly moneysaving although it was bought in Boots 75% off sale but my 15 year old daughter has just come downstairs smelling of Coty L'aimant. I remember wearing the same perfume when I was a teenager and my 79 year old mum remembers wearing it too.

Wasn't that like a 'cream' perfume that came in a little brown bottle that had a sort of stick attached to the inside of the lid, which you used to dab it on? I loved that one.
Cachet was also another of my favourites during the 70s, early 80s

Olliebeak

We can still get Coty L'Aimant bodyspray in HomeBargains (and maybe in Wilkies) where I live - still love that fragrance. Also check out this.

For anybody interested in two tier cake-stands, there's on in the current clearance leaflet from Avon (March 2010) - http://avonshop.co.uk/product/homeware/home-accessories/country-rose-cake-stand.html.

Subject of 'chamber pots' - they were always known as 'guzundas' in our house - because it 'guzunda' the bed.