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The "have a look at this!" thread II

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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,228 Forumite
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    Callie22 wrote: »
    And mine! But in avocado to match the bathroom suite :)

    Yorkie1 wrote: »


    And mine, in a house built 1977. Ours were a quite tasteful yellow! :D

    How tacky both of you. Ours were a tasteful baby blue, which matched the lovely bathroom suite :rotfl:.
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  • LittleVoice
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    gallygirl wrote: »
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    :)

    Thanks for the reminder of the detail.

    My parents-in-law had these (1970s) and during stays with them I would lie in the bath and count the ones which were upside down, musing on why they weren't all the same way round.
  • Slinky
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    large-5517-chicken-tile.jpg

    :)



    Am I the only one who had them in pink? They were incredibly thin tiles, perhaps 2-3mm thick as I recall, as my dear Dad discovered when he removed some from a loo windowsill so we could replace some broken ones in the bathroom when we rented the house out. He very patiently sliced them out from below with the blade of a small saw.


    We only replaced these about 9 years ago!
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  • Slinky
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    Strapped wrote: »
    There's another very similar in the building that has a mezzanine bed level that looks much more liveable, I seem to recall.

    ETA: Here's the link, this one is narrower, but they've made the most of the space. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29164065.html Still wouldn't want to "live" in either though!

    OMG there are two toothbrushes in the bathroom, don't tell me 2 people live there.......
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  • vivatifosi
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    Slinky wrote: »
    OMG there are two toothbrushes in the bathroom, don't tell me 2 people live there.......

    Just had another look. Rampant house price inflation or an even smaller unit:eek:? RM showing that another studio in the same building sold for £140k end Aug 2013. Either way, that's pretty scary.
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    Yorkie1 wrote: »
    Weird shadow on the wall too :eek:



    And mine, in a house built 1977. Ours were a quite tasteful yellow! :D


    We also had the yellow!
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    Thanks for the reminder of the detail.

    My parents-in-law had these (1970s) and during stays with them I would lie in the bath and count the ones which were upside down, musing on why they weren't all the same way round.

    I did something similar - but sitting on the loo, lol, as my parents' tiles were in the downstairs loo :D They were still in situ when we sold the house in 2012 ;)
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  • Ames
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    Slinky wrote: »
    Am I the only one who had them in pink? They were incredibly thin tiles, perhaps 2-3mm thick as I recall, as my dear Dad discovered when he removed some from a loo windowsill so we could replace some broken ones in the bathroom when we rented the house out. He very patiently sliced them out from below with the blade of a small saw.


    We only replaced these about 9 years ago!

    I know a pub that has pink ones in the ladies still.



    I think we had them in green when I was a kid or it might have been blue.
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    Slinky wrote: »
    Am I the only one who had them in pink? They were incredibly thin tiles, perhaps 2-3mm thick as I recall, as my dear Dad discovered when he removed some from a loo windowsill so we could replace some broken ones in the bathroom when we rented the house out. He very patiently sliced them out from below with the blade of a small saw.


    We only replaced these about 9 years ago!

    Ours were pink!
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  • DianneB
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    Ours were a mustardy orange called 'sun-king' same as the bath, we teamed them with a heather coloured carpet (hangs head in shame) I loved that bathroom!!!
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