tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55716757050002929302024-02-21T02:20:19.222+00:00This Vintage Life...This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-1824076886119270322014-09-30T20:59:00.001+01:002014-09-30T21:13:29.737+01:00Checking inHello!<br />
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Oh dear. I'm afraid you'll have to bear with me a while longer on this blogging lark. I'm hoping the issues that are keeping me away from my computer will be sorted out soon and some semblance of normality will return before the end of the year but in the meantime, I'm afraid certain things just have to give. Hey ho...all will become clear in time, good people! Meanwhile, here's what I've been up to....<br />
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....strawberries, strawberries and more strawberries...it seems such a long time ago now!<br />
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....Strawberry smoothies. A couple of ice cubes, crushed, one glass of soya milk, fresh or frozen mixed fruit, one ripe banana, tablespoon of (in my case) homemade probiotic yoghurt and a drizzle of honey (because I have a sweet tooth). Zoosh in a blender, add a straw. Drink.<br />
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...strawberry cake of course!</div>
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...lots of lovely different breads and (strawberry!) jam to eat with it, both courtesy of the bread maker.<br />
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....scrambled tofu. I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to get around to making this. Admittedly, not the prettiest dish to look at but very tasty and simple to make although I prefer to eat it at lunch or supper rather than breakfast. <br />
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....two lovely new books. The vegetarian tagine book is inspiring and we've enjoyed several dishes from it already. Mr. TVL bought a tagine back from Casablanca for me and although you don't need one to make the dishes in the book, I was dying to try it out! Only about £4 from the souk by the way! <br />
The other book has some lovely dressmaking patterns in it and I'm hoping it's going to encourage me to throw myself at the sewing machine with a vengeance this winter. I've always thought how wonderful it must be to be able to make your own clothes. I didn't know this before I purchased it but the young lady whose book it is has a nice<a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/" target="_blank"> blog</a> if you're interested in dressmaking.<br />
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...this fantastic 1950's Bex container set. I used to collect kitchenalia but haven't bought anything of note for years. This was a bit special though and I just had to have it. First of all, I had birthday money burning a hole in my pocket so admittedly I paid a little more than I would have normally but it IS boxed AND unused AND it's my favourite colour AND it can actually be put to use in the kitchen! I just love it! (yes, I know the herbs don't match what's written on the jars. The spices do though)</div>
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....lots of lovely perpetual spinach (hence the other half of the pot waiting to be sewn) to keep us going over the summer.<br />
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...Lincoln Cathedral in the evening to hear The Sixteen and The Halle (not on the same night!)<br />
What better concert venue could there be for beautiful music? <br />
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....long shadows and spectacular sunsets of pink and orange hues falling on the wheat. Luckily I can see them without even leaving the house. <br />
Overall, we have enjoyed a lovely summer here on the Lincolnshire coast, have you?<br />
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....numerous lovely vintage things, of which these are a small selection;<br />
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:: A licence issued by The Ministry of Food to a local shop, signed and dated 1943.<br />
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:: A pair of glass finger plates. Via the car boot sale for 50p.<br />
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:: The best non-drip teapot ever! This was a case of true serendipity as I needed a teapot and straight away I found this lovely small sized Swan Brand pot in their 'Willo Ware' pattern...for £1!<br />
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:: Handmade wooden sewing box in the most glorious green, with some contents. Bought to possibly sell but, well, you know the rest...<br />
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:: Lovely little Chad Valley globe. We've <strike>wasted</strike> spent many minutes looking for countries that either don't exist any more or have changed their names.<br />
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:: Pretty religious print. Because I really need another! It was very reasonable though.<br />
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And finally, there was much excitement in this house when we found out that <a href="http://www.warplane.com/" target="_blank">VeRA the Canadian Lancaster</a> would be flying close by as part of her tour with Thumper from the <a href="http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/" target="_blank">BBMF</a>. But on the day, they actually flew <strong>RIGHT OVER MY HOUSE!!!</strong> Unfortunately, I can't thrill you with a photograph because they were 45 minutes ahead of schedule and, caught off guard, I just couldn't get the camera sorted in time, even though I had set it up on the tripod hours before and positioned it where I thought I'd get a good shot. I shall kick myself forever more...they were so low, I could read the washing instructions on the pilots underpants*<br />
Anyway, a while after, the <a href="http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/" target="_blank">Red Arrows</a> flew over our neighbouring field so that was pretty spesh. I see the Arrows a lot as they can be seen quite regularly practising in the skies above Lincoln but to have them go past your house is quite something. We really do suffer from an embarrassment of riches here in<a href="http://www.bcar.org.uk/index" target="_blank"> 'Bomber County'</a>. This time I got some pics but they fly so fast, that was hard work too. It wasn't my day! The second image is a bit fuzzy as I cropped it to show the detail.<br />
I have a post planned about the <a href="http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/" target="_blank">BBMF </a>.I shall have to do it now I've said it.<br />
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So that's just a small snapshot of the last few months. I can't make promises about posting very regularly from now on I'm afraid so expect me when you see me. There might be new stock coming to<a href="http://www.thisvintagelife.com/" target="_blank"> This Vintage Life...</a>soon though.<br />
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Au revoir!<br />
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*not really, but thanks to Ms.V.Wood for that one.<br />
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<br />This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-43426993860456552002013-12-19T15:12:00.000+00:002013-12-20T12:09:39.509+00:00Moppe to Map {or how to make an Ikea Moppe chest look slightly more attractive}Serves me right for making promises when it comes to blogging; always the kiss of death. It's nearly Christmas for flips sake!<br />
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You can call it a 'tutorial' if you like (I think that can be little condescending so I won't) or just a post about how I prettied up a plain chest. It's just the way I did it. I'm not saying it's right or wrong but it's my way and it works for me; you might love it or hate it but if you're thinking of doing something similar and have never tackled this sort of thing before it may give you a few pointers.<br />
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(apologies in advance for the lazy one-handed phone pics but it was easier than downing tools every few minutes to take a snap on the big camera)<br />
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So, I'm supposing that an awful lot of people out there have some form of Moppe chest. This is my third and very useful they are too. Just crying out to be decorated aren't they?<br />
My other two are painted. One I won't show you as it was decorated many years ago for my interior design course and was intended to showcase 'paint effects'. Hmmmm.....suffice to say it now lives in a cupboard and does service as a sort of first aid box. It's not pretty. I'll get around to re-doing it someday.<br />
The other one I hand painted (after a fashion!) and it sits on the worktop in the utility room and is full of all those little things that need a home but you only have a use for once a flood such as picture/curtain hooks, matches, superglue etc...I don't know why I'm telling you all this except to demonstrate the versatility of the Moppe!<br />
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So when I decided to buy another for use in my little office come craft space come sewing space I wanted to do something different.<br />
I decided to cover the drawer fronts with an old map just because I love old maps and I can stick down paper in my sleep so not much of a stretch, creatively speaking.<br />
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I quite often find old maps or road atlas's at car boot sales and the like and cheap too if they're damaged. Then I have no qualms about cutting them up for projects like this. This lovely Bartholomew's atlas is from 1955. I know because it says so inside.<br />
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So what do we need? Well a Moppe chest (or other undecorated piece ~ you can of course apply this method to lots of other items, big or small) plus....</div>
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.....a pencil, a very sharp craft knife/scalpel, a ruler, a cutting mat is very useful, PVA glue, a smallish brush, something to decant the glue into, paint, knobs (if using, we'll come that later) wax, wire wool, sandpaper and a cloth.</div>
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Now you won't need much paint for this. I really wanted to use a pale grey but couldn't be a***d to go out and buy some. You know what it's like when you just have to get on with something. So I found half a tester pot of F&B paint in 'Bone' knocking around and crossed my fingers it would be enough. And it was. Not quite as grey as I would have liked, more grey-green but meh! I gave the outside of the chest a light sand and then applied two coats of paint including the edges of the drawers. You can paint the whole thing in and out if you so wish. Me, I don't see the point. Paint knobs if using.</div>
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Handy hint! Use a brush the same size, that is, the width, as the drawer edge and you can paint the whole length in one sweep without worrying about getting paint over the edges where you don't want it.</div>
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Apply two coats, let it dry, give it a another light sand. Then wack on the wax. I love Briwax in Antique Brown. Been using it for donkeys years. I know, looks scary! You can apply with a cloth or you may prefer like me, to use wire wool. Any grade will do. This will smooth the surface and also distress at the same time if you give it a bit more welly so if you haven't used the sandpaper or forgot then this will do the job. I also prefer wire wool as it really gets the wax into the surface grain. I didn't want a really dark surface so I polished it off near enough straight away with a clean cloth to remove excess wax and buff to a lovely sheen. I was going for a slightly dirty look, not out and out filthy! If you do want to distress, just be a bit more heavy handed on the edges to remove a little paint.</div>
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Handy hint! If you're turning the drawers around and adding knobs (which I like to do) this is a good stage at which to mark out where they will go. As you can see from the above picture, I forgot until after I'd applied my map :-( It can still be done, it's just easier to do it before by pencilling two lines from corner to corner and where they cross in the middle is where you put your knob. We don't want pencil lines on our lovely drawer front so it has to involve measuring and stuff and blurghh, you get the idea; don't be a numpty like me and remember to do it before sticking commences!</div>
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Time to cut out your paper. Place the drawer face down (remember I'm using the 'back' here not the front with the little finger hole) on your map and drawer around the edge with a pencil.</div>
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The using a ruler, preferably a metal one, cut around the pencil line with your craft knife. Put your weight on it so it doesn't move.</div>
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Handy hint! This is useful if leaving your project for a few hours ~ pop the relevant drawer front into it's drawer until you're ready to stick it down. I know it seems obvious but as I'm trying to replicate a whole area over six drawers it means I'm unlikely to stick the wrong piece onto the wrong drawer front. If you're going for a more patchwork look, don't bother! </div>
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But first, lets talk about wrinkles. And bubbles. This is the bane of the decoupager, if you will. </div>
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First, your paper will look like this:</div>
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(I was lucky in that I was able to apply my map to show both my home town and where I live now (vaguely between the knob and the sea!) as they're not too far from each other)</div>
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How do we achieve this? Firstly, by having our PVA as undiluted as possible. It needs a little watering down to make it brushable but too much and we get wrinkles and bubbles and they won't disappear when it's dry. So, just go very steady with the water and barely add any. If you do add too much it's easily remedied by adding more glue back in but you may end up with far too much glue and then it'll be wasted and we don't want that either!</div>
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Secondly, just apply a VERY thin coat to your surface. The temptation is to slap it on because we want the paper to say put but it's really not necessary. The paper will adhere just as well with a thin coat but make sure the surface is completely covered and you'll be fine. Remember, the glue is going to be quite strong as it's barely diluted. </div>
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So.....decant some PVA into a container and add a VERY small amount of water. Mix well and apply a THIN coat of glue to your drawer, making sure you've covered it all well. Start by brushing out towards the edges to make sure there is a good covering as not enough there and you'll get curling up. Then do the rest. Apply your paper carefully and smooth down from the middle outwards; pretend you're applying a screen protector to your phone or for the more old-fashioned amongst us (me) covering a shelf in Fablon. </div>
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You can also go over the surface with a roller. I've never used one, finding my hands sufficient, but each to his own. Just keep smoothing with your fingers, from the middle out, even though as you're doing it more bubbles will keep appearing, little blighters! </div>
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It will get to a stage where you're 95% happy and you can't do anymore. This is when you walk away, let it dry and hope for the best. If you've followed the advice above you should have a near enough wrinkle free surface and my work is done. You're very welcome!</div>
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Just place your drawer face down on your cutting mat and trim all around with your VERY sharp craft knife. Again, put your weight on it so it can't move. This will give a lovely crisp edge.</div>
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If you're adding knobs drill a hole in the drawer front (which we marked out BEFORE we applied the paper, didn't we?) feed a screw through from the inside and screw on your knob. I have to admit this is where I hand over to the reins to Mr TVL. My knobs, which are teeny tiny came from ebay. I certainly couldn't find any that small on the high street. They come without screws so you'll need to buy some. The knobs on my hand painted Moppe are actually from an old (and by old, I don't mean vintage, just manky) wooden towel rail. They were screwed onto the end of the rails to stop them falling out. I try not to throw anything away I think will come in handy one day!</div>
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You'll notice (if you look closely) that my maps don't quite match up in the centre. And The Wash ends very abruptly!</div>
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This is because I took mine from across two pages of a book where there was a spine and a white border through the middle. Another problem I had was that I could only get four drawers from one double page so had to go to another page for the bottom two. This threw everything out as you can see from the second picture below. It was impossible to get the map to look seamless ~ I would have run out of map altogether on the right side and would have to have had a join on the left due to the spine. <br />
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So I had to be satisfied with the best I could get and it doesn't bother me but if it does you, best to use a large fold out map instead. You'll just have creases to contend with then! Or go for a more 'freeform' (patchwork!) look.<br />
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So there you go. Fairly cheap to achieve (just had to buy the knobs) it only took a few hours work over the course of a couple of days and it looks a heck of lot more interesting than it did initially. Well, I'm pleased with it anyway!<br />
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This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-76608194988708772662013-09-23T21:08:00.000+01:002013-09-23T21:22:53.103+01:00Nice to sea you...I know, terrible title but it's late and I'm afraid it's the best I can do.<br />
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Slightly longer blogging hiatus than I'd planned there (because I didn't really plan one at all) and<br />
I could make all sorts of excuses of course but the plain fact of the matter is I've had a bad case of 'can't-be-arsedness'. Or to put it a little more delicately, a complete lack of inspiration and motivation.<br />
It doesn't help matters when every time you try and start a blog post Blogger decides to b***er it up. I really am cheesed off with it and have neither the patience nor the inclination to spend hours and hours trying to get around the problem. Is it just me I wonder? Probably.<br />
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We've also been experiencing that strange phenomenon in Britain; a real Summer! I don't know about you but when the sun is shining, it's warm outside and I've been able to go without a pully for more than a couple of days, the last thing I want to do is sit and look at a screen of any kind but get out there and enjoy it.<br />
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We also lost our last little house dwelling furry in August. It really knocked us for six and everything else just seemed so pointless, at least for a time. I think we worked out this is the tenth pet we've lost and when the oldest living and laying hen (Betty was NINE this month) goes to the big eglu in the sky we ain't having any more. All too painful. <br />
Even though Flo was seventeen she was only poorly for a week and then she was gone. This is the first time in twenty years we've had an empty house and that takes some getting used to I can tell you.<br />
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That was quite a list after all wasn't it? Back with proper posts soon (ish) and even some new stock on the <a href="http://www.thisvintagelife.com/" target="_blank">website</a> ~ remember that?<br />
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In the meantime, here's some pictures from our weekend when I suspect we were enjoying the last lovely days of summer. We took Moz for a tootle to <a href="http://www.chapelstleonards.info/index.html" target="_blank">Chapel St Leonards</a> (or as I call it, Chapel Saint Lenn-aards just because I'm odd like that) where we enjoyed a curly-wurly ice-cream and a paddle in the sea. Simple pleasures.<br />
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This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-26835100476158535392013-07-10T10:53:00.002+01:002014-02-26T15:36:22.824+00:00Vintage Books: The Caravan Family<br />
If you've been here before you may know of my love of vintage children's books. <br />
I only recently acquired 'The Caravan Family' (last year maybe?) but it is definitely one of my favourites.<br />
I have some pictures of a beautiful vintage caravan to share with you but as these photos were all ready to go I thought I'd post these first to whet your appetite!<br />
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The book, by Blackies, is in an annual format and dates to the 1930's. There are 24 beautiful full colour plates by Raymond Sheppard as well as many black and white illustrations.<br />
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It's the story of three siblings, Patsy, Tony and Paul, their terrier-cross Colin and of course their parents, Mr & Mrs Reed and their adventures on the open road in a green and cream (what else?!) caravan.<br />
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It's a charming story full of the innocence, not only of childhood but also of the era generally when having the use of a car, let alone owning one was a huge, exciting adventure. Those were the days when you could take off with no idea about where you might spend the night, perhaps just stop at the side of a road or ask to pitch up in a farmers field.<br />
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It was not called the 'golden age of motoring' for nothing! <br />
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What I would give to get my hands on a similar caravan (and car!). And don't you just love the way that standards were maintained, even on a caravanning holiday? It's a tie, trilby and jacket for Dad, a lovely frock and heels for Mother and much the same for the children, because, well, there was no alternative!<br />
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It all just makes you yearn for a simpler time, doesn't it? <br />
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I thought I'd scheduled this post but apparently I hadn't so it's a bit longer appearing than I intended. I also deleted the whole thing by mistake and had to do it all over again...ho hum...but anyway, here at last are more pics of lovely Nuffield Place....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main bathroom has more lovely Poole tiles and another primrose yellow suite, just fab!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, Morris wasn't a towel thief! He bought nearby Huntercombe when it got into financial difficulties and enjoyed a regular round.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This green bathroom has a suite and tiles by H. R Johnson.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely features everywhere...I must say I do think it's great that the NT allow photography in many of their properties now. As long as there is no flash used, I really don't see a problem with it. Others should take note!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Nuffield was a keen needlewoman and before her marriage worked in the dressmaking room of what later became Debenhams.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In her sewing room is a fabulous selection of sewing ephemera including embroidered pieces....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...as well as patterns for knitting and dressmaking.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and generally mess around with. Great for helping children understand the period better.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the stairwell is a large collection of framed Morris Owner magazines. Morris founded the Nuffield Press which produced, amongst other publications, this magazine for Morris owners.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were fascinated with these because we have a small collection ourselves. It is a very slow growing collection as they come in at around an eye-watering £20 each. If you come across any for less than this, please let me know! (note the wartime edition - top right) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favourite has to be this one. I'd love an outfit like this but we'd have to swap the car for the 10 or 12 seen here. I'm afraid Mozzie with his little 8hp engine couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tea room is called the Coronation Café and although I have to admit that I wasn't enamoured of the food (another work-in-progress I hope) the theme was novel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was aware the house wasn't big but still, it is incredibly modest for someone who was once one of the richest men in the world. I suppose that today he'd be termed a billionaire.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just past the kitchen garden on the way to and from the car park is the garage. I can just imagine Mr Morris, driving home from his office at Cowley, a few miles away and putting the modest 1939 Wolseley 8 away in the garage for the night. He could have driven any model of any car of course (he bought Wolseley in 1927) but chose a modest 8. His wife drove an 8 of her own and when she died in 1959, he starting driving hers as it had done less miles! The car is on display by the way at the <a href="http://www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk/" target="_blank">Heritage Motor Centre</a> at Gaydon which we also visited earlier this year. They have a superb exhibition called 'Morris the Man' running until September to commemorate this years centenary of Morris Motors.</td></tr>
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I can only imagine what Morris would've thought to people tramping around his house like this. I should think on the one hand he would hate it as he was a very modest and unassuming man. Then again, with no heir to leave his business or personal fortune to, he left the whole lot in trust to Nuffield College, Oxford on the understanding that they preserved it so he must have expected it to be opened to the public at some point. I for one wouldn't have missed it for the world and felt very privileged to experience a glimpse into the home life of this very private man and of course it was personally a little pilgrimage for us. </div>
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Since his death in 1963 and until it was offered to the NT, the college had only opened the house periodically to visitors so the NT's acquisition now means more people will be able to enjoy seeing it and of course, it will now be preserved just as it is, ad infinitum.</div>
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On his death, Morris left a mere £3,000,000 which just goes to show how much he gave away during his lifetime. Money meant very little to him personally, he was only interested in it as a means to an end, to expand his business or help others.</div>
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Once, when talking about his wealth, he commented that he didn't see the point in having a wardrobe full of suits as he could only wear one at once. What an example he is to us all today.</div>
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Around the same time we bought our <a href="http://thisvintagelife.blogspot.co.uk/2011_09_11_archive.html" target="_blank">Morris 8</a> the National Trust were appealing for funds to enable them to open <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nuffield-place/" target="_blank">Nuffield Place,</a> the home of William Morris, Lord (later Viscount) Nuffield.<br />
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Here we are nearly two years later and the house is now open to all although the NT do admit it is a 'work in progress'. Even though I'm no great fan of the National Trust, we just had to visit, not only because of our interest in Morris cars and Mr Morris (he's always referred to as Mr Morris in our house!) but because the house has a classic 1930's style. This, coupled with the fact that I knew Mr Morris was a thrifty gentleman who hated waste meant I was hoping for a 'time capsule' of a house and I certainly wasn't disappointed. Of course, this is what interests the National Trust.<br />
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Say the name William Morris to most people and they'll probably think firstly of that wallpaper bloke. <br />
But, Lord Nuffield should be as well, if not better known as he not only gave so much to this country and indeed the world through his car production but also gave away the incredible sum of £30 million pounds to charitable causes, a sum that equals £700 million today. Some claim it's even more. His philanthropy is even now still being felt through such organisations as The Nuffield Foundation and Nuffield College, Oxford to which he endowed nearly a million pounds towards it's founding in 1937. <br />
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By the way, this isn't a post about cars, just pictures (lots and lots!) of a wonderful house that should be high on your list of places to visit if you like old houses in general, 1930's interiors in particular and love vintage as much as I do. It's a vintage-lovers dream and we couldn't stop oohing, ahhing and gasping all the way around the house. I don't know what the other visitors must have thought!<br />
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So, last week we set off on the long drive south to Henley-on-Thames on what turned out to be a lovely sunny, warm day to visit the home of a gentleman for whom we have nothing but admiration.<br />
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(As I have so many pictures to share, I'm splitting them into two posts. Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them)<br />
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Another of my favourite rooms although one of the smallest was what the NT termed The Butlers Pantry although I very much doubt Mr Morris employed a butler. I do know they had a housekeeper though.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lord Nuffield attended the Coronation of George VI in 1937 and his lordly robes are on display.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Nuffield's dressing room has been recreated, presumably because as she died a few years before her husband, her belongings were no longer in the house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It has been faithfully dressed with a lovely selection of items that you would have expected to find in a lady's dressing room of the period.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This room was converted from an open balcony around 1933 and apparently Lord Nuffield often slept in here rather than in his own bedroom next door. It also connects to Lady Nuffield's bedroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In one corner is his tool cupboard. I had heard about this seemingly strange addition to a bedroom and although I knew it was small I was still expecting some sort of ante-room when in fact it's just a wardrobe!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little jar at the back contains his appendix! Morris had wanted to be a surgeon but this ambition was thwarted due to his fathers ill-health. He had to leave school and earn a living, which he did by becoming apprenticed to a bicycle maker. He had a life-long interest in anything medical though and many of his benevolent acts were directed towards the medical profession. He once donated an Iron Lung to every hospital in the country.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trunk of a well-travelled man. He loved a sea voyage and not only cruised regularly for pleasure but would also go by sea to conduct business in far-flung places such as Australia. Lady Nuffield did not travel with him. </td></tr>
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<br />This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-51762072827997686162013-05-26T17:48:00.000+01:002013-05-26T17:48:00.761+01:00"What DO you eat?" Day 8Yes, I know there's only seven days in a week but I started a day early so you get a bonus day!<br />
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By the way I'm adding my pictures to the VegSoc's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/butwhatdoyoueat/pool/" target="_blank"> Flickr</a> group called appropriately enough 'But what do you eat?' Even I found it fascinating to see what other vegetarian's eat (I only know one other and I live with him!) so it was comforting to know that we do eat a lot of the same things. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home-made chickpea burger in a soft wholemeal roll with salad leaves, cheese and in my case, ketchup! Cheap, simple, quick, delicious; what more could you want?</td></tr>
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<br />This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-36042101027292587522013-05-25T17:47:00.000+01:002013-05-25T21:02:42.298+01:00"What DO you eat?" Day 7Another day of my vegetarian diet in celebration of <a href="http://www.nationalvegetarianweek.org/" target="_blank">National Vegetarian Week </a>and it's dinner time again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is something we eat when I'm being a bit lazy! I always keep a couple of Quorn fillets or<a href="http://www.goodlife.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Goodlife</a> Nut Cutlets in the freezer for 'emergencies' (whatever they are...) I don't like relying too much on these sorts of things as I find the salt content uncomfortably high but they make a quick, simple dinner with some fresh, frozen or tinned veg. This is a mushroom and cheese Quorny thing I think. Served with new potatoes, frozen sweetcorn/broad beans and beautiful asparagus plus some veggie gravy. I only buy English asparagus when it comes into season but boy, is it worth waiting for!</td></tr>
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This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-6688211925816403192013-05-24T17:25:00.000+01:002013-05-24T17:25:00.391+01:00"What DO you eat?" Day 6Day 6 celebrating<a href="http://www.nationalvegetarianweek.org/" target="_blank"> National Vegetarian Week</a> and another example of the sort of lunch I throw together from what's in the fridge and/or cupboard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This salad is made from leftover brown rice, avocado, sweetcorn, chopped olives, onion, goats cheese, toasted pumpkin, sesame and sunflower seeds (plus pine nuts if I have them) tossed in any old salad dressing (although I like Mary Berry's) and sprinkled with nutritional yeast flakes. Delicious! And of course, you can just vary it to suit whatever you have at the time. Some other things that come to mind are pasta, cous-cous, fresh or jar peppers (or any antipasti in jars) sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella, feta, or halloumi cheeses, mushrooms, leftover peas, broad or green beans or other vegetables, any sort of tinned beans (not baked!) chickpeas, lentils...the possibilities are endless! </td></tr>
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This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-21459424095730469962013-05-23T17:11:00.002+01:002013-05-23T17:12:43.048+01:00"What DO you eat?" Day 5Day 5 of Deb's veggie diet in honour of <a href="http://www.nationalvegetarianweek.org/" target="_blank">National Vegetarian Week</a> and a simple, wholesome and tasty dinner to share with you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of our favourite and most regular meals that is just thrown together. It takes just a little aubergine so great if you have a bit that wants using up but apart from that it's just store-cupboard ingredients. Onion, red pepper (I sometimes use the ones in a jar) a few mushrooms if you like, a tin of kidney beans (including the water) and some herbs and seasonings. The recipe has red wine in it but it's not really needed and I'd rather drink it, ha! It's called Red Stew and is taken from a great little cookbook called <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Meat-For-Please-Vegetarian/dp/0716021773/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369324787&sr=8-1&keywords=no+meat+for+me+please#_" target="_blank">'No meat for me please'.</a> Serve with cous-cous, sprinkle with nutritional yeast flakes and top with a spoon of crème fraiche or yogurt. Add crusty bread if you're really hungry. Freezes well too!<br />
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This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-33730794608670171482013-05-22T21:50:00.000+01:002013-05-22T22:13:43.919+01:00"What DO you eat?" Day 4Day four and a simple lunch dish.<br />
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<br />This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-64674421030445757272013-05-21T21:44:00.000+01:002013-05-21T21:53:13.542+01:00"What DO you eat?" Day 3<br />
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<br />This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-40275138863481042232013-05-20T21:36:00.000+01:002013-05-21T21:56:09.056+01:00"What DO you eat?" Day 2Day two of <a href="http://www.nationalvegetarianweek.org/" target="_blank">National Vegetarian Week</a> and my daily diet!<br />
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This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-47621642796460004652013-05-19T21:24:00.000+01:002013-05-21T21:58:36.725+01:00"What DO you eat?" Day 1If I had a pound for every time I get asked that question I'd have, ooh, about 200 quid! But seriously, I'm sure any vegetarian would say the same. It's always the question we get asked more than any other. It really does seem to be hard for meat-eaters to comprehend what our diet may be like and I can sympathise somewhat with that view so in the interests of enlightenment and in honour of <a href="http://www.nationalvegetarianweek.org/" target="_blank">National Vegetarian Week</a> all this week I'll be cataloguing the sort of things I eat on a daily basis.<br />
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Here are a few things I've found on my travels of the last few weeks. I wouldn't say they were all as cheap as chips but I still consider them inexpensive especially compared with buying new. And of course, it's highly unlikely you'll bump into anyone else wearing/carrying the same item and that's priceless! </div>
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I know the last two aren't wardrobe related but I don't buy much for the house these days (honest) so I thought I'd throw them in. I find lots of tins and never keep them but I really liked something about this one. Maybe it's because the toffee was made at the Garden Toffery!</div>
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When I was looking at buying a 1940's hat, the problem that I had was actually finding a vintage hat to fit me. I didn't think I had a particularly big head but compared to ladies from seventy years ago, mine must be gargantuan!</div>
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So, although I'm certainly no milliner, until I found a my vintage hats in the right size and price bracket I wore this little Deb-designed hoo-ha and thought it may be helpful to share with you how I achieved it. </div>
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First step is to find a hat. I bought a felt cloche style one from Gap via the charity shop. Apologies, but I forgot to take a picture of what it looked like before but I'm sure you can imagine...rounded close fitting crown and a downwards pointing brim, nothing like a real cloche of course but very suitable for my purposes. Felt is great because not only is it period correct, it's easy to change the shape of it by steaming. As I'm sure you know, you can cut felt without it unravelling or needing any finishing and whatnot.</div>
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I love this picture! (I've split it in two so you can see all the detail) Ordinary ladies wearing ordinary, everyday hats, most of them in the unstructured style I was aiming for. There they are, knitting away for victory!</div>
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Step three is to find a 'head' for your hat as I'm sure, like me, you don't have a hat block lying around the house doing nothing. My small mixing bowl was just the right shape and size. I wasn't trying to change the size of my hat so really the bowl just serves as somewhere to rest the hat while working on it.</div>
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Next, set a large pan of water simmering on the hob. Then you need to start manipulating your hat into the shape you want. Obviously, what you do will very much depend on the hat you're working on and what you want to achieve. As I was going for a ladies trilby I wanted to put a deep groove in the crown. Once you have the felt where you want it, use pegs to hold it in that shape while you steam it. </div>
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Hold your hat over the pan using a pair of tongs or something similar and preferably wearing an oven glove (I put mine on a bit too late, ouch!)</div>
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Keep setting your hat on the 'block', manipulating the felt, pegging and unpegging to see if the pegs are holding it where you want it and then re-applying some steam to each area you are trying to change. Try the hat on to make sure you're pinching and bending the felt in the right direction and that it doesn't look like a dog's breakfast. Don't do this when you've just took it off the steam obviously! It all sounds a lot more complex than it is, trust me! All will be pretty obvious when you are doing it. </div>
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When you're happy with what you've got, leave your hat to dry. Don't worry if it's not perfect though, you can always go back and do some more fiddling, that's the great thing about felt. As you can see, I let mine dry but then decided I wanted a more downwards facing brim at the front so I did a bit more steaming and pegging...</div>
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You can sew the ribbon on if you like but I used my trusty glue gun and it was done in seconds. I trimmed my ribbon to the exact length around the crown as I knew I would be putting a bow on the top but if you're not doing that make it slightly longer and fold it over neatly where the two ends meet.</div>
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This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-42701704347824828452013-03-19T17:12:00.003+00:002013-04-08T18:24:13.612+01:00Spring greensI don't know about where you are but the weather is distinctly gloomy in my neck of the woods at the moment and has been for days. It's wet and cold and the sky looks like it's fallen in. Not exactly Spring-like!<br />
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Still, the bulbs are well on their way up in the garden, although not as far on as these that Mr TVL kindly bought for me when he popped out for a pint of milk.<br />
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They are currently cheering up my kitchen and hallway. We recently found ourselves re-decorating the hallway after replacing our sofa and chair. The old sofa was so big we had trouble getting it out of the living room and ended up scraping the wallpaper and catching the woodwork in several places while trying to manoeuvre it through the doorway and down the hall. My intention was certainly not to re-do the whole lot but the yellow and terracotta colour scheme was looking tired and a bit dingy so although I was forced in to it I'm kind of glad really as it did need freshening up.<br />
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The hallway is one 'room' I've always struggled a bit with. It's a very narrow L-shape, typical of a bungalow of this era and with very little natural light. We had new doors hung when we moved in (yes, the Sapele ones had to go!) and we had half glazed ones where we could (not a good idea for the bathroom obviously...) but still, most of the time it's gloomy. Hence, the yellow although I don't think it really helped much. </div>
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So I compromised with Antique White on the Anaglypta and a soft green I mixed myself above the dado. </div>
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I used to have this Barbola mirror in the bedroom (along with about three others...) until IT was purged a while ago too. It's too pretty to be stuck up in the loft and I thought the pinky-red roses would look lovely against the green. I have to admit, I'm moving slightly away from the florals; they won't disappear altogether but I'm trying to mix some other things in there now.</div>
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I'm still undecided about whether to keep the Anglepoise lamp here or swap it for something with a fabric shade. I'm also framing a picture that I may replace the large floral print with on the opposite wall and it's NOT flowers. Quelle horreur!! But otherwise job done. And to say I had no intention of doing it I'm actually quite pleased with how it turned out. Now, I really have to turn my attentions to the bathroom...<br />
As I was doing this post I realised I should have shown a 'before' pic but oddly I could only find one on my computer which I'm sure can't be right but here it is anyway. Lots of cottage prints, family portraits and other assorted pictures on every portion of wall space!<br />
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In other news! If you've recently visited the <a href="http://www.thisvintagelife.com/" target="_blank">website</a> you may have noticed we've had a bit of a facelift. That's all I'm going to say about that. Moving on...<br />
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February marked the sixth anniversary?/birthday? of <a href="http://www.thisvintagelife.com/" target="_blank">This Vintage Life</a>. How time does fly. That's quite a long time and having given a lot of thought generally to things over the winter I've decided that there will be no more big uploads of stock, at least for the forseeable future anyway. I'll be adding one or two items weekly or as and when I acquire something interesting. <br />
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Therefore I won't be sending out New Stock emails to the mailing list anymore. I think you'd soon get fed up if I dropped you an email whenever I added one item to the site! So, I'm going to add an update to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thisvintagelifeonline" target="_blank">Facebook</a> every time there's a new product added as it's quicker and simpler that way.<br />
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I'll try and mention it on the blog too although that may just be a link in the sidebar. I might add something to the home page of the website too so if you drop in regularly, you should know that way. So please, if you want to be kept updated about stock you'll need to visit us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thisvintagelifeonline" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook </a>and 'like' us or whatever it is you have to do to get updates (I'm so un-techie!!) <br />
<br />This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-5920002467129618532013-02-18T18:24:00.000+00:002013-04-08T18:27:32.585+01:00New arrivals at This Vintage Life...New products have just landed over at<a href="http://www.thisvintagelife.com/" target="_blank"> This Vintage Life</a> my friends...it would be lovely to see you over there.<br />
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That's probably all from me this year. I hope you all enjoy a lovely Christmas and a peaceful and happy new year, although it looks like being a soggy one. Thanks once again to everybody that has made a purchase from<a href="http://www.thisvintagelife.com/" target="_blank"> This Vintage Life...</a>this year. Times are tough for a lot of people and your custom is much appreciated. This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-31267281569731244442012-12-06T14:39:00.000+00:002012-12-06T15:22:43.871+00:00Hacked offYes, I'm still here, that little thing called life getting in the way again, tut tut. Hopefully, more regular blogging will resume shortly. Well, as regular as I can make it.<br />
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Just a quickie to show you a little bargain that I took a chance with and won *punches air*.<br />
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I found this tweed jacket in a charity shop about two years ago, for the rather large (in my opinion!) price of seven new pounds. But it<strong> is</strong> actually a proper hacking jacket made by the english company Mears for the country-tweedy-riding-hunting type set. I admit this bothered me a lot and I hummed and haa-ed in the shop for yonks before deciding that what the heck, it's just a jacket. I can't hold it responsible for what it may have <em>seen</em> if you follow my point and drift?<br />
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And it has obviously been well used over the years but with plenty of life left in it...good old tweed!<br />
It has a rather lovely shape with the one split up the back (for sitting atop horsey) slanted pockets and a flattering nipped in waist. Miracle of miracles, the sleeves also fit me perfectly which never happens, except with vintage garments. It had a little pilling, nothing I couldn't 'shave' off and the elbows are a tad stretched out, I would guess from always being worn with the elbows bent, holding onto the reins. But otherwise it seemed in great condition.<br />
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It also has a rather nice blue/brown mix. So, I wore it a couple of times and then I suddenly saw something I hadn't before. There seemed to be some pale brown stains which were only apparent in certain light. And if I was squinting. So, it went back in the wardrobe and there it has hung ever since...until a couple of weeks ago when having a bit of a purge I came across it once again. Well, it was either send it back to the CS or chuck it in the washing machine and hope for the best. So that's what I did! But not before spraying it with nasty old stain remover (in for a penny etc...) I popped it in on a wool cycle and crossed my fingers. An hour later out it came, smelling a lot sweeter for a start! And seemingly the same size as when it went in. I hung it on a hanger to dry and it wasn't even creased!<br />
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Was it worth it? Some of the stains have disappeared and the others are a lot paler. I think I can only see them now because I know where they are. <br />
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Moral of this story: never trust a charity shop for a start, trust your own eyes. I like to think I check everything over very thoroughly but I still cock up sometimes. I was a bit peeved as it was bought in the Lake District, otherwise I'd have taken it back. The things I've seen on CS clothes and I'm sure you have too...hair (human and animal) food, vomit etc...There was a time when they cleaned everything before it hit the rails, do they not do that now? Anyhow, it turned out alright in the end. By the way, please don't go chucking all your garments, vintage or otherwise in the washing machine will you? And if you do, don't blame me if it all goes horribly wrong! After all, I had nothing to lose in this instance.<br />
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You can now find <a href="http://www.thisvintagelife.com/" target="_blank">This Vintage Life</a> on Facebook. <em>There's</em> something I thought I'd never do! Still finding my feet at the moment, I think I need a small child to hold my hand. It would be nice if you would come and say hello, don't leave me all my own over there please! Link via badge on sidebar, haven't worked out a url link yet, sigh....<br />
<em>*Edit: I think I may have cracked it, let's see if this works </em><a href="http://www.facebook.com/thisvintagelifeonline" target="_blank"><em>www.facebook.com/thisvintagelifeonline</em></a>This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-45217243839483248882012-09-23T18:54:00.000+01:002013-04-08T18:25:45.609+01:00Vintage Pop-Up ShopI'm having a big ol' clearout and you're invited! We're calling it the Vintage Pop-Up shop just because it sounds better than Clearance Sale or something equally boring. If you are interested in coming and dragging along some poor unsuspecting mates/family/stangers off the street, please email deb@thisvintagelife.com for address and directions (...to my garden, hence why I'm not splashing the venue all over the internet) By the way, we are in the back of beyond on the east coast of Lincolnshire so not very accessible for most I know but if you do trip along we'll be mighty glad to see you and very appreciative, honest. It's over two days the weekend of the 6th and 7th of October and lordy, I hope the weather improves by then otherwise we'll all be squeezed into my kitchen. We have a gazebo but it'll take off if the wind and rain is anything like today. There'll be a wide range of vintage, you know the sort of thing ~ linens, pictures, china, kitchenalia, books, furniture, clothing, accessories etc...etc... I am at saturation point and need to 'thin' so I can buy more, ha! So, hope to see you then and er, bring cash! Ooh, I've just managed to insert this...progress! <br />
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This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-27787401231919341322012-09-13T16:08:00.000+01:002012-09-13T16:08:10.820+01:00New Arrivals at This Vintage Life...Hello! I have added new stock to the <a href="http://www.thisvintagelife.com/">shop</a> today including a couple of things to make wash day more tolerable!
I am still having problems with Blogger and to be honest, my life's too short to spend any more time trying to fathom it out so I guess that means no more posts from me in the forseeable future. I can't add images which makes for very boring posts I think you'll agree? So until the next upload, ttfn.This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-34161633029890333002012-05-22T11:08:00.001+01:002012-05-22T11:08:55.319+01:00New Arrivals at This Vintage Life...There's a lack of posting at the mo due to Blogger playing up so I hope this manages to get out there!<br />
I just wanted to say that there's new stock in the shop right now and hopefully normal blogging will resume as soon as I've discovered what the problem is. That always helps! I suspect it's this Chrome thingamajig I've HAD to install. Shouldn't it be easier if one Google product is working with another....? If anyone's had the same problem and sorted it out, please let me know how!This Vintage Life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/02619707256991876126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571675705000292930.post-50289355248354940122012-04-11T18:17:00.002+01:002012-04-11T19:17:15.483+01:00Morris Goes To...The Museum Of Lincolnshire LifeNot really, they wouldn't let him inside. He did get us there though. It was just a silly title to enable me to share these pictures with you.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/visiting/museums/museum-of-lincolnshire-life/" target="_blank">The Museum of Lincolnshire Life</a> (fairly self-explanatory) is completely free! It's housed in a Victorian barracks that were once home to the Royal North Lincoln Militia. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GLyVSy16_Uk/T4Vha8sJOmI/AAAAAAAAEi0/UlNNKBlhZ6A/s1600/IMG_9024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GLyVSy16_Uk/T4Vha8sJOmI/AAAAAAAAEi0/UlNNKBlhZ6A/s640/IMG_9024.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But my favourites are the shops, such as the Chemists...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j5Pf8Ez5Czs/T4ViXOr8EoI/AAAAAAAAEjU/INjrM9O8QKs/s1600/IMG_9026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j5Pf8Ez5Czs/T4ViXOr8EoI/AAAAAAAAEjU/INjrM9O8QKs/s640/IMG_9026.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What I wouldn't give to have all those cabinets in my kitchen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p139fFP7io8/T4Viy_-LWHI/AAAAAAAAEjk/8OmkJptSNM8/s1600/IMG_9028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p139fFP7io8/T4Viy_-LWHI/AAAAAAAAEjk/8OmkJptSNM8/s640/IMG_9028.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I just love the Drapers shop...I'll take everything please!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And when you've bought some chairbacks and a shingle cap (!) you can trot next door to the Post Office to purchase a stamp or two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vKtHe2nC9VY/T4WcLNFWyyI/AAAAAAAAElE/PaDehOrUdJM/s1600/IMG_9039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" qda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vKtHe2nC9VY/T4WcLNFWyyI/AAAAAAAAElE/PaDehOrUdJM/s640/IMG_9039.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Id7vlvas-r0/T4WcXIcJhyI/AAAAAAAAElM/iothUDuYNgM/s1600/IMG_9044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" qda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Id7vlvas-r0/T4WcXIcJhyI/AAAAAAAAElM/iothUDuYNgM/s640/IMG_9044.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mUAd22T5_lI/T4Wcjl3AkjI/AAAAAAAAElU/jcqMEYfBvYs/s1600/IMG_9041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426px" qda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mUAd22T5_lI/T4Wcjl3AkjI/AAAAAAAAElU/jcqMEYfBvYs/s640/IMG_9041.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then there's the Grocer's... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0j-gveJq1-c/T4Wc0Nry3tI/AAAAAAAAElc/9pSITJKOZ0g/s1600/IMG_9049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426px" qda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0j-gveJq1-c/T4Wc0Nry3tI/AAAAAAAAElc/9pSITJKOZ0g/s640/IMG_9049.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dF84W7rOmvg/T4WdyyDw47I/AAAAAAAAElk/C2tjhWlhqfU/s1600/IMG_9048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" qda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dF84W7rOmvg/T4WdyyDw47I/AAAAAAAAElk/C2tjhWlhqfU/s640/IMG_9048.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More cabinet envy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGxGnt8MzMA/T4WlYzsysVI/AAAAAAAAEls/Qz0i5b4yoAY/s1600/IMG_9050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" qda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGxGnt8MzMA/T4WlYzsysVI/AAAAAAAAEls/Qz0i5b4yoAY/s640/IMG_9050.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The basket makers...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kHwS9Kvv2tU/T4WlnkoA64I/AAAAAAAAEl0/af2MRxyxEW4/s1600/IMG_9056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" qda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kHwS9Kvv2tU/T4WlnkoA64I/AAAAAAAAEl0/af2MRxyxEW4/s640/IMG_9056.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7iXAdSVyey8/T4Wl_Xpf_fI/AAAAAAAAEl8/OLjBM_fT4go/s1600/IMG_9054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426px" qda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7iXAdSVyey8/T4Wl_Xpf_fI/AAAAAAAAEl8/OLjBM_fT4go/s640/IMG_9054.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How many towns still have an Ironmongers I wonder...?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>The paraphernalia of the stonemason...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-idFXAl1iHVw/T4WrIjZG0TI/AAAAAAAAEn0/5uq45TK3QDE/s1600/IMG_9084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" qda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-idFXAl1iHVw/T4WrIjZG0TI/AAAAAAAAEn0/5uq45TK3QDE/s640/IMG_9084.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the Blacksmiths workshop...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xqO2jYg84HY/T4WrXGUYfAI/AAAAAAAAEn8/NFJCHF5z8GY/s1600/IMG_9089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" qda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xqO2jYg84HY/T4WrXGUYfAI/AAAAAAAAEn8/NFJCHF5z8GY/s640/IMG_9089.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Complete with Dobbin!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y8hGcTXsiek/T4WrlJtMkDI/AAAAAAAAEoE/IMvlFQ_yOvI/s1600/IMG_9088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" qda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y8hGcTXsiek/T4WrlJtMkDI/AAAAAAAAEoE/IMvlFQ_yOvI/s640/IMG_9088.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are also some vehicle displays...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VgIUx1cQm00/T4Wryw-psdI/AAAAAAAAEoM/iBQ5Xf7_OT8/s1600/IMG_9094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426px" qda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VgIUx1cQm00/T4Wryw-psdI/AAAAAAAAEoM/iBQ5Xf7_OT8/s640/IMG_9094.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's sad isn't it when you see something in a museum that you (and by <em>you </em>I mean Mr TVL, I've never visited Butlins) remember from childhood?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_59dm1Nl0dE/T4Ws2KQBgUI/AAAAAAAAEok/-Ft2_clMtSI/s1600/IMG_9095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" qda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_59dm1Nl0dE/T4Ws2KQBgUI/AAAAAAAAEok/-Ft2_clMtSI/s640/IMG_9095.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...as Morris had to wait patiently in the car park, ready to transport us home again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The museum is well worth a visit if you're in the Lincoln area. We're planning to go back and see <a href="http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/visiting/museums/museum-of-lincolnshire-life/ellis-windmill/" target="_blank">Ellis Windmill</a> in the not too distant future. It' s situated at the rear of the museum and is also free.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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