HOW IT WAS IN THE 1950’s…

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Think holiday camps and Butlins with home bars and cocktail cabinets a very fashionable accessory in your home.
 
Flat-packed furniture was introduced with tops laminated in a marble or wood effect.
 
The Queen’s Coronation meant mass production of souvenir items, from biscuit tins to cigarette holders.
 
Tupperware parties were popping up with melamine plastic tableware very fashionable.
 
Wall art and prints of swans and flamingos, think Coronation Street. Everything was patterned, from wallpaper, carpets, curtains and cushions which are coming back into fashion at the moment.
 
The most popular tipple of the 1950’s was Babycham with collectable glasses with the babysham on them.

RECYCLED CANDLES…

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To recycle your candles, melt down all the left over stubs in a heat proof bowl in a warm oven.

Take a yoghurt pot (or similar) and make a small hole in the bottom.

Thread some string through and tie to a pencil balanced horizontally on the rim of the pot.

Pour in the melted wax and leave to set.

Remove the pot for a perfect candle.

TOP TIPS FOR BUYING VINTAGE CLOTHES…

Long live vintage

1.Always check the garment’s care label for washing instructions,if they don’t have any on them they should still have what the fabric is made of, so you can still find out how to clean it.
2.Always try the article on for size as the sizes in the 1950’s/1960’s is nothing like the sizes of today.
3.Always check for moth infestation as if you find one hole you will probably find more.
4.If you have found something you like in a charity shop but you can’t afford it ask for a discount as most charity shops will give you one.
5.For the 1950’s and earlier, if there is a zip it should be metal and poppers, hooks and eyes means it could well be early 20th Century clothing.
6.If it has shoulder pads, they should be small, neat and fairly rigid.
7.Look for hand stitched hems as well.
8.After the 1950’s look for plastic zips.
9.Shoulder pads would be large and spongy and inner seams were over locked.