Easter holidays are upon us which means I have time to relax and indulge in some of my favourite past times: wandering around Glossop, searching through charity shops, reading, playing on the computer and blogging. After a lovely lunch with my friends, Rachel and Deiniol, I had a little look around the charity shops. I…
Scheurich 553 – 38
I’m trying to do some catching up in terms of retro things that I’ve got to blog about; this is next on my ‘to-do’ list. I can’t quite remember the antiques shop this was bought from, but I seem to remember paying about £18 for it. At the time, it seemed like lots! Actually, I’m…
Auction Viewing
This week saw another jaunt to the auction house in New Mill, nr Holmfirth. To be honest, I didn’t think it was that great – Aidan seemed to like it more than me. However, there was this one little gem: Naturally, we put a commission bid in. The auction was today; we can’t find out…
New Scheurich 414
I’ve been exceedingly slack on the blogging front recently. Usual excuse: work. I’m not going to comment any further as it occupies too much of my mind as it is. On a more interesting front, I recently received this: Shocking picture: I do apologise!! Another Ebay purchase; I was a little disappointed when it arrived…
Metropolis – Fritz Lang
We’ve been watching this recently: Not being the most knowledgeable people about films, we had no idea that Fritz Lang was such a well-known and influential director. We’ve just been enjoying looking at the sets, costumes and crazy stage makeup. Also, this is the version with Giorgio Moroder’s ’80s soundtrack: so retro, in so many…
West German Wordle
I’ve been on a conference this weekend for Recently Qualified Teachers (i.e., if you’re in your second year of teaching). It has reinspired me! I’ve had a happy – and possibly sad – half hour searching for ICT tools on the web. This is the result of playing around with an old favourite: This is…
Who Says Brown is Boring? Ask Scheurich…
Ok, as individual pots – these are probably not the best. But as a group… Clockwise from bottom left: Scheurich, unknown form (can’t read the bottom!); 549-21; 517-45; 549-21; and last but never least… 414-16. I don’t know what the glaze is called. Had a quick P&G forum trawl, but nothing so far. Will update when…
Art Deco Morecambe
Here is the guest blog previously mentioned. Emma has kindly allowed me loose on her blog to talk about the Art Deco world of Morecambe (Lancashire on the NW coast of England). As a birthday surprise I was treated to a night in The Midland Hotel on the sea front of Morecambe. This amazing Art…
Mid Century Collectables in Morecambe…
Within the next few posts, there should be a guest appearance from Aidan! He wants to do a post on the architecture of Morecambe; I’m trying to convince him to set up his own blog, so perhaps if he enjoys writing a guest one on mine, he might get his own going. In the meantime,…
Charity Shop Finds: Blackpool’s Bargains
Here is my disclaimer before you see the following photos: 1) The Italian pottery found in Blackpool will not be to everybody’s taste. 2) I have mentioned previously my inability to take a decent picture of a pot. That said: feast your eyes on these: A little bit gaudy, a little bit over the top……
Hidden Beauty of Blackpool
A few weeks ago, I was teaching a lesson on poverty in the Victorian era (for context to ‘Great Expectations’) and I said to the class, “Imagine what it would be like to visit a place where you genuinely felt horrified that people lived in such a state.” A little voice from the front asked,…
Valentine’s Gift: Mini Scheurich
I really, really wanted to blog about this the other night but I couldn’t as I’d decided to keep it as a Valentine’s gift for Aidan. I had a feeling on me when I was on the train that I should go to Oxfam in Glossop. I honestly remember thinking to myself, “Hmmmm, haven’t looked…
Little Owl Ski 