I know I’m fairly easily pleased, but the latest batch that Aidan’s brought back from Germany contains some of his best finds yet. Here’s a quick ‘preview’ of some of it: Check out the plastic bin at the front! We’ve got a book on Plastic Collectables, so I’d asked Aidan to keep his eyes open…
Tag: 50s
Vintage Woman’s Own Magazine: July 1952
Greetings from 1952. This week, we have some ‘Romantic Fiction’, ‘Vera Lynn’s story’ and ‘Two Gay Summer Jumpers’; goodness only knows what Google Search will make of that last feature. There are going to be some very disappointed visitors to this blog… “Gone with the wind: We have all heard of flying saucers, but have…
Italian ‘Tourist Tat’ Pottery
As mentioned a few posts ago, not only do we have a fine selection of slightly more sophisticated and acceptable Italian pottery (the Bertoncello bits and bobs); we also have an increasingly growing ‘Tourist Tat’ selection. This one even has the name of the hotel written on it: “Motel Maxim”. Actually, it’s a motel, isn’t…
“Have You a Dress Sense?”
1952 is one of my very favourite years. Admittedly, I’m somewhat biased by the forty five editions of Woman’s Own from that year which are in my proud possession. June 5th, 1952 I really like the model on this front cover. She looks, dare I say it, a bit fuller in the face than the majority of…
Glass: Blue and Green Must Never Be Seen…
One field I know virtually nothing about is that of glass. We’re starting to pick up more and more pieces on each of our trips; this time, I think we got some of our best ones. We must have an eye for greens and blues in glass: virtually all of our pieces are in varying shades….
No Fat Lava Here…
Sometimes West German Pottery doesn’t have to be a multi-coloured froth of glaze: ocherous with burnt orange, violaceous with amaranthine or rubescent with flame reds. Sometimes it can be sleek. Refined. Restrained in it’s perfect, poised design. Scheurich
Royal Wedding Eve: Vintage Pictures of the Royals
Well, tomorrow the ‘Big Day’ is finally here. I imagine at this moment, Kate Middleton is either beyond excitement or quaking in her pointy, suede boots. I’d be doing the latter. Watching the news yesterday, seeing the ridiculous contraptions some news stations have built to house their correspondents for the day, made me feel actually quite…
Enjoy Easter with Woman’s Own
Woman’s Own, Thursday April 3rd 1952 How are you all enjoying the bank holiday? I will admit to having done not a lot today. We went for a run this morning, Aidan has spent the rest of the day working on the West German Pottery empire and I’ve… made some soup and watched five…
April Illustrations: Pretty in Pink
One of the things I love about these magazines is that even on the pages where they don’t use full colour, there’s still an attempt to create a pleasing effect. These ‘pink pages’ are no exception. In fact, pink seems to be a theme for the April editions: She doesn’t look that upset by her…
Big Pot, Little Pot
I’m not going to ask why, but Aidan is finally coming round to the beauty of ’50s pottery. Not so long ago, he proclaimed, “I just can’t see what you like about it…” Now, these are two of his favourites: I love the huge one but I’m not too keen on the small, pink one….
Illustrators in March: Harris, Carter and Heseltine
There is a danger that my new found love of illustrators from time gone by is verging on becoming an obsession. I just can’t stop looking at the illustrations in my Woman’s Own magazines and researching the writers. Thankfully, I’ve found the amazing Today’s Inspiration blog (amongst others) to help me out. I’ve searched through…
Little Owl Ski 