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…
Tag: pottery
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Bay Keramik 316-10 Chimney Vase
After nearly three weeks of waiting, Aidan’s first purchase from German Ebay is here: I think it’s safe to say that this one is stunning. Aidan won this for 9 Euros. It’s in perfect condition with its original label on the front. According to the Mark Hill book, the label is a 1970s-80s one. However,…
Scheurich Galore! (Well, nearly…)
We have recently discovered the wonders of purchasing West German pots from their country of origin. Via the medium of Ebay and some badly advertised listings, we received these in the post today: For the life of me, I couldn’t get the pictures right of the label. However, to describe it: it’s a pale gold…
Barnsley Booty!
Now that I’m back at school, inevitably, the frequency of posts will go down. No matter: I’ll just store it all up for when I get the chance for a catchup. This is just a little one tonight, as I’m a bit tired and Glee is on very shortly… Last weekend, we went to Barnsley…
Disaster…
A night time excursion to the bathroom by my other half has resulted in the breakage of two of my favourite Scheurich 414 pots. The one in my blog header on the left and another mottled red/orange one. I can’t even bring myself to put a picture up of the damage. He’s promised to fix…
Stuart @ Bygone Times: Fat Lava Galore!
On Tuesday, we set off from Aidan’s dad’s house in Barnsley to make the not inconsiderable trip up to Bygone Times near Chorley. The reason for the visit was this: How amazing is that? And that’s not all of it… Not only was the stall itself absolutely amazing, but Stuart was lovely and imparted some…
Little Owl Ski 