These were designed in 1969 by Carlton Ware. They made a whole range of different animals for children, including a cat and a horse. However, it’s the owl version that I love. I finally saw a real life one in a shop in London yesterday. God only knows why I didn’t ask how much it…
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Retro Rummaging…
While I was poorly over the weekend, my other half decided to go off on an Ebay hunt around the charity shops of Tameside. On Saturday, he managed to get round Glossop (where we live), Hyde, Denton and Ashton. With his eye as keen as ever, he managed to snaffle some retrolicious booty (he loves…
Retro Television: Past and Present…
I blog today as a sick woman… Unfortunately, I got sent home from work ill. However, having spent the day in bed, I feel no better and am now just getting plain bored. On a plus side, it’s allowed me to break open the Mad Men box set I ordered about a month ago. So…
A Fledgling Collection of Vintage Glass
West German Pots have been the absolute pinnacle of our retro passion for the past five years or so. Pretty much every nook and cranny of our house has at least one (or five) German pots lurking. However, more recently, there has been an invasion of a more glassy kind… The ‘invasion’ of glass… The…
Auctions, Avon and A Little Owl Ski…
As always, Saturday was taken over by gallivanting. Isn’t that possibly one of the best words ever created? Gallivanting. I gallivant, you gallivant, he/she/it gallivants. Brilliant. Anyway… Yes, Saturday was a day for cruising round the mill towns of the Peak District; all sparked by a visit to the auction house to pick up my…
More Wheeling and Dealing at the Auction…
We’ve been to the Sykes & Sons Auction again tonight. Not quite as good as last time, but still some bits and bobs. Actually, thinking about it, I think I’ve got more bids on things than last time but possibly because I’m more confident in bidding? Not sure. I also managed to forget to take…
More Halloween Owls… why not?
Continuing on with the Halloween and owl theme, I thought it was about time I showed you the vintage owl prints I got from Crosby last week. I found the picture above through another Google search. These vintage Halloween pictures are fab: I think next year, I will be decorating my classroom with these before…
All Hallow’s Eve: All you need is a Little Owl…
Halloween is one of my favourite times of the year. I love autumn anyway: the colours, leaves, bonfire night, soups, warm clothes… So, I figured that now I have a retro and vintage blog, I should have a suitable vintage Halloweeny post. Hence the updated header for a limited time only!
A Tale of Two Donkeys…
It’s probably a little early in the year for a story about a little donkey, but I have to introduce the two new additions to the Italian donkey family. The tale (tail) of my donkeys begins a few months ago. I found a very strange, retro looking ceramic donkey at a car boot sale in…
Crosby: Another (Retro) Place
Although our little town of Glossop does offer some retro and vintage delights in the form of charity shops, Salliemoonbeam sweet shop and the Globe (best vegetarian pub in Britain!), we do like to venture further and wider into the North West on a regular basis. Last Saturday, our destination of choice was the coastline…
70s Sunburst Clock and Others…
We won, we won, we won! We won the 70s sunburst clock that we put in a bid for at the auction. Clock was collected last night and duly batteried, cleaned and inspected by the other half. A did a sterling job, as always! I absolutely love it and cannot wait for it to be…
A Vintage Lover’s Trip Round London…
This weekend we had a fab time in London. A had planned to do the British stage of the Tour de France again – all 120 miles (plus 10 miles) of it. I had a very pleasant day wandering around London with A’s brother and brother’s girlfriend. As a result, here is my quick guide…
Little Owl Ski 