House Essentials in the 40s/50s

[stpetre 12]

A couple of brass (plated) plaques on either side of the fireplace "set it off".

 

What was that ship on the plaques? Same as the one on the ha'penny?

 

I think Sir Francis Drake's 'Golden Hind'.

 

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A couple of brass (plated) plaques on either side of the fireplace "set it off".

 

What was that ship on the plaques? Same as the one on the ha'penny?

 

Around 1955 we got a new tiled 'modern' fireplace installed by a company called 'Moat', they were in the Shalesmoor/Gibraltar Street area, any one recall them ?

Edited July 26, 2016 by stpetre
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[jennyren 10]

loved reading your memories everyone,them where the days,,xx

[trastrick 866]

Our neighbour had a set of those flying bird plaques that were quite the thing back then but my Mom wouldn't have 'em in our house, she said birds were unlucky, just like new shoes on the table ???

 

Or a crossed knife and fork on our table. Stepping on a crack in the pavement, breaking a mirror, putting up an umbrella in the house!

 

Remember that sun ray pattern that always showed up around the house? It was everywhere, gates, front door skylights, and even covered the speaker on our wireless.

Edited July 27, 2016 by trastrick

[handypandy 14]

In the 50s we "flushed" those excellent old wooden paneled brown doors with cheap ...........? , which we painted mushroom, and half round beading we painted burgundy. Pulled off the knobs and put on transparent plastic handles with ball bearing catches.

 

 

It were all t'rage!

 

........And in more recent years whilst renovating old houses, we have removed the hardboard to reveal the said wooden panels to bring them back to their original glory! ....what goes around...etc.

 

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[echo beach 587]

........And in more recent years whilst renovating old houses, we have removed the hardboard to reveal the said wooden panels to bring them back to their original glory! ....what goes around...etc.

 

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You are extremely fortunate to still have the original doors to renovate to their former condition. Most have been replaced over the years by flush ones with cardboard interiors or the latest dreadful composite incarnations. Solid wood; you can't beat it!

 

echo.

[trastrick 866]

You are extremely fortunate to still have the original doors to renovate to their former condition. Most have been replaced over the years by flush ones with cardboard interiors or the latest dreadful composite incarnations. Solid wood; you can't beat it!

 

echo.

 

 

---------- Post added 29-07-2016 at 11:03 ----------

 

Some others:

 

Clothes horse

 

Trouser press

 

Flex (wire)

 

Soldering iron

 

Self sharpening razor.

 

Bi Carb for everything

 

Straight razor with leather sharpening strop.

 

Fuse wire

Edited July 29, 2016 by trastrick

[Janner 10]

Think back to what would be considered very dangerous, connecting the electric iron to the lighting socket using a fitting which had provision for connecting light bulb & iron at the same time.

[trastrick 866]

Think back to what would be considered very dangerous, connecting the electric iron to the lighting socket using a fitting which had provision for connecting light bulb & iron at the same time.

 

That would be a double or twin bayonet socket!?

 

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Think back to what would be considered very dangerous, connecting the electric iron to the lighting socket using a fitting which had provision for connecting light bulb & iron at the same time.

 

On the Arbourthorne we only had one 2 pin socket in the house (for the wireless)

[brian1941 11]

We lived on Southey hill Southey Green in 1970s and only had 2 off only

three pin plugs kitchen and living room.

We had an extension for our hoover so we could do the stairs and landing,

no sockets at all upstairs. We had a two way double adaptor over the bed

too turn the light off/on. We managed them days but better when council

did put new ones in around the 80s.

[jstarr 10]

 

---------- Post added 29-07-2016 at 11:03 ----------

 

Some others:

 

Clothes horse

 

Trouser press

 

Flex (wire)

 

Soldering iron

 

Self sharpening razor.

 

Bi Carb for everything

 

Straight razor with leather sharpening strop.

 

Fuse wire

 

You mention Bicarb - for some reason,my Mum always used to throw a pinch in the water when the vegetables were boiling .The result was that everything,now matter how fresh and appetising it had been to start with, was reduced to a yellowish mush.What was that about?!

[TORONTONY 10]

You mention Bicarb - for some reason,my Mum always used to throw a pinch in the water when the vegetables were boiling .The result was that everything,now matter how fresh and appetising it had been to start with, was reduced to a yellowish mush.What was that about?!

 

Anybody mention the copper, the boiler not the bobby. When I was a kid and came in scruffy that was where I got a scrub down between bath night Fridays

[wrinkly67 10]

You mention Bicarb - for some reason,my Mum always used to throw a pinch in the water when the vegetables were boiling .The result was that everything,now matter how fresh and appetising it had been to start with, was reduced to a yellowish mush.What was that about?!

 

Back then veg was cooked to within an inch of its life and bicarb was supposed to keep the green colour - which did work. Nowadays with "al dente" veg being the rage, it's not needed.