All things Vintage for those who love it..post it here

iksentrik said:
My Grandfather's straight razor. He bought it when he was 15 from his father's store in Minneapolis just before he came to Canada in 1906. He shaved with it for the rest of his life and it was passed to me when he died.
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my grandad had one like that too.. and he kept his strop which looked like this. hanging on the bathroom wall next to the sink

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horseless carriage said:
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This is a photo of 1920's Hollywood royalty. He's called Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.
The young lady is Mary Pickford. Do you like his shoes? I love them.
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Did you know that a shoemaker is not a cobbler? A shoemaker is called
a Cordwainer, and I know a very good one.
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We think of vintage as something way back, but the
way technology progresses it makes my first cell phone
positively vintage.
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We don't actually own a steam engine, but it was a privilege to get photo
bombed by Hercules.
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horseless carriage said:
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This is a photo of 1920's Hollywood royalty. He's called Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.
The young lady is Mary Pickford. Do you like his shoes? I love them.
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Did you know that a shoemaker is not a cobbler? A shoemaker is called
a Cordwainer, and I know a very good one.
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We think of vintage as something way back, but the
way technology progresses it makes my first cell phone
positively vintage.
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We don't actually own a steam engine, but it was a privilege to get photo
bombed by Hercules.
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I have a pair of Bass spectator loafers I wear on occasion. Everyone loves them.
 
Lewkat said:
We had this phone pre-ww2. The number went where the dial is in later years, and when you lifted the earpiece, an operator came on and asked, "number please."
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I grew up in a village of 500, at one point we lived half a block from the Cental Office as we called the local switchboard. I was maybe 4 years old and used to visit the girls there regularly. I would sit on it their laps while they directed calls. That was a little piece of heaven, they were so good to me. I remember my grandparent's number was "66" and the local grocer was "28".
 
hollydolly said:
Please post anything you remember fondly from the past...and would love to share, music, photos, anything at all

All things Vintage here..
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Heh, when we visit shops of vintage things, I see all my old toys

Stopped at a place that was filled with toy cars
Loved that store

But
What caught my eye was this little replica of a pedal car



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My pedal car!

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All the mechanics work on it, just like the real deal

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I paid too much for it
Not sorry
 

this is a long vintage Christmas playlist... so to help you find your favourite if you so wish, here's the Playlist time stamp for all the songs..






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0:00 Frosty the Snowman (1950)
2:30 The Jolly Old Man In The Bright Red Suit (1949)
4:50 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1949)
7:25 Christmas Candy (1950)
10:14 Winter Wonderland (1947)
12:22 Blue Christmas (1949)
15:24 The Christmas Song (1947)
18:11 A Marshmallow World (1950)
20:54 Jingle Bells (1963)
23:09 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1962)
24:56 Santa Claus For President (1947)
27:23 Snowy White Snow & Jingle Bells (1950)
29:37 The Mistletoe Kiss (1949)
31:35 What Am I Gonna Do This Christmas? (1950)
34:16 Merry Christmas Waltz (1949)
36:38 On This Christmas Eve (1949)
39:40 Little Jack Frost Get Lost (1949)
42:28 Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (1949)
45:19 Jingle Bells (1939)
47:57 The Sleigh (1950)
50:22 Winter Wonderland (1949)
53:53 All Around The Christmas Tree (1940)
55:46 Christmas Roses (1952)
58:10 The Angels Sang (1960)
1:00:19 Silent Night, Holy Night (1953)
1:02:58 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (1947)
1:06:03 Sleigh Ride (1950)
1:08:42 Blue Christmas (1948)
1:11:24 Auld Lang Syne (1946)
1:14:35 Silent Night (1940)
1:17:47 A Marshmallow World (1950)
1:20:36 White Christmas (1942)
1:22:19 Under The Mistletoe (1941)
1:24:18 Jingle Bells (1934)
1:26:31 Christmas In Killarney (1950)
1:28:54 Don't Wait 'Til The Night Before Christmas (1938)
1:30:38 Jingle Bells (1948)
1:33:22 'Twas The Night Before Christmas (1951)
1:40:49 An Old Christmas Card (1949)
1:43:57 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (1938)
1:46:46 White Christmas (1950)
1:49:58 I Want You For Christmas (1937)
1:52:43 He'll Be Coming Down The Chimney (1951)
1:55:20 Jing-A-Ling Jing-A-Ling (1950)
1:58:21 'Twas The Night Before Christmas (1950)
 
horseless carriage said:
With your permission then:

No need to dig around, meet Jessica, our MG. The one on the left.
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We still have the first phone that we were issued with.

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As Holly mentioned, the radio was originally known as a wireless in the UK.
This one dates back to 1922. I know that because my grandparents bought
new, in the year that my mother was born.

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Apologies for the poor quality of my phone camera. This is
my wife, Tina, in her sewing cabin. The ironing board dates
back to the late 1920's. She uses it as a cutting table for small
components of a garment, like sleeves.

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Following my hip replacement, my surgeon recommended
cycling and swimming as good exercise. This bicycle has been
in my sister's shed forever, I remember it as a child. Not
having a crossbar, it made it so easy with my very tender hip.
My wife made the vintage style trousers, the hat and blazer
my wife came across on a trader's stall at a vintage festival.
They get so many comments and compliments.
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Is the MG for sale?
 
horseless carriage said:
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Just for iksentrik a close up of our MG. It was a glorious day.

One of the popular male fashions just before WW2 was that of the sports blazer. It's certainly not something that my family members who were around back then could afford. That aside, I do like to wear that style. Blazers, baggy trousers and fedora hats. Here's a couple.

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The UK used to have an education grading system called the eleven plus.
When I passed my eleven plus exam in 1956, my father bought me this as a reward.
It's still in use today. People are both shocked and pleasantly surprised with a
greeting written in ink, with a fountain pen.

And, I still have my school satchel, I really am a hoarder.
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I have a Waterman pen that is remarkably similar although certainly not as old as yours. Side-by-side the visual difference is minimal. Mine uses cartridges and does not get used except at Christmas when I sit down and write notes in cards. They write so very smoothly.
 
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