Seriously tacky and grim...

[TornFromTheInside]

Inspired by a thread about hygiene - carpets in kitchens and toilets, I thought it could be interesting to recall some of the diabolical tat from the past.

And those awful Capodimante roses

Picking at woodchip? Anaglypta was much more satisfying.

Twilight Teaser lipstick

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KeepServing if only we could nominate one post for classics.

I don't think Torn remembers me, either. 😭😭😭😭😭

tccat, thats enough to give me nightmares.

Not as bad as tccat’s lipstick, but heather shimmer and Body Shop perfumes- white musk, dewberry and coconut were the faves and blamed by my mum for giving her migraines!
My cousin had a room delightfully decorated with all the Pierrot scary-arse stuff!

I had the crappy metal strap ons, which I fastened over my Dunlops , and all my friends had the swanky roller boots

Stag phone table, you sat to take a phone call. The phone book & yellow pages in the drawer. I remember my mum using this so well. If it was a private call she'd stretch the cord to go in the other room & shut the door.

grumpymummy I have that table! Another eBay purchase. When I bought it the listing said there is an example in the Design Museum. Don't let your mum ever dispose of it without a bit of research!

Some of this stuff is really in again!

Colour changing lipstick in the 80s. I had loads of them.

A PP (or PPs!) mentioned shag pile carpet. All of my cousins are much older than I am and were all married by the time I was in my early teens. One of them had a very beautiful and sophisticated wife and we were invited round for lunch to see their new house. We were intrigued by the shag pile carpet in their sitting room - the pile was so long you couldn't hoover it, but you had to rake it with something like a plastic garden rake! They didn't have any children at that point

I remember shag pile, we found pine needles in it for 3 years. Christmas trees and shag pile don't mix.

Did not mean to offend with the tiled table I posted. It was the DIY version of these tables that my dad would make that was the tacky aspect of my childhood home furniture I was aiming at. The actual one I posted isn't what I was getting at. I'm not doing very well with brain fog and communication currently (see user name!)
It was three pieces of wood banged together to make a table shape with the top piece covered in hideous brown and coffee coloured tiles. With bad varnishing and tile grouting to top off the look!

I also remember quite a few of my friend's houses having them back in the day.

Must have been a starter DIY project back in the day
thecatneuterer
PrincessIsAUnicorn

We must’ve been height of poshness (not) because none of our indoor plants touched the floor. If they weren’t hanging, they had their own dedicated stools/perch.

Anyone remember Moncchichi and the little advert jingle? May not have been a thing in U.K.

Yes I remember that monkey!
It sucked it's fingers & toes didn't it?

I used to collect these in the 70s.

I had similar looking monkeys that had springy arms to cling onto things.

Tiny dolls in plastic peanut shells.

Rubber glow worms that stank and didnt glow very well.

Marbles - millions of marbles. Queenies, milkies, cats eyes, tigers, clearies..

Feeling very nostalgic now. Great thread.

Oh my god that drinks trolley! I love it!

Another late 50's baby here so the 70s were my era! All these things are so familiar - except scraps - no idea! But also - cheesecloth shirts, and shops selling floaty clothes always smelt of patchouli oil. The British Rail TV ad with 'ladies wot lunch' (wearing little hats?) sitting on a train singing 'We're going Intercity like the men do, Intercity sitting pretty all the way...'

Hostess trolleys/bar globes are making quite a comeback!

I personally quite want a teasmade...

hushnow, no it will certainly outlive her. Just need to scrub off the feint traces of pen from where we copied the spiral shapes as kids.

Stalkers were definitely a thing from the past didn’t the blonde one from ABBA marry her stalker?

Torn and Keep just imagine wedding dress with shoulder pads! Big hair and lacey fingerless gloves. You will both look great!

Claw001

Torn and Keep just imagine wedding dress with shoulder pads! Big hair and lacey fingerless gloves. You will both look great!

Well, that's Torn sorted, but what'll I wear? (should I ask for this thread to moved over to S+B?)