what’s something that absolutely ISN’T posh but you thought it was?

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I would say

Having 3 bathrooms

Well yes @ElectraBlue the thread is about things you thought were posh but aren't

Bayliss and Harding.
Vienetta
Bidets

Little Chef
Olive oil (basically cooking with anything that wasn’t lard)
Vienetta
Humous
Soda stream
Having a walk in shower (not an over bath one)
Having a bidet
Dishwasher

Lladro/Royal Doulton figurines.

My friends mum had loads of these and I remember thinking they were so posh.

@DahliaMacNamara

People calling their grandmothers Grandma instead of Gran or Nan/Nana. Awwwwfully fancy.

Haha I have a "grandma", but in my uncouth tone I pronounce grandma like "grom-mar"

Heated floor

Oh yes staying in hotels! As a child we only ever went on camping holidays, I really thought we'd gone up in the world when we stayed in a tiny cottage in France one summer.

I grew up in one of those big Edwardian terraces with loads of rooms, no central heating and single glazing (my parents got it double glazed in the early 90s and eventually caved in to central heating in about 2002). My best friend, meanwhile, lived in a modern bungalow with picture windows - double glazed of course - central heating, a garden and leather (or faux leather) three-piece.

I thought her house was dead posh and she thought mine was! This was late 70s/early 80s.

@CorvusPurpureus I came on here to say orange juice as a starter. Or the frozen cans of it.

Tinned salmon, only came out for guests, like they were being presented with caviar.

Vienetta for sure, never liked it. Partial to arctic roll and Black Forest gateau though.

Getting something new to wear rather than a hand me down.

Blue Nun or a lovely drop of Liebfraumilch. Or a carafe of wine, probably Rose, that was made into a lamp base.

A hostess trolley or a globe that opened up as a drinks cabinet.

Early adopters of the holiday abroad, Majorca springs to mind. But Minorca even more.

Soda Stream.

Leather bound books courtesy of Readers Digest.

Eeeh, we don't know we're born now.

Meant to add, our families were probably similar in terms of income. It’s just what you’re used to I guess.

Growing up I thought a dining table was posh. We ate on our laps.

Milk Tray

Drinking champagne, growing up it seemed so decadent, but now everyone drinks it.

New Range Rovers.

Leather jackets and trousers, I recollect in the 80s they were quite the thing.

Cruise ships. I can remember my grandparents would go on cruise and they are pretty selective but nowadays they are really not.

@Spillanelle - god yes, I'd like to add Wedgwood (especially the annual commemorative plate) and Hummel figurines to the china department. The next door neighbours with the gold Ford Granada had the Wedgwood plates displayed on little stands (not wall mounted) on a glass shelving unit in their dining room.

I remember looking at a friend's holiday pictures and one was of her standing next to a shiny BMW. I said "ha ha, standing next to a fancy car pretending it's yours?" and she looked at me oddly and told me it was their car. We had a vauxhall and I thought that BMWs were just for really rich posh people!

Fitted carpets.

Curtains that closed.

Heating in more than one room.

Hairbands rather than elastic bands.

Yes to Vienetta.

Prawns, avocados, chicken in a basket.

My friend's mum drove a gold coloured Capri car and wore fur jackets, that seemed very posh to me as a child.

Going in an aeroplane, especially abroad.

Having a shower as well as just a bath.

Old Spice seemed a very special present for dad!

Ribena! One bottle bought at Christmas was the yearly ration so I thought it was super posh

Any food item with a brand name on it (think heinz etc). My parents still don't buy brands only supermarket own name, and I mean everything...even toiletries and tea/coffee. It's some achievement to manage a whole shop unbranded! (They're not especially badly off either). This even extends to alcohol. They'll drink any old ethanol. It's a miserable existence based on some kind of frugal principal of self suffering.They are horrified at our frivolous purchasing of brands.

Oh and Mr Kiplings cakes. I dreamed of being allowed them as a child. Now they're like a quid a box and my kids turn their noses up at them.

@Grenlei I haven't finished reading the thread but I imagine that was the County Hotel in Canterbury - or Slatters though that was less posh.

In the mid 70s my mother used to make chicken Kiev for dinner parties - when chicken breasts weren't available separately and it involved 4 chickens and we lived on chicken stew for days afterwards.

Matching bedroom curtains and bed covers. I longed for them as some of my school friends had them in their lovely bedrooms. I think I was in my first flat when I proudly hung the floral curtains which matched my bedspread. I don't think it is fashionable any more.
Oh and roller blinds in pastel colours! So posh!

@AmandaHoldensLips

Heating. And a telly that worked without a coin slot.

Omg I forgot about those TVs, we use to have one of those.

Also not having to hide behind the couch when the regency man turned up for his weekly instalment.

Wimpy

My friend was dating a guy from a fairly upmarket local area. One day she invited him round for tea (sandwiches). During the course of the dinner conversation her mother clocked the whereabouts of his family home and was visibly appalled. When he was briefly out of earshot she hissed in Friend's ear (why didn't you tell me he was from Upshott Park? I'd have grated the cheese)!

Because grated cheese is somehow 'posher' than the sliced variety. Who knew?

Bella Pasta.

We couldn't afford to eat out when I was a child. I had to move out at 16 and work. I thought Bella Pasta was posh.