Past Times - the shop

[chillipenguin]

Anyone else used to love the Past Times shop? I miss it. It was like a museum but you could buy everything as it was just fake old stuff. I loved it as a child.

Yes, it brings back lovely memories of going browsing with my grandma.

44 here and I loved Past Times too, as a teen - loved their Victorian nightgowns, jewellery, shawls, loads of stuff. I’d always get a few things from there for my birthday.

As a teen I always used to go there first when I needed to buy a present for my mum :)

My now deceased MIL bought me a mug which gently poked fun at my DH, her son. The mug is faded but I love it and it’s thin china. Miss my MIL and am incredibly careful with the mug, DH is not allowed to touch it.

Tye V&A gift shop is nice too. here

@hedgehogger1 me too !!

I had that ring! My dad bought it for me when I was around 11 I think, I'm nearly 39 and I can't believe how long ago it was - I can still smell the Past Times shop in Bath!

There was always unusual gifts for people, just a wonderful shop

I still have some PT Christmas decorations, inc. 2 garlands made of cardboard robins - detailed Victorian C. card style - on a cord. They come out every year.

@ChagSameachDoreen me too! The claddagh ring in three parts! I circled it in the catalogue and left it open for my Mum to see but never got it for Christmas. I can't have been more than 13? I love Past Times too (37 now) and that ring is the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread.

@BeautyGoesToBenidorm I'm so jealous!

Funnily enough,I mentioned this to my sister just last week,was my favourite shop in Cardiff and I loved it.

My favourite silk dressing gown was from there, and a watch, on which sadly the strap broke on a travelator at Malaga airport, which I'm still sad about. And want to replace it with a genuine 1930s cocktail watch, only I can't afford it.

The online Museum Collection is lethal! (For the pocket)

This wipe-clean tablecloth is just one thing I’ve decided on, for a dd with 3 messy little dcs and a long wooden kitchen table. She decorates from at least 1st Dec, so it’ll be well used.

I've never been to Past Times shop
you have memories, I have nothing <sniffle>

that Museum thing is very pricey, is it good quality?

I wasn’t aware of Museum Selection until this thread but I’ve just bought some tea towels from there. It was £12.99 for a 2 pack.

Thank you for the Museum Shop suggestion! Love it. I have my eye on a fancy jacket.....which, if I buy it, I will have to wear to watch the telly in, in lieu of the heating I won’t be able to afford!

I think being in mumsnet makes me buy stuff

Jacket sounds 😊

I loved this shop. I still have a set of six silver rocking horses with red velvet ribbons that go on the tree each year. I’ve just found the Museum Selection and now have half the site in my basket!

Is anyone else slightly suspicious that @chillipenguin and @ILoveAnOwl aren’t actually random posters talking to each other for the first time, but are actually very canny colleagues in the Museum Selection’s marketing team? 😉

I loved this shop too. I have some of their Celtic jewellery and a (thin) mug.

Im tempted to see what I can get on eBay if my dds don’t want them.

It did feel like quality stuff to me.

Someone’s selling a vintage past times carrier bag for £2!

it was nice to see even the boxes.

It smelt nice

My mum used to buy loads from there.

I still have (and wear) some lovely jewellery she got me.