i saw a lady with a white pram today......

[misdee]

and i told her she was mad!!

she said she was as well, as she is constantly cleaning it.

when i say pram, i mean the carrycot type ones, or coach built ones

anything else is a buggy.

i had to use those big old fashioned cumbersome things and walk down the street in my navy uniform with a white pinny, hat and cuffs. I had loads of builder types wolf whistling, i was soooooo embarassed.

Lovecloud - by 'buggy' do you mean a stroller/buggy thing, like an umbrella fold buggy? If so - agree that they're rubbish if trying to cover any kind of distance.

surely those ones on the link misdee are really hard to steer and use for long journeys??

of course if you live too far than a buggy is all you need in your boot, it sounds like you live out of town. perfect for long walks.

i walk to 30 minutes to my town centre, i do have shops closer but they are rubbish.

plus my walking is the only exercise i get so i do it as much as i can.

quite possibly nannyjo, but i do like them, but have never had one due to lack of space.

Someone round here has a white pram, have seen them a few times in the street. Think it's totally barking and not very attractive either.

I am no great fan of McLaren or McLaren style umbrella buggies either as I have a habit of demolishing them. I like something inbetween.

zippy539 - yes your described them better than me.

they are handy to keep in your boot or a quick dash to the shop but anything else i fo=ind them lower too so my back aches

I would have loved a proper coachbuilt pram (misdee's link) - never had the space for one but I had friends who did and envied them (and their babies) so much.

i have worn pout many buggies. one collapsed when dd1 was in it. so i tend to go for sturdier 3-wheel ones now. i had a lovely urban detour, which was fab, but sold it when i won a new 3 wheeler on here, but that one was impossible to steer. wish i hadnt sold the old one.

i'd love to borrow a coach built pram for a week.

they are nice though, it's a shame more and more trditional things die out over time, i only like the more mordern versions of them though. if that makes sense. i use the travel system type pushchairs so they fit in the boot but also do well for long distance and storage.

The other thing is thought that they only need a pram for a few months so you wouldn't get mush use out of them and would have to buy another one later for them to sit in.

Coach built prams are having a real comeback (along with big families) as a status symbol.
I had an ebay pram for dd (carrycot style) and I really, really loved it. Was so nice to lie her down flat and tuck her in with blankets and to actually see her when I too her out. I hated having a forward facing buggy for ds - I wanted to see my baby!

nannyjo, the friends I had with big prams used them for shopping, and naps in the garden (with harness), until the child was about 2! So lovely on a sunny day with a huge canopy. Sigh.

actually, i have a pram in the loft, its a mamas and papas, which my sister gave me but didnt use it as it doesnt have a matress, and the fram has fixed wheels. might go hunting for a swivel wheel frame for it, will be so nice for dd3 to be cosy in the winter in.

i do use the buggy type though, i got one after i got stuck i the swimming pool changing rooms with the bigger puschair, i was trying to get into a family cubicle and it took 20 mins and two staff to get me out, needless to say i was highly embarrased and webt straight to shop to buy sheap buggy.

We have got a coach built Silver Cross,it was a hand me down from my cousin.DD2 is the 5th child to use it to my knowledge & it is great.I wasn't too keen on it for a start,but it lives at my mums,both the dd's can still fit in it at the same time & it is fab for long walks around the village & for the baby to nap in.

It amazes me the number of people who have come up & said how lovely it is to see an 'proper' pram,whilst we are out about.

I don't do lace or gold in any form though!

rickman was the lace and gold like this??

thats a bargain for £50!!

Yuk, that's awful!!!

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Recently used q silver cross coach pram in 2 positions and was able to get the pram, baby, mummy, toddler and me into a black cab and onto a single decker london bus.

Love using these prams and find them easy to push, but then i had one as a babe that 30 some foster children used so lots of pushing practice in my early life.

Recently had a family with a modern 'pram' the seat unit faces you or forward and lies flat with an extendable bumper bar and cover to become a 'pramette' lovely to push and in it's 3rd home and going strong.

Said silver cross prams were from parents baby days so 35 years+ old

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