Does anyone NOT have a trendy pushchair?

[Tinker]

Mine?s 8 years old and am planning to use it for new baby. Do I have to prepare myself for being openly laughed at?

Long thread of fellow un-cool pram/pushchair owners! I've got a Mamas & Papas full-on thing that is blue & yellow check with bows on the side, ho ho. Second hand with all bells and whistles cost only £50! Only used for first year and now Maclaren Techno thing since then, new from Kiddicare. I'm all for second hand and bargains, doesn't necessarily mean you are cheap but maybe you get 2 or 3 times as much for the same £££?

Davros, when ds was first born I spent £350 on a ridiculous heavy m&P pram, it was blue and yellow check, sounds the same as yours. It had a carry cot and a separate push chair bit and I used it for 3 months, at which point I bought a buggy. What a waste! Tinker, trendy AND mean, sounds fantastic! You can use the Quest from 3 months. (sorry!)

And £350 was reduced (from £500 odd IIRC) at Daniels in Ealing (awful shop!) because it was the shop floor model and I took it because I needed it straight away - ds was born less than 12 hours later.

davros, i got that one as a freebie, as my sister works for social services and were gonna dump it. its in immaculate condition, and loooks very comfty. just need to get a matress for it as i have lost some of the stuff for my moses basket and dont know if i'll find it in time.

Sounds like the same M&P pram. I thought it was great and practical, maybe somewhat naff with blue & yellow check but did everything I wanted it to and BIG shopping basket.
Aah, Daniels of Ealing. I met "young" Mr Daniel (in his 50s) once as my dad knew him for some reason and we had lunch in the staff canteen where he knew everyone's name and asked them interesting things and made touching comments (like the Queen). Lovely sponge pud and custard.....

Davros, it had a big shopping basket underneath, true! Daniels, hmm, like The Grace Brothers, circa 1970 or something!

Of course I didn't.
12 year old hand me down.
Been handed down twice since

Just got back from a 10k walk. No way would I be doing that with anything other than a 3 wheeler. Mine was trandy when I bought it and then NZ suddenly discovered Maclarens and I am now old fashioned. Don't care though.

my best pushchair has been my maclaren quest.... about £100 and perfect. NOt too trendy or old fashioned and is light, easy to fold and comfy for the dd.

GS has three at the moment. Did have six up to a couple of months ago, til I donated them to worthy causes. No particular reason, except that I liked each one of them and at the time of buying, had more money than sense.

Currently has

• a gorgeous, vivid, bright red maclaren with carrying strap, etc. My show of buggy, not seen another like it
• a 'disney' buggy with Winnie the pooh emblazoned on the back and a series of drinkd trays and various other attachments.
• a mega - cheapo thing that I can sling about on buses, trains, etc.

that should be 'show off' buggy

when i was preg with ds1 we bought a lovely, lovely silver cross 3 in 1 pram at a cost of...wait for it....£460!!!!!!!! we moved house when ds1 was 6 months old and guess what? It wouldn't fit through the front door of the new house!!!!!
Ds2 is in a m&P pliko thing, while my georgeous sits in the garage!!!

that should say 'pram' ofcourse!

HI i hope no bodys going laugh at me i have a early maclaren buggy which is red and white stripped like a deckchair from the 80s been told its antique now lol!!! still keeps going tho i have a blanket inside when its cold ( vynil com nylon type seat it is )very basic and yes you do get people look twice. getting bit rickerty now and doesnt like shopping on handles i do nurse the old buggy along isuppose its sentimental to me sad i no but you have got take your hat off to maclaren any 1 else uses a buggy or pram from that era my daughter doesnt seem to mind it i think she nos its old i often think to myself come on dont let me down now be sad when it finnally gives up ill have a plaque in the garden yes you do get attached to your old buggys dont you be you all think im so sad now lol!!!!

my buggy when i was toddler was the blue and white stripped one.

my MacLaren Quest was a bargain £60 in Tescos - that's why I bought it

My buggy when I was a kid was brown and orange apparently it was very trendy and people would stop and ask mum and dad where it came from!!!!

Mine was also a brown and orange 1970's number. I think it was made by a company beginning with 'C'. Brown and orange diagonal stripes - YUM !

It's gonna bug me now..... What was the manufacturers name ???? Don't think they make buggies anymore

i had a brown and orange buggy too - and im only 22!!!

I'm 22 too. It was 2nd hand when my Mum bought it. What was the manufacturers name.... ?

I'm only 27, didn't think I was that old!!!!

Mum thinks it was cindico. Does that ring any bells

bingo ! Off to google !