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Well done again DG. This is the reason i visit this site everyday. I will be sure to give this museum a visit.
The thought of Crown wallpaper, Dulux paint and Formica kitchen furniture, takes me back to 60`s England.
Miichael | 14.03.08 - 9:19 a.m. | #
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I eat my breakfast out of a Sienna bowl. This is a great museum and deserves to be better known.
ganching | Homepage | 14.03.08 - 9:33 a.m. | #
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Less than a mile from my home, yet I still haven't got round to visiting. I really must take a walk up Cat Hill to see MoDA soon.
Dave | Homepage | 14.03.08 - 9:54 a.m. | #
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where did you get the photo of the crockery? we have the same set at home.
Rachel | Homepage | 14.03.08 - 12:07 p.m. | #
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Another place I'll need to pencil in at some point. Funny how I've never heard of it even though it's just over the M25 from me.
Cheers DG! 
Andrewh | 14.03.08 - 12:39 p.m. | #
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My Dad used to like visiting museums of Rural Life, but would complain that they'd exhibit things he'd remember using himself, & not all that long ago.
I've just had such an "Gosh I must be getting old" moment. That crockery. I'm sure Mum had a set of it at one point when we were Quite Young. Though I remember the cups being solid orange rather than striped like the plates & saucers.
Darn it! I am NOT old. I'm only 51!
Bronchitikat | Homepage | 14.03.08 - 1:14 p.m. | #
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Oh gosh, that 'light the fire' memory had me going. My sister & I used to share this task when we came in from school. Came in handy tho years later when I rented a cottage in Ireland, and my husband was very impressed with my fire skills! Will def go to this museum.
Tina from Surrey | 14.03.08 - 2:23 p.m. | #
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P.S. I think the china is from the 'Midwinter' range, very popular in the 60's.
Tina from Surrey | 14.03.08 - 2:31 p.m. | #
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Yeah, my grandma had that china set too.
Hg | Homepage | 14.03.08 - 3:38 p.m. | #
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Thanks for the item about the museum at Middlesex University, Barnet, I did not know of it, but it’s now on my must visit list.
Another museum where you can see domestic dwelling rooms from the past, (the 1940's in this case), is at the Imperial War Museum, where in the "Children’s War" section they have built a 2 storey suburban house and you can walk through the rooms, bedrooms and bathroom upstairs, kitchen and living rooms down, they are all laid out and furnished as typical 1940's rooms. Even the radio in the living room is playing "Henry Hall" or something similar from that era.
John | 15.03.08 - 10:16 a.m. | #
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Agreed - the Children's War exhibit is great.
The Imperial War Museum was number 7 in my I-Spy London series.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 15.03.08 - 10:36 a.m. | #
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Bizarrely, I ate dinner off a set of that crockery last night.
Simon C | Homepage | 16.03.08 - 5:21 p.m. | #
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You've got a new fan. I was planning a visit to MODA and then came accross your blog post. As you can see my Frillip Moolog beings are very much inspired by Mid 20th Century design. As a child I would go with my grandmother to country house sales. She bought some amazing stuff including a large set of curtains. So our didning room curtains were the same as my auntie's living room ones.
I am inspired by domestic spaces from my childhood. Memories of textiles. I took a lot in while being seen and not heard. Now I'm voicing myself.See www.frillipmoolog.co.uk
Kirsty E. Smith | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:59 a.m. | #
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