I had thought it was going to be beach weather today, it was warm but quite windy so as a contact lens wearer I find that wind, sand and contact lenses really don't mix and we decided to skip the beach, still go to Boscombe but to go the monthly Vintage Market and then to some of the Vintage and second hand shops in town. The Market at Boscombe Crescent was a little bit pricey but there were some beautiful, inspiring things. It's a little bit worrying to see what passes for vintage, retro and antique these days. My mother in laws house was full of some of this stuff and even my mother who loved new things in the 70's then never got rid of them as they were still in good order had some of this stuff. Next time we go to my Dad's I think we will be making our way into his attic for a nose about, it could end up being a lot cheaper than another vintage hunt, however it was such a fun day I'm sure we will be back to Boscombe in the near future. At one of the shops on the road out to Christchurch I found a lovely dinner bell engraved with 'Captain's Table' so I will never have to shout "Dinner" up the stairs again as long as everyone remembers what the ringing bell means I think they will hear me over the i-pods.
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| The start of our searching |
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| Xenia trawling the rails |
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| Anastasia finding something horrid from the 80's |
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| You never know what you might find! |
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| No room for these though |
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| Or this |
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| I love my new, old brass bell though. |
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