Dear Diary

A World of Coincidence

by Retro Chick
January 31, 2011
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14 years ago

On Saturday I spent the day trawling the charity shops and antique markets of Norwich.

This is one of my favourite pastimes when I’ve actually got money to spend (nothing more depressing than not being able to afford something in a Charity Shop!)

Sensibly dressed in my Heyday trousers and a jumper I wrapped up in my winter coat, and added my lovely little deer brooch to the lapel.

I think it dates from the 1930s, and it’s one of my favourite brooches, bought last summer for just 50p at a boot fair.

So, imagine my surprise, when browsing an antique stall in town when I noticed this…..

IT’S MY DEER!

Also on what looks like a 1930s photo frame, thus confirming my guess on the brooch. I had to buy it. Obviously.

It cost me the grand total of £4 and now I just need to find a nice picture to put in it. My brooch and my photo frame can then keep each other company on my dressing table.

Other bargains from the weekend include a very nice 40s style Hobbs tea dress (roll on summer!) and a cardigan which is quite a nice colour match for my dark green beret and came in very handy when I got chilly in the pub later. I also bought a little printed “white lady” cocktail glass from an Antique Shop in Tombland for £1.50, it appears I have accidentally started collecting cocktail paraphernalia since I got my cocktail cabinet!

Unfortunately, over the weekend I also managed to break the lid of a blue glass powder bowl that my Nana gave me. I was so upset I actually cried as it’s completely irreplaceable to me. It had managed to last 50 years in my Nana’s house without so much as a chip, but 6 months with me and I smash it to smithereens.

A later phone call with my Mum was pleasantly reassuring as she provided me with a litany of all the things she’s broken over the years, regaled me with tales of the time my Nana picked her up from school with a black eye and scraped knees as she’d tripped up a kerb and generally left me with impression that the fact that anything glass had survived unbroken in my Nana’s house was certainly more luck than judgement.

It’s nice to know that I’m just keeping up long held family traditions.

How was your weekend?

13 Comments

Mim January 31, 2011

Have you considered contacting a professional repairer? I don’t know how easy it is with glass, but my mum’s had a couple of pieces of china done professionally and you can’t tell they were ever broken without looking really closely. She’s in Norfolk; I can ask her who she uses if you like.
Fiona Culshaw January 31, 2011

oh it’s horrible to break something so precious! I’m surprised I don’t break more cos I’m a total klutz!

Love the photo frame, beautiful!
Perdita January 31, 2011

Oh no! I hate it when things are broken after having them years- I have a whole load of glassware from my gran and her sister, it’s so awful when anything is damaged. 🙁

That deer is fab though! What a coincidence!
Lucy January 31, 2011

Loving the blog and the brooch. I did my first car boot sale on Sunday and found nothing as cute. Am moving to Norfolk during February so will follow avidly to hear where all the bargins and vintage haunts are.
Paperdoll January 31, 2011

I hate it when that happens, but a restorer might be able to help I am also just not safe with anything too delicate.I’m actually not allowed to carry my mums charity shop purchases anymore since the “vase incident”!!!!
Penny Dreadful Vintage January 31, 2011

I would just glue it back together hon x
LandGirl1980 January 31, 2011

Oh bums to the breakage 🙁 Like others have said – quick bit of glue – or a professional fix?

But hurrahs to the picture frame! £4 is a STEAL!! What a lovely, LOVELY thing to now have 🙂
Lottie January 31, 2011

Oh no, it’s so sad when you break something precious 🙁 You Mum is fabulous for making you feel better about it. Some lovely thrifty finds there x
Rosie Alia January 31, 2011

Oh no! What a shame about the breakage!
But what a magical find that deer frame is! And only £4? Amazing. I miss the Norwich charity shops/antiques stores/Loose’s/carboots! Going to be back for two weeks with my fam in April hopefully and the plan is to visit them all and find some absolute bargs!
xxx
ps. you look very cute in your beautiful jumper and hat combo!
Pixie January 31, 2011

Loving the deer frame!

You look lovely in your beret too. 🙂
Marianne January 31, 2011

Oh what great finds! I love the brooch and frame, deers are amazing!

Sorry to read you broke the bowl, though. Your mum sounds lovely; it’s so nice to be comforted when we do something like that! We’ve all done it at some point 🙂
Emma at Daily Clothes Fix January 31, 2011

Love your brooch and that frame is such an amazing match. Sorry to hear about your breakage. It’s so nice of your Mum to put it in context like that. It would be so much worse if it had never been used.
sandra at debutanteclothing February 1, 2011

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