I may ostracise myself in saying that I love a good war song. I even went so far as to purchasing the classic 'Songs That Won The War' from the post office. Ok, some of them are boring but there are some great ones: They'll be blue birds over the white cliffs of dover, dont sit under the apple tree...we'll meet again.
Everything from the 40's was great, well except the war, the rationing and the despair, but everything else was good, surely.
Here are 2 things I love(apart from the music)
1. Radios
Art deco radios are beautiful and they have a sound which has been lost to modern
sound systems which seek to drown out crackle, rumbles and general character. They use All these radios were found in Weird Stuff 164 Koornang Rd Carnegie Vic. http://antiques-oz.110mb.c
These ones cost between $200 and $500
2. Jewellery
These pics are of milk powder beads which were made during the war years to imitate modern bakelite beads. Made from Casein, a compound extracted from condensed milk powder. The milk powder beads were designed to look like newly popular 'plastic' or bakelite beads of this period.
The milk powder beads shown in the pictures were manufactured in a factory in Easey Street, Collingwood, Victoria in 1942. They have been hand dyed and strung in the traditional method of the period.
The beads have a lovely heaviness to them that you just dont find with modern beads and the colour is not overly glossy. They are the perfect thing to finish off your vintage outfit. A genuine blast from the past.
