We went to The Drill Hall to the Lincoln Does Vintage Fair yesterday and enjoyed having a look round.
This was one little corner of the Hall. There were lots of stalls and we had a great time wandering round.
There wasn't much material, sadly, but I did find this piece which is probably 1960s and in a shiny, slippery material. No, I don't know what I'm going to do with it!
On the same stall, I spied these Pyrex bowls. I just loved the colour and was very tempted. However, after a lot of thinking, I decided to go away from them and look round again and have another think. Of course, you can guess what happened - I just HAD to buy them. (Chris rolled his eyes heavenwards).
We headed upstairs for tea and cake and spied two more stalls in the tea room. I had a look and spied, yes, a smaller Pyrex bowl in exactly the same pattern - well, of course, I had to add that one to the collection too! I have since found out that it is the Gooseberry pattern and the bowls are called 'Cinderella bowls' for some reason (more research needed on that one, I think). I just love everything about these - the colour, the pattern, the shape...just gorgeous!
We enjoyed a lovely tea with proper china cups (most important!).
In the evening, my friend Rachael and I settled down to watch Strictly and entered into it with gusto. We had paddles for marking and kept a note of the judges' scores, added ours and Simon was top of our leader board, followed by Pixie and Trent, Caroline and Pasha. It was great fun (aided by some wine, of course!) and we have decided to repeat 'Strictly Night' for the next three weeks. (We predicted that Sunetra would go, and were right.) Here's to Vintage Fairs and Strictly!
LOVE those bowls. And am very pleased someone else weakens. Mind you, when you found the third it was obviously 'meant'.
ReplyDeleteThanks, EC. It was definitely meant to be! Now I need the other blue one to complete the set...bother...
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Ellie
I think that you absolutely needed to have those lovely bowls, it would have been a sin to leave them there.
ReplyDeleteTea and cake look delicious. I have never seen Strictly.
Thanks toffeeapple. I knew, as I was walking away, that I would just have to go back and get them. In the end, it didn't need much thinking about!
DeleteThe tea and cake were delicious. I must admit that I really enjoy Strictly as it is very entertaining, but you are probably wise not to have watched it - it does become addictive!
Best wishes
Ellie
I have several sets of Cinderella bowls!! They generally come in fours, and the ones like yours are generally two of the colour with a white pattern and two with the pattern in the relevant colour on a white background. I fear that you may now be hooked on this, just as I am!! Yours are beautiful!! xx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amy. Lucky you - I love these bowls and the colour is beautiful. I mentioned to the stall holder that if they had been in 'manky mustard', I wouldn't have looked at them at all! No offence to people who do like mustard, of course.
DeleteI discovered on the internet that they come in a set of four (which I wish I didn't know as now I feel I should have the other one...) You could be right ...I could be hooked, as I do like a nice bit of pyrex!
Best wishes
Ellie