Bakelite delights

Hi Everyone,

I can't believe its Friday again the weeks seem to fly by but at least that means the warmer weather will soon hopefully be here ;-) Its so lovely that the nights are getter lighter 5.30pm and its still light i love it. Thank you for those of you that have asked how Jake is there is no change and we are still waiting for the MRI scan and clinic appointment. And for school to set up work for him at home. I went back to work last week but yesterday i asked if i could reduce my hours from 20 to 16 and work 3 days instead of 4  i do find it a struggle to be honest and my joints seem to be getting worse to, hence i can't wait for the warmer weather to appear ;-))

But onto lighter things ;-), during half term Mr J and myself went to the Bakelite Musuem at Williton in Somerset it is only half hour drive from here and i can't believe i have never been before. It is one mans personnal collection, Patrick cook and he has it all displayed in a barn attached to his Mill home. I wore a vintage dress and boots as i felt i couldn't be a part of history any other way. It is a truely magical place like a little Aladdins cave filled to the roof with wonderful Bakelite. For those of you that don't know the history Baklite was first produced in1907 it was the early form of plastic it touched every aspect of 20 century life from the cradle to the grave. Patrick opened it up just for us and also lit the lovely open fire in the little vintage teashop next door where everything  is served using vintage teacups and teapots and spotty napkins and little spring flowers on the table. Green washed floors and flower fabric topped chairs its truely delightful.

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Cookers and fridges, Tv, Telephones, Egg cups, Radio's, Toaster's, Sewing kits, Picnic baskets, dolls, Jewelry box, Coffin, Pram's, Fire's, Clocks, Lamp bases,  Kitchen ware everything was made from this beautiful material. Did you notice i said Coffin :-) That had to be strangiest thing that was there can you imagin that being in the ground for year's ;-)

These red and white spotty toast racks and egg cups were one of my favorites and i so would love to find some even just one ;-)

He has a long row of picnic baskets but this pink marble affect one stole my heart and i would so have loved to take this one home, its beautiful.

And the old Valve radio's i adored each and every one Art deco at its pure and beautiful best for me. The top middle 2 i would love to give a home to ;-)

Sadly for Mr Cook the local fire service have given him 6 months to put in a new fire hatch in the top of the barn saying that people's weight and size has increased in the past few years and it is now a risk. So he is trying to raise enough money to be able to make the changes if not he will very sadly close. It would be a great lose i feel if that was to happen the barn is the right place to display, its oldness allows the charm of all his vintage treasures to shine in there own delightful way. So please if you are ever in the area go and pay him a visit. He can be found here at www.bakelitemuseum.co.uk but it is best to ring him to make sure he can open on 01984 632133. I will defiently be going back armed with a load of my girlfriends in the next half term.

And here is my own little bakelite collection..

My little 50's clock this is the first thing i ever bought and was the start of my vintage home. My Valve radio which i had serviced and works and sounds amazing. My late Nan's chair canisters, My lovely bergandy Marconi 50's radio and some of my Aunties buttons she gave me. Just a small collection but im still very proud of them ;-)

Hope you enjoyed looking at all the lovely items such a wide variety of things. I just want to leave you by giving a mention to another lady and a lovely blog. Her name is Vickie and she writes over here spongecurlersandcupcakes.blogspot.com she is another vintage loving girl and she sells some gorgeous items in her Itsy shop please if you have the time hop on over and say hello she would love to see you.

Have a great weekend everyone next post i will be sharing my vintage delights i have found and there are a few yummy things Catherine holm enamel  frying pan and casserole dish being amongst them ;-)

Oh yes last Sunday we had our first ride of the year we took out Mr J's dads motorbike and went to Weston-super-mare walked on the pier and it was so warm it was lovely i took a photo from off there and for those of you that know Weston it looks like its somewhere else but its a beautiful  shot and thought i would share it with you.... Our  Bike Betty we brought at the end of last year is booked into the garage tomorrow for its Mot, service and new tires please keep your fingers crossed it passes we can't wait to be able to use it for the first time ;-)

A beautiful Spring day ;-)

Thank you for all your lovely comment's about my crochet blanket to ;-))

Take lots of care, dee xx