It’s been lovely reading your memories of the 70s. I first heard of Vesta when I watched the series called ‘Back in time for....tea/corner shop’ on BBC. It might still be available on iPlayer.
I think people have been cowed by the makeover programmes. They are afraid to show any spark of originality in case it might offend a potential buyer - even if they have no intention of g putting the house on the market any time soon.
Shall we take bets on the next 'neutral' shade the powers-that-be expect us all to fall for? More to the point, will we?
White, please. Beige looks dirty. Grey is sad. I hate warm colours. What's wrong with plain and simple white? I guess I am a typical millennial, into all that minimalism and skandi style. Or whatever as long as it is easy to clean.
The first meal that a man ever cooked for me. Reader, l married him. (Anyone who says l have low standards is lying 😁).
But I remember when frozen foods were a revelation. We used to go to Bejams and stock up (years before Iceland came along). Vesta was an exciting innovation! I used long for Findus cripsy pancakes cos we weren't allowed those in our house.
Saw them in the bottom of a freezer in Sainsbury's last week @Fire . I wasn't tempted. My daughter used to plague me for those sweet things you put in the toaster. A very rare treat. Which reminds me of toast toppers. A little tin of cat sick that you spread on your toast and put under the grill. Then there was Sunny Delight that they made out you had to keep in the fridge so you thought it was healthy. Full of vitamin C by all accounts ( a good spoonful of ascorbic acid, I'm sure)
One of those Watchdog type programmes did an expose. You didn't spare it much after that. A bit like when one of the big companies decided to market bottled filtered tap water just about the time when the Trotters were selling Peckham Springs. That killed it stone dead😂
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I guess I am a typical millennial, into all that minimalism and skandi style. Or whatever as long as it is easy to clean.
But I remember when frozen foods were a revelation. We used to go to Bejams and stock up (years before Iceland came along). Vesta was an exciting innovation! I used long for Findus cripsy pancakes cos we weren't allowed those in our house.
My daughter used to plague me for those sweet things you put in the toaster. A very rare treat.
Which reminds me of toast toppers. A little tin of cat sick that you spread on your toast and put under the grill.
Then there was Sunny Delight that they made out you had to keep in the fridge so you thought it was healthy. Full of vitamin C by all accounts ( a good spoonful of ascorbic acid, I'm sure)