Bye bye, Brides
Bashful brides or canny cohabitors? Probably neither
Coal cellars
Once every household aspired to own one. Now they’re just ghosts beneath our feet.
Halogen lightbulbs
Fancy a new a halogen lightbulb? Think again.
Football-related toothbrushes
“What are we going to put on the packaging of this toothbrush?”
“Oh, the answer’s obvious.”
Sandwiches at birthday parties
Children’s birthday parties used to be simple. They involved sandwiches cut into fancy triangles. Now, they involve minefields.
Rag and bone men
They weren’t always men, but they did collect rags and bones. Yes, rags. Yes, bones. There was a use for everything, once. Perhaps we need to remember that.
The dolls’ hospital
Once upon a time, if your dolly was very poorly, you’d send her off to the dolls’ hospital. They could do more miracles than a human hospital: replace eyes, furnish missing limbs, and transplant whole sections of hair.
