Still in use today, this tea pot was part of a set I bought in the mid 70s, the eclectic pattern being widely purchased to accompany the bright kitchenware, modernist chairs and paper lampshades available at the time.
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An excerpt from Downtrain by Robert Nisbet…
“Miss Grey was shopping for tea. To the girl at the counter, this was all part of a rather quaint ritual, conducted regularly once a fortnight…but to Miss Grey it was important. She was shopping for tea.”
A Conservative prime minister is urged to nationalise a troubled enterprise. The government is accused of taking its eye off the ball at a time of national crisis (what crisis?). Oh, and there’s a referendum on the UK’s relationship with Europe… Continue reading A Strange Echo – Drinking Tea by Candlelight
