1966 time capsule

[thecookreport]

In 2001, My father was due to decorate a huge old house near Eccles, Manchester, which was once rented out as bedsits. There was one room in particular which hadn't been opened since the last tenant occupied it in 1966, we dated it thanks to a calendar still hung on the wall...this is what we found....

And last but not least...a 34 year old jar of pickled eggs from the larder - yum!

 

[Seahorse]

I guess even 44 years ago, it wouldn't have been the sort of place you'd bring your girlfriend back to.

 

[Exploretime]

What a strange place. I was looking at the second picture and that seems a strange place to put a sink, u wouldnt be able to open the door. Also the plumbing to the sink has what look like modern Hepworth push-fit type joints, which are probably only a couple of years old.

 

[RichardB]

It reminds me a bit of Withnail and I.

 

[Gibbo]

Reminds me of A Taste of Honey.

 

[RichardB]

What a strange place. I was looking at the second picture and that seems a strange place to put a sink, u wouldnt be able to open the door. Also the plumbing to the sink has what look like modern Hepworth push-fit type joints, which are probably only a couple of years old.

Maybe the builders moved it there to use while the work was going on.

 

[Els]

Cool.

 

[Neosea]

What a strange place. I was looking at the second picture and that seems a strange place to put a sink, u wouldnt be able to open the door. Also the plumbing to the sink has what look like modern Hepworth push-fit type joints, which are probably only a couple of years old.

Look like standard compression joints to me.


Interesting place.

 

[BigLoada]

Thanks for posting, I found the old bottles and tins very interesting. Great stuff!

 

[Goldie87]

Thats cool, but the place looks well nasty lol

 

[mr_bones]

Incredible! Thanks for sharing and welcome to Derelict Places

 

[thecookreport]

Ah - I can explain the sink...for some reason it was just outside of the actual bedsit room underneath a huge staircase and the room was on the other side of the staircase - its layout is freaky and is like 2 huge semi detached houses joined together - I totally agree with the Withnail and I comparison! Excellent!

 

[Scruffyone]

It reminds me a bit of Withnail and I.

my thought exactly

"FORK IT"
"THE FUCKER WILL RUE THE DAY" etc etc

 

[Sabtr]

Hey that's my old house! - only joking.

It's weird though to think that not so long ago this was more or less the standard for residential properties. I have memories of our old kitchen when I was a kid and to be honest it looked a bit like this but without the clutter. The sink and everything else was the same. Lead piping with "fat" joints where it joined to the stopcock.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Cosmicmoon]

That place is positively vile. I wouldn't like to open that jar of picked eggs!

 

[Richard Davies]

There's an early electric kettle in the 5th picture.

I'm surprised this managed to remain unused for so long.

1966 was the year my Dad first went to university & his digs wern't much better, especially as it was a house rule to only wash things in the kitchen if you wanted to use it!

 

[Disco Kitten]

I love stuff like this!

 

[Neosea]

I love stuff like this!

Bagpuss?

 

[Pip]

The seventh pic looks like a still from the 'SAW' films........ dread to think what body-part may be in that saucepan (the one over the bloodstains on the sink) It's time to make your choice!


Jigsaw

 

[matsorjc]

Great pics, some of them look as if they have gone through a little 'adjustment' in particular the first one that I thought was a painting (Matisse???) '