Recent content by Darren van Ek

Currently streaming this http://www.1940sukradio.co.uk/

I have been listening to this station for about a month http://www.1940sukradio.co.uk/ Absolutlely love it as they also include ads from the era, so fun to listen to, even if they had no idea about things like smoking etc You can also stream it through the Tunin Radio app, I listen in the car...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30rbnrl7DmQ&feature=related I love watching this series of shows, there are several others, eg 1900's house, 1940's house etc

If only it were real and we could all move there and escape modern life.....sigh

Thanks guys for all the advice, I guess the number 1 thing to take away from all this is get a thorough inspection done first before your heart takes over and makes you buy it !! I will adjust my profile to say where I am from to, probably rather misleading for some, sorry about that!

Yeah it does, I don't think it needs dramatic work, just a mild restoration, in its present state it looks kind of tacky, but thankfully they haven't destroyed any of the original features. I didn't think much of the kitchen at all, but I can work with it, and thankfully my brother is a cabinet...

I wouldn't really be upgrading, more so renewing, I probably worded that poorly. In other words, new wiring, to bring it up to code, fixing worn or broken items, basically giving it the once over, as we all know things get changed in an older house, so you might have various levels of wiring and...

1.2 million it sold for, not to mention what will need to be spent to get it up to scratch!

No that will be a help, to see how you progress, someone getting in from the ground up, and its probably easier restoring what is already original than trying to bring something back to that era, have seen several where i live for sale but when you go in they have been almost gutted and made...

I don't know if this is in the correct spot, but in recent months my partner has decided that modern houses aren't for her, and to be honest my heart leapt as I have always loved the older houses. Where I live there are a lot of houses from the 1940's and 50's. But my concern is with modern ways...

Thanks for that, how stupid of me not to look there first !!

Does anyone know where this phrase "Keep Calm and Carry On" came from and what it relates to, I can only assume it was from WW2?

To be honest it wasn't until I got interested in steam not that long ago that my vintage/golden era interest was sparked. I just long for those days of sharp dressing, quality products, trips on steam trains, the little villages, the old pubs, in fact everything from that era. I can see why...

I have to say after spening nearly 3 hours looking through this thread that its probably the best thread on here, god I wish I had spent more time talking to my grandmother, I have all the pictures, just time got away, and no she is gone, god I feel guilty for not taking the time. I hope this...

I only drank the generic beer brands until earlier this year when the mrs and I decided to have dinner at a small brewery in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia.....never again shall I drink the rubbish main stream beers! Hands down favourite was the Red Truck Porter, an English heavier beer...