Can you guess the year?

Sad

75?

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Here's another blast from the past. Can you guess the year of this set? Pillow cases in second picture.

What year then̈ Sasta?

Esmay

Terence Conran introduced them and they were sold in Habitat in 1964.
I can't recall the change over in my Mum's house .
I remember buying them in the early seventies .

That’s interesting! So they were 1960’s in design but became more mainstream in the 70’s as Marks and Spencers ( as they were called then) started stocking them.

Sorry Sasta just seen your answer..yes i remember now, "continental quilts" they called them, my mum wouldnt have them,but we had beautiful eiderdowns(which were similar) but much heavier,with feathers.

Chestnut

Here's another blast from the past. Can you guess the year of this set? Pillow cases in second picture.

Late 1980’s?

I still often call it Marks& spencers,im 63

I often have a variation of throws on my own bed, and/or thicker bedspreads in winter instead.I find them better than just one duvet.sons have blue coverless duvets,saves faffing around with separate duvet covers.😁

Oreo- 90's?

Oreo

Chestnut

Here's another blast from the past. Can you guess the year of this set? Pillow cases in second picture.

Late 1980’s?

Those sheets were on our bed in 1981 so were late 1970s. I just did a search on Google for '1970s bedding' and it came up as 'Primula' by Dorma which is what I couldn't remember.

The 70s was the 'flower power' era. I have a photo of my boys aged 7 & 9 wearing flowery shirts.
They find that photo embarrassing now.

Nannan2

I often have a variation of throws on my own bed, and/or thicker bedspreads in winter instead.I find them better than just one duvet.sons have blue coverless duvets,saves faffing around with separate duvet covers.😁

Do you use the coverless duvets with sheets or do you have to wash the whole thing?

AGAA4

The 70s was the 'flower power' era. I have a photo of my boys aged 7 & 9 wearing flowery shirts.
They find that photo embarrassing now.

The 1970s was really flowery and very orange. If you google '1970s bedding' as I just did you are hit with an orgy of orange! Mind you, I like flowery things so it all seemed quite normal to me. 😄

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When I bought my first "continental quilt" in 1974 I made matching covers and pillowcases as they were (to my mind) pretty expensive.
The very first was a fabric with yellow and orange flowers on a white background. (I thought it went well with the wallpaper - large orange, white and yellow flowers on a brown background - and yes, immersed in a trough of water to hang!)
The second Was this fabric which I still use for odd patchwork etc (you can see from the seam how much it's faded!) and the third I still have and use when travelling as it doesn't show the dirt too much!

Chestnut

AGAA4

The 70s was the 'flower power' era. I have a photo of my boys aged 7 & 9 wearing flowery shirts.
They find that photo embarrassing now.

The 1970s was really flowery and very orange. If you google '1970s bedding' as I just did you are hit with an orgy of orange! Mind you, I like flowery things so it all seemed quite normal to me. 😄

I just did the same for wallpaper and found the one I had!

Gorgeous! I love all the flowery bedding and wallpaper. 😍

You can just about see our very flowery bedroom wallpaper just behind the pillowcase. It was quite a strong pattern and we had the whole bedroom done like that. 😂

It's very similar to the one that I bought when my son had his first duvet when he was 3 - he's now 52, and the cover is still going strong....!!! (They made things to last in those days) 😁

We married in 1977 and were given two sets of bedding by my MIL. They were from Brentford Nylons when they started moving away from the horrible nylon stuff. I think they were a cotton mix. One set was purple, lilac and white and the other shades of brown and gold. We used them for years and you could not wear them out. Later on we used them for kids playing in the garden, dogs, covering stuff in the garage, as dust sheets when decorating etc.

They don’t make quality like that now. I bought some Kirstie Allsopp bedding which was thin and faded within a year.

Nannan2

What year then̈ Sasta?

Hi Nannan2, it was 1974.

AGAA4

The 70s was the 'flower power' era. I have a photo of my boys aged 7 & 9 wearing flowery shirts.
They find that photo embarrassing now.

70s was a bit late for flower power AGAA4 which was at its height in 1967, in the UK anyway. Admittedly however, they were very flowery.

And flowery is still the height of fashion! Here is Penelope Cruz wearing a gorgeous 1970s flowery dress and looking both stylish and classy. I love that dress, I'm so jealous.