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Anyone remember fibre glass curtains?

(32 Posts)
Urmstongran Sun 21-Jul-24 18:42:06

Google them?

rafichagran Sun 21-Jul-24 18:36:37

I have never heard of them,anyone got a photo they don't mind sharing, I just can't picture them in my mind.

polomint Sun 21-Jul-24 18:33:05

I thought they were the bees knees at the time! How foolish we are when we look back at what we thought was fashionable

Lomo123 Sun 21-Jul-24 18:27:05

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about them. My late Mil used to have them and insist on giving me her old ones. They had the strangest feeling.

Urmstongran Sun 21-Jul-24 18:06:51

My mum used to have 2 pairs in the mid 60’s for ‘summer’. She’d take them down and wash them in sudsy water in the bath where, because she, my dad and family and friends ALL SMOKED in the house, the bath water would turn brown.

Goodness only knows what our lungs were like …

Astitchintime Sun 21-Jul-24 17:50:15

I certainly do polomint and dreadful things they were too. Whoever thought they were a good idea never had to shorten the wretched things! Mum never bought any for our house but I do recall being asked to alter several pairs for the neighbours who thought they were the best thing since sliced bread.

polomint Sun 21-Jul-24 17:23:33

I put on a new pair of gardening gloves today and when I took them off my hands were tingling. It put me in mind of how my hands felt when I touched my fibre glass curtains many years ago. They were in fashion in the 1970s I think. I had a pair in my bedroom and also my living room