And another week has gone by and more items of previously-loved flotsam and jetsam have been added to the itinerary of the stately House of Bear.
To wit; Anglepoise lamps in stereo, a fine little folding table, a cute little plant pot holder and several pieces of rounded vinyl known to many as 'records'. Chief amongst these were Kraftwerk's Autobahn and Roxy Music's debut (of which the cover alone is worth the price of admission). But hold.There is more. Please observe 'Loving and Free', by Kiki Dee. On the cover of this the doe-eyed chanteuse is draped in clothing -high waister, patch-pocket bellbottoms, cheesecloth blouse and painted clogs - dragged straight from the pages of Jackie magazine (those of you under the age of 45 should ask your mother, sister, aunt about Jackie - which was 'legend' and Kiki, who sadly was not, except to my girlfriend Nicky and her friend Sarah).
But above and beyond any of these was a rather fantastic Formica-topped table which I picked up at breezy old, rain-lashed Brighton today. This small but perfectly formed apparatus comes complete with hatched, salmon-pink top and a compact cutlery drawer suitable to house all manner of utensils. Furthermore it has a makers label on the bottom which tells that it was manufactured in East Germany by steadfast hero- worker (First Class) hans ... or it could've been Dieter or maybe Wolfgang.Anyway it is a thing of beauty and I shall sleep with it tonight. God bless the Eastern bloc.
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