formica dinettes? - BoomerWomenSpeak.com - Baby Boomer Women Community

You are not logged in. [Log In] Boomer Women Speak » Forums » General » Remember? » formica dinettes?

Site Links

Who's Online

0 Registered (), 176 Guests and 4 Spiders online.

Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod

Forum Stats

3239 Members
63 Forums
16332 Topics
210704 Posts

Max Online: 409 @ 01/17/20 03:33 AM

Page 1 of 2

Topic Options

#65094 - 03/03/05 09:12 PM formica dinettes?
Dotsie Founder Registered: 07/09/08 Posts: 23647 Loc: Maryland	I went to Cafe Hon last night with the gals. I wish we could have a boomer convention there. Gracious...it's like taking a step back in time. The place is decorated like our homes in the 50's, and 60's. I recognized a few things they stole from my childhhod kitchen and dining room. Their menus have pictures of gals that look just like we did way back when. The hair, clothes, make-up...yup, that's what we looked like. We sat a a formica dinette. Remember them? They were wrapped along the edges with aluminum and the chairs were aluminum with vinyl? I swear they had the one that belonged to my family.
Top

#65095 - 03/04/05 01:24 AM Re: formica dinettes?
DonnaJ Member Registered: 11/01/03 Posts: 1076 Loc: Ohio, USA	Dotsie, keep this place in mind as a place to hold interviews when your book comes out!
Top

#65096 - 03/04/05 10:21 PM Re: formica dinettes?
Dotsie Founder Registered: 07/09/08 Posts: 23647 Loc: Maryland	Great idea. There's a little shop across the street that sells all kinds of retro items. A friend of mine manages it. I wnat to have a book signing there.
Top

#65097 - 03/06/05 06:29 AM Re: formica dinettes?
chatty lady Writer Registered: 02/24/04 Posts: 20267 Loc: Nevada	Anyone ever used a wringer washer? We had one in our basement when I was a kid. I had to stand on a chair to use it and be careful not to get my hand stuck in the ringer. My goodness have we come a long way or what?
Top

#65098 - 03/06/05 06:44 AM Re: formica dinettes?
Sadie Member Registered: 10/08/04 Posts: 1274 Loc: MD	Chatty, My mother had one and I did get my hand caught in it and just yelled and yelled for mother to get my fingers out. I never went near it again. My said that is washed clothes better then any other washer . It mad a lot of noise . My mother in law had one when my husband I got married and she would grease the agitator with Vaseline. Those were the good old days. Have to go to Cafe Hon in Hamden some time wonder if they have the New Systems Bakery still there ? Nice memories .
Top

#65099 - 03/06/05 09:22 AM Re: formica dinettes?
Louisa Member Registered: 07/11/04 Posts: 2132 Loc: MA	We had one of those washing machines too. I was scared to death of it. Louisa
Top

#65100 - 03/06/05 05:46 PM Re: formica dinettes?
unique Member Registered: 12/21/04 Posts: 483 Loc: North Carolina	We had one in our basement too. I was really sad when the motor stopped and my mom got rid of it. It looked like such a useful object. I wish I had one now. I'm always stickin' my hands in the basket to help the new machine do it's job - ever so much easier if the tub was open like those were.
Top

#65101 - 03/26/05 12:40 AM Re: formica dinettes?
Katrinka Member Registered: 03/25/05 Posts: 208 Loc: Central Pennsylvania	You have all brought back some memories. My grandmother had one of those dinettes. She always had a jar of jellybeans or gumdrops and another jar for cookies. When she passed away, we inherited her red vinyl chairs. The table ended up in the "playroom" where my sister and I made tents out of it. We also had one of those wringer washers in our basement. I never had the chance to see it work. It might still be in my dad's basement. Thanks for the memories... Marie, a newbie
Top

#65102 - 03/26/05 01:02 AM Re: formica dinettes?
Dianne Queen of Shoes Registered: 05/24/04 Posts: 6123 Loc: Arizona	We had one too and what I remember most is the edge of the table had this ribbed pattern and my mother, the clean freak, scrubbing those ribbed things to get junk out of them. I think she used toothpicks or something. I liked them tho.
Top

#65103 - 03/26/05 02:18 AM Re: formica dinettes?
Katrinka Member Registered: 03/25/05 Posts: 208 Loc: Central Pennsylvania	My grammy's table always had jelly stains. :-)
Top

Page 1 of 2

Previous Topic

Index

Next Topic

Hop to:

Boomer Women Speak
9672 W US Highway 20, Galena, IL 61036 • info@boomerwomenspeak.com • 1-877-BOOMERZ

Boomer Women Speak cannot be held accountable for any personal relationships or meetings face-to-face that develop because of interaction with the forums. In addition, we cannot be held accountable for any information posted in Boomer Women Speak forums.

Boomer Women Speak does not represent or endorse the reliability of any information or offers in connection with advertisements,
articles or other information displayed on our site. Please do your own due diligence when viewing our information.

Privacy Policy • Terms of Use • Disclaimer

Copyright 2002-2019 • Boomer Women Speak • BoomerCo Inc. • All rights reserved