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refurbishing a pram

This post was originally published last year but I am republishing it as a reminder. I have just heard from a young lady who bought a pram from someone who described it as ‘much loved’ and believed it...

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RENE – another girls’ name pram

Following on from posts a few weeks ago, the next in the series of prams from the 1930’s is the Rene, once again typical 30’s styling,  a deep bodied pram on small wheels. This model has feature panels...

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Vintage prams wanted!

I have had a request from the organisers of an event on the weekend of 30th/31st May for anyone in or near Sussex to attend their ‘Floral Fringe Fair’ at Knepp Castle, West Grinstead. They would love...

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70th anniversary of VE Day – wartime pram memories

This weekend commemorates 70 years since Victory in Europe, VE Day, and I have been searching my mass of pram memorabilia to bring you some of the interesting stories about prams during the years from...

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Pramtasia – pram Event of the Year – tickets

Only a few weeks to go before pram enthusiasts from all over the UK and abroad meet for the biggest pram event, Pramtasia. http://www.pramtasia2015.com/ If you haven’t yet bought your tickets then...

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Too old for dolls and prams? Never!

Goodness, my recent post about children nowadays not wanting to play with dolls and prams certainly brought in lots of comments, thank you very much to all of you who got in touch. Here are the lovely...

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Spread the word about vintage prams

As I attend numerous events with my vintage prams, I am often asked for more information about the prams and our hobby. I have business cards which I can give out but wanted something that is a little...

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Pram of the month – June

Pram of the Month for June belongs to a lovely lady who lives on The Wirral. This lady wanted what she calls a ‘little dumpy’ pram and was lucky enough to be given a very old one. Have a look at this...

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York’s Perambulator Problem

I thought you might be interested in this newspaper report from 1940 which I have just come across: “The problem of perambulators in congested streets has occupied the attention of the authorities in...

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Security for your prams – a reminder

As summer approaches and many of us will be taking our prams out and about to events, I am repeating this post about making sure your prams are kept secure. It has been known for prams to be stolen...

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More events for your diary 2015

What a busy year it has been so far with pram events and still more to come! As it is the 70th Anniversary of the end of WW2 in Europe there have been lots of forties events all around the UK...

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Pram of the Month – July

Following on from June’s Pram of the Month, the one for July belongs to another lady who also lives on The Wirral. Isn’t it stunning! This is known as “Bunnykins” and the design on the side was...

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CLIPPINGS

From time to time I sort through my mountains of pram related items, collected over many years, and recently I came across several snippets of information which had appeared in publications at some...

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Parade pushchair

Recently I had visitors from Japan staying with me, they had an 8 month old baby plus three other children, so obviously they had a large amount of luggage. But surprisingly they didn’t bring a buggy...

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The Peerage – August Pram of the Month

Pram of the Month for August is The Peerage, a very elegant pram < And here is the information about the Peerage which new parents could read before deciding if this was the pram they wanted:

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Prams from abroad

Last year whilst on holiday in France I met a French lady who had been a pram collector for many years. She had downsized her house and needed to sell some of her collection so I went along to see her....

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More prams from abroad

Following on from my earlier post about buying prams in France, I was at a WW2 event in Lincolnshire recently and met a lovely lady who had a very good display of prams and related baby items at the...

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September Pram of the Month – Super Avon

Pram of the month for September is my recently acquired Super Avon model. A few months ago at one of the vintage pram events a gentleman approached us and said he had a pram he would like to sell. As...

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For all fans of vintage coachbuilt prams

PHOTO COPYRIGHT VINTAGE PRAM FAN Unauthorised copying prohibited Goodness how time flies! It is now over four years since I first set up this website! I would like to thank all of you, old and new...

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Not all coachbuilts are Silver Cross

“Oh I used to have a Silver Cross just like this one!” How many times have you heard this while out with your own pram? A lot of people think that every coachbuilt, or vintage,  pram is a Silver Cross,...

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