We had one like the one in the picture as well & a spirits optics stand behind it as well. My parents & their friends were a boozy lot at that time. 
We had a plant pot & stand with an Aspidistra in it too.
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My Clarice Cliff. Left to me in my Great Aunts will.
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Your CC is worth more than mine though.
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When I’m forced to watch the Antiques Road Show.Everyone seems to go on about Clarice Cliff and how marvelous and collectible it all is 
I’m with you on this one, Rox.
An old farmer friend of mine had the last one I knew of, and I too, loved the sound of the ticking, I find it very soothing.
I have an old chiming clock, just a mantle piece one, but it’s got a fabulous tick and I can set it for either Westminster or Whittington chimes. Really deep, rich chimes too.
I bought it from a second hand shop about about 45 years ago, and it was old then!
You’re right about its difficult to find someone who knows about servicing these old clocks though, but luckily I do know someone. I used to find that if something hadn’t got a battery or you didn’t plug it in, they hadn’t got a clue how to service them!
What about the old chamber potties that used to be put under the bed? 
I think I vaguely remember my Nan having one.
(Can’t find a picture of one though)?
The problem is that the postage is three times the cost of the set. If they came from China postage is included but not from the UK.
A radio. When I was a kid every home had a radio & many older people only had a radio, no TV. It was the old radio sets with all the exotic names around the dial, that got me interested in radio. Even before I realised it was a hobby, I was tuning around trying to find Hilversum & Luxemburg etc.
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Bay Rum was a good selling one 
Thank you, Trish. Winnie used it but I don’t.
It’s the older CC that is more collectable, the very colourful Jazz patterns. The pastel 1930’s & on not so collectable. I prefer the newer personally.
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I remember the decorative horse shoe straps, and pretty sure we (parents) had them in the first house. Goodness knows what happened to them.
I’m not going to scroll back so this may have already been mentioned but…Baby Burco Boilers. Ideal for those Terry Towelling crappy nappies.
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I remember 1968 and then 1969 when we had babies…The moving in date for our first house was the same day I gave birth to the first…Husband was already pretty skint…He managed to buy a 2nd hand Hover I think and called a spin a rinse for £9.00, similar price for the separate washer that had no ringer…was on or off with a heater and you filled it via a hose on the tap…When I think back the Kitchen was a gallery style and the washer and spinner had to be dragged out to the sink each time…the spinner drained into the sink as well…I thought how lucky he got them…
Can you imagine using that system today…The first Xmas I had a Fridge bought as real special pressie…I do remember feeling very pleased.
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Could try the old fashioned butcher, if there is one anymore. Just looked can get them from Amazon
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I remember we had a gas fridge but the pilot light kept going out so it didn’t last long
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The gas stove top toaster that toasted bread properly 
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Never heard of one of those.We didn’t have a 'fridge for a long time just a stone slab in the larder.
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