Some of My Favourite Vintage Films

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Hello, thanks for dropping by...yes that's me, an hopeless romantic. As a child I spent many a lazy sunday with my mum watching vintage films and I would like to share with you some of my favourite ones from that time and which still remain so to this day. There has been modern adaptations for some of them but for me the vintage ones remain the best....looking at the subjects of the films I've noticed that for most they contain a similar theme of spirits, romance and religious figures. What does that say about me..lol....

Louisa May Alcott's account of her life with her sisters in the 1860's ~ 1949

Friends become rivals when they take part in the London to Brighten vintage car rally ~ 1953


A naive young woman marries a rich widower only to find that his first wife Rebecca maintains a grip on the household ~ 1940


A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist. A haunting, magical film ~ 1948


An English family experience life in the first months of WW11 ~ 1942

An English aristocratic lady falls in love with a French pirate ~ 1944

An amnesiac WW1 veteran falls in love with a music hall star only to regain his original memories but forgets his post-war life ~ 1942

Story of a young Belgian woman who decides to enter a convent ~ 1959


English woman Gladys Aylward works as a missionary in China ~1958

A priest creates a Boy's Town for delinquents ~ 1938

A rich young playgirl while travelling in Europe realises that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train ~ 1938

A group of courageous nuns risk everything while smuggling Jewish children out of a German camp during WW11 ~ 1960

The haunting tale of Cathy and Heathcliffe ~ 1939


Charles and his second wife Ruth are haunted by his first wife Elvira. Along comes meddium Madame Arcati ~ 1945

The story of a much-loved schoolteacher at a fictional public boarding school ~ 1939

Life in a Welsh mining town seen through the eyes of the youngest child of the Morgan family ~ 1941

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court ~ 1946

A young widow moves into Gull cottage in a seaside village. The cottage is haunted by the former occupant, a roguish sea captain ~ 1947

An American historical epic film adapted from a novel by Margaret Mitchell ~ 1939

Thank you for sharing my trip down memory lane. Noting the years that some of them were made I was actually born, so does that make me vintage too..lol...until next time, take care...Hugs Chrissy x

Vintage Treasures In My Shed....

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Hello from a very damp Cornwall. With the nights drawing in there is a slight chill in the air as summer draws to a close. All the more reason for me to make time to post on my blogs. Yes I know it's a while since I have done so, no excuse just life...lol..

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I have just finished watching 'Sleepless in Seattle', don't you just love that film. The moment when they finally meet on top of the Empire State Building and their eyes meet.......I always get emotional at that moment. A feel good movie to watch while relaxing next to an open fire and sipping hot chocolate...mmm..

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It's sad that we have not had much of a summer. I have so much to do outside before winter sets in. The one good week we did have my niece and her friend was staying so we were busy going out and about...

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One of the jobs I wanted to get done this year was to continue sorting out my shed and to start some of the many projects I have waiting for me. Over the years I have aquired many things with the good intentions of doing something with them. But like many of my belongings they were packed away in 2008 in preparation for the major building work to be carried out......and like many things they are still stored away. But I did make a promise to myself that I would start to put into practice the ideas I had when I aquired them...Watch this Space..lol..

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Below are some of my items I found in the outside shed some time ago. Any ideas would be most welcomed...

A Rusty Star I purchased from USA. I know where this will be going once the outside of the house has been painted!!!!


A Once Beautiful Firescreen. The original fabric has gone. I thought I may paint something on this?


An Old Grey Brick


Some Rusty Tools


I Like them just the way they are...

Old Bathroom Stool


Milking Stool


Valor Oven


Do Like a Bit of Rust


A Friend gave me this, I love the frame

Two Old Boxes


Interesting Trio


Don't ask me what I'm going to do with this old BR mailbag


Old Gameboard


Ice-cream Maker


Piano Stool in need of some TLC...


This little caravan needs some colour..

These have been outside for some time...


Wool Teaser from Romania..


They look pretty sharp..ouch..


Love this little cradle. I know who this will be for, my little grandaughter. All it needs is a clean and bedding made for it...

This one however is a large cradle. May have to sell this one, I do not know where to put it...we'll see..

Well I do have some work to do and this is just a part of my 'treasures' (hubby would have another word for them..lol..). I think I will start with the pink cradle, it's the easiest one to do and it can be worked on indoors..

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Thanks for dropping by and until next time take care...Hugs Chrissy x

Clutter to Go or Is It Treasure?

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Hello from the Attic. I've not long finished watching The Biggest Loser Couples USA finale. What a group of amazing people. In my eyes they are all winners because to take the first step on the road to lose weight is the hardest thing to do. Then to stay on that road and achieve great weight loss is admirable. It is inspiring and I have decided to embark on that journey myself. After maintaining a healthy weight when I was younger the last few years have been a stuggle for me and the stones have piled on. The only weight I have been loosing the past few weeks is from the ''treasures'' I have collected from the year dot..lol....

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Much as I loath to part with anything I know it's time to take stock and de-clutter big time. I have attempted to do this over the last two years but have had so many interuptions and my son didn't move his last bits of furniture, etc, out until two months ago. To quote a statement I made on my blog The Primitive Cornish Hovel... ''I am living with Clutter and Clutter is living with me. When does a collection become a burden, treasure become trash and a home become a storeroom'' ....

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So I have been really good and taken loads to the local charity shop. My system is simple....to stay, to go, to sell. Things to go are taken asp so I am not tempted to look through again just to make sure (you know what that is like, fatal..lol..). The things to sell are listed asp aswell. I do have some things on ebay at present and thought I would show you some of them...

Four Attendence Medals Awarded to E Jones 1902, 1903, 1905 & 1906

Collection of Aviation Interest, etc, Formerly Belonging to the Cartwright Family of Islington

Collection of School Certificates, Reports, Photos, etc, formerly belonging to the Littlewood Family of Sheffield and later Penzance

School Photographs From the Above Collection

The collection that I am more attached to is the one seen below. As a family historian I appreciate the value of what it contains. For this collection I carried out research and complied a detailed geneaogy descendent report from 1823 t0 1966. Before this it was an interesting rare collection, hence my purchasing it. By researching the family however I feel I've got to know them, how they lived and their occupations, etc. I only wish I had such a collection for my ancestors. But alas I have set myself a challenge to reduce my ''clutter'' by at least 50% so sentiment has been put aside....

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Below is some of the items from the collection containing imformation relating to the Cannon family of Newington but I purchased it from Brighton, West Sussex where the last couple settled....

Collection of BMD Certificates, Letters, etc Relating to the Cannon Family

Small Certificater Holder 1858. (I have never seen anything like this before nor a certificate this old)

The Marriage Certificate that is Attached inside the above Holder. The Marriage of George Jame Cannon & Elizabeth Jane Cannon March 7 1858 (the certificate is actually cream in colour and made of what appears to be Velum. My scanner caused the browning as seen above)

Birth Certificate of the grandson of the above Couple. William Charles Cannon born 12 April 1891

Marriage Certificate For William Charles Cannon & Elsie Ada Patrick April 17 1920

A Booklet Relating to the Death of William Arthur Patrick, Father of Elsie Ada Patrick

William Arthur Patrick

Jubilee Card 1887

Baptism Card

I hope this collection goes to a deserving home and helps someone with their family history research.

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Well, my bed is calling me, busy day ahead. Until next time, take care...Hugs Chrissy xx