Thursday, March 10, 2011

Welcome to the Future

I do remember 1980...and it wasn't like this.
A bit of a change from the knitting patterns, these are from the Newnes Book of Household Management, from 1956 and they show life in the 80s....

I hope you will appreciate that we haven't strayed too far from the knitting theme, check out the all in one shoes/tights combination...and those shoulders.  Mrs Future, meanwhile, has opted for a creation in crimpolene complete with a Tinkerbell hemline.  The exact function of Mr Future's techno-stick is uncertain.  (A quick check in the Innovations catalogue shows it is a device for hanging voile from trees, essential.)


Inside now, and Mrs Future is preparing futuristic invisible food in the atomic oven.  Note that the dining table rises out of the floor.  Mr Future is fiddling with the remote control that operates all the gadgets in the house.  I wouldn't play with it whilst sat at the table.




And here Mrs F demonstrates the Atomic Powered Bath.  Oh yes, this house has its own reactor that powers everything.   No fear of radiation sickness in the 80s.  Afterall, the future family is safely covered up with radiation proof knitting.

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