tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post2327840434130926559..comments2023-06-21T16:47:50.998+02:00Comments on A year down the line (well 7 years now): Some hard graft and some fancificationRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-59854903662524107512013-06-16T07:57:22.198+02:002013-06-16T07:57:22.198+02:00Yes! We have thin milky blue shutters and the orig...Yes! We have thin milky blue shutters and the original guy worked on the railways - thank you.<br />When I've stripped thick brown in England it usually has dark brown wood effect varnish - at least they haven't heard of that.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-78913315496675649942013-06-15T15:24:09.436+02:002013-06-15T15:24:09.436+02:00That gloopy paint used to puzzle me...in our area ...That gloopy paint used to puzzle me...in our area it was either that or a sort of ungloopy milky blue. One or the other and nothing else.<br />Until they found out about white plastic....<br /><br />An elderly neighbour explained that the blue was 'surplus' from the American camp which was there in the 50s...and that the brown was 'surplus' from SNCF available until much later.<br /><br /><br />the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.com