Retrowow is an online resource about the 50s, 60s and 70s. On this site we have articles about life in Britain in the 50s, 60s and 70s. We have guides to the style of these three decades and discussions of life in the past. http://www.retrowow.co.uk Retro means coming from, or in the style of, a past era. In modern usage retro means dating from the 50s to the 70s, or designed to reflect the style of that era. http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro.php How much should you pay for a retro telephone? How much is my phone worth? I have compiled a guide researching dealer prices, as well as what these phones fetch on eBay. Dealer prices are higher, but you usually get some sort of guarantee and a working, restored phone. http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_technology/telephone/telephone_price_guide.php There was a huge range of different G-Plan designs. From the original Brandon range, launched in 1952, to the teak ranges of the sixties and seventies, G-Plan made great efforts to produce well designed furniture. One of the main brand differentiators for G-Plan was the design element. http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_style/furniture/g_plan/g_plan_designs.php If you fancy a spot of nostalgia, the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in London is a great day out. The Museum has a huge collection of products and posters that will bring back many memories. http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_days_out/museum_of_advertising_packaging.html The Players No6 brand, introduced in 1965, was Britain's best selling cigarette brand for most of the 70s. Player's claimed it was 'Part of the British Scene' in their advertising. http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_collectibles/smoking/players_no6.php The Handkerchief Vase (or Hankerchief Vase) personified the 1950s' design aesthetic of fluid, asymmetrical shapes. It is this tendency towards flowing organic shapes that distinguishes 50s' design, both from the Art Deco period that it followed and the 1960s. The original Handkerchief Vase by Venini in Murano, Italy embodied this principle, later copies by Chance Glass in the UK, do not. http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_collectibles/50s/handkerchief_vase.php Electronic games, such as MB Simon and Adman Grandstand, went on sale in the UK in the second half of the 70s. This was the time when people got their first taste of the digital lifestyle we enjoy today. http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_collectibles/70s/70s_electronic_games.php Portmeirion Pottery, with its impractically tall silhouette and primitive art decoration, captured the mode of the sixties perfectly. Portmeirion's proprietor and designer, Susan Williams-Ellis, brought new ideas to the world of ceramics. http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_style/ceramics/portmeirion/portmeirion.php The heyday of vintage enamel advertising signs was the 1920s to the 1950s; the era before television advertising really took off. Coloured signs advertising anything from cigarettes to chocolate began in the late nineteenth century and by the 1930s they shouted out their message from both small and large shops throughout the country. http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_collectibles/30s/vintage_enamel_signs.php