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pram restoration
6 August 2008, 10:35 AM
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davkarh
Joined 13 Jan 2003
36 posts
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Hello, I am the Lady who sold my almost mint original wilson Wedgwoood for a buy it now price of £900 on ebay, I sold it as I had two still got the other one. but its a deep body. still cheaper than some firms as they wanted £1200 for there Wilson prams. & that was a few yrs ago. best wishes Catherinex
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pram restoration
6 August 2008, 10:08 PM
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rookieprammie
Joined 20 Jul 2008
15 posts
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Hi David,
You are a veritable encyclopaedia when it comes to anything prammie, and an absolute star for finding my brake springs! One Tenby ready to roll!!!!!!!!HURRAH!
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pram restoration
7 August 2008, 9:48 PM
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Diane K
Joined 3 Apr 2007
51 posts
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Jackie
Just to let you know that I've got the jelly moulds from jimjams and they fit so I won't be needing the ones you have, though thank you for offering them to me. I must say they are much better quality than the new ones I bought from Silver Cross (that don't fit!), they are thicker, heavier and more deeply patterned, a fine example of falling standards!
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pram restoration
7 August 2008, 10:17 PM
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Gillian Smith
Joined 11 Jul 2007
6 posts
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Hi David, hope you and Nanny enjoyed your holiday. If you still have the bird of paradise plaques, and they are in reasonable condition, I would love to buy them. Look forward to hearing from you, Gillian.
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pram restoration
7 August 2008, 11:29 PM
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pram crazy
Joined 3 Jul 2008
18 posts
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Can anyone tell me why we hardly ever see anyone pushing a coachbuilt pram around these days? A lot of people seem to have them, and buy them on E Bay, but what do you all do with them?????? I know they are not as practical when you have a car or for going around the shops (and you could never leave a baby outside a shop unattended these days!), but surely they are not all kept indoors all the time? Let's start a new trend by all taking to the streets with our coach prams! (I have only just bought mine,but I do take it out everyday - with the baby of course!)
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 0:00 AM
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sam
Joined 20 Aug 2006
27 posts
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i wholeheartedly agree, i only ever see one or two around my area but i will certainly be out and about with my silverstream when my baby arrives ! can anyone give me some advice on pram restorers? i want a new hood and apron making and have enquired with alison murfett and rudy mors in holland. they both work out around the same price and i don't know who to go for, i so much want my pram to look perfect! could anyone give any recommendations please? also i am needing a straight hood arm for a 1990's 36" silver cross (my other pram). right hand side if you were looking into the hood. does anyone have one they would like to sell? many thanks
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 8:28 AM
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jackie
Joined 18 Jan 2007
100 posts
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well i have a small collection of prams..and i take a pram out most days...not in the rain[more polishing then!!].
.i am quite well known around my neighbourhood..and there is never a time when you dont hear the famous...well thats what i call a pram!!..
l lots of my prammie friends and myself, attended the wolverhampton vintage fair in june..and we had many pram pushes around the park...if you go to my friends website, classycanopies..you can see us!! and me dressed up!!! ha ha
and some of the girls are doing onslow august bank holiday xxxxx jackie so we do get out and about with them..and i lent an osnath to my friend for her new grandson!! she had a great time
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 8:44 AM
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pram crazy
Joined 3 Jul 2008
18 posts
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Regarding renovating a pram, I highly recommend Heritage prams
http://www.heritage-prams.co.uk/
They use a lot of the original tools from the old Silver Cross factory and are craftsmen, taking individual pride in all the prams they restore. They are not cheap, but then good quality never is!
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 10:37 AM
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insptubbs
Joined 11 Jun 2008
127 posts
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Hi Gillian,
I have had a word with Maureen and she wants £50 for the two.
They are in fantastic condition.
Yes we had a wonderful time in Germany. We absolutely love it there.
We are returning for the Xmas Markets at Heidelberg in December.
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 10:40 AM
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insptubbs
Joined 11 Jun 2008
127 posts
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Nanny and I use the traditional 30`s and 40`s prams for WW2 re-enactments. So ours get used quite often. We have a lot of fdriends who have bought his era prams for the same reason.
We have a Renault Kangoo and we can get two carriage prams in standing up.
Buy the right size car and you can take them anywhere.
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 11:11 AM
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linda
Joined 3 Mar 2008
34 posts
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Hi Jackie, if you haven't already sold the jelly moulds I would be interested in buying them,I need them for a silverstream pram, the newer moulds don't fit,so can you let me know? Many thanks,Linda.
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 11:26 AM
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Sandra
Joined 30 May 2004
105 posts
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Pram Crazy, yes Heritage will restore your prams, but they put the new chassis under all of them, so that you get lovely Mulliners or Silver Shadows with 20 inch wheels and they just don't look nice in my opinion. They lose their elegance I think. There is another lady who has been in touch with me, who had a Tenby done and they put the modern chrome detachable chassis under it and she is having a lot of problems now with the same part of the chassis continually breaking. It has been back to Heritage a few times and it is still the same, after a few months it goes again. Never meant for a Tenby you see? And this pram is used for a baby, not just to admire. So yes they will restore your SX but not to what it was before.
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 12:18 PM
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jackie
Joined 18 Jan 2007
100 posts
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sorry i have sold them already regards jackie
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 12:25 PM
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jackie
Joined 18 Jan 2007
100 posts
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this is for sam....i have used classycanopies, my friend pat...she tried to answer your email sam, but for some reason it wont show...go onto pats website..and she does very good h and a,s...i have had 3 done by her..and not so far away either ....regards jackie
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 3:43 PM
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care
Joined 23 Aug 2006
39 posts
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Hi Pram Crazy
I have to agree with Sandara on the Heritage prams restoration. They dont restore they replace the bits with modern day ones and like every thing else these days is very inferior quality to what things used to be.
I hate those smaller wheels on the Tenby type prams, they make them look cheap. If i buy one on this type chassis, i always look for another wreck with a good chassis & wheels and put the body on them.
xx
Care
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 4:05 PM
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insptubbs
Joined 11 Jun 2008
127 posts
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Replacing the old with new is not restoration!
Doing this makes the vintage prams worthless as they are no longer original.
restoration is making the original parts look as they did when new!
Heritage prams should not call their service restoration.
When we did restoation as a business we, whereever possible used the original parts. The only parts that could not be restored were tyres and hood and apron material, where the likes of marimo and stylon were no longer available and a modern alternative was used. To use a modern chassis and wheels, which in my mind is laziness, detracts from the original appeal of the pram, and as I said earlier makes them worthless as a vintage item as they no longer are.
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 5:47 PM
 Edited by Lucy 8 August 2008, 5:55 PM
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Lucy
Joined 7 Jul 2008
39 posts
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I have used Heritage in the past and been very pleased with their work. Very difficult to find anyone these days to restore prams to the original state. Like everything else I suppose, takes a lot of time as true restoration is an art and not for amateurs so has to be paid for, i.e. expensive!!!!!
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 5:50 PM
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insptubbs
Joined 11 Jun 2008
127 posts
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Hi Lucy
Try Alisons prams then!
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 6:03 PM
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dreamteam
Joined 25 Jan 2008
15 posts
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Also for Sam - can you post a picture of the hood arm you need? I may have one.
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pram restoration
8 August 2008, 6:03 PM
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Lucy
Joined 7 Jul 2008
39 posts
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Think you have missed the point - I am happy with the job I had done at Heritage. I don't want a "restored antique", just a useable pram. I am not a collector or dealer, so just want a decent, clean pram that can be used for a baby!
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