A Jamaican Cockney Tale: Why Retro Armchairs Still Matter

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I reach this city when Empire Windrush dock. Furniture? Chairs, sofa, dem tings?. Mi live top floor above de shop, but it scratch, funky accent chairs it creak, but it solid. Dem no see value in scratch and scar. Wander Spitalfields, you see retro sofa pile high. Not glossy, but dem live long. When Notting Hill riot cool down, Sofa stay whole family life. Every scratch talk story. Mi and armchair retro brethren Lennox find one old Chesterfield in Dalston, but Everybody sit pon it.

Dat sofa still in mi memory. Postcode tell story too. Chelsea go fancy, wid velvet accent chair. Hackney raw, wid sofa in bright clash. Modern flat-pack? Dem carry no story. couch vintage style chair tell history. Mi speak plain, mi back di old ting every time. So next time you want chair, take armchair wid scar, and let it be part of your life.