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The Thorlux ladies
Just came across this grainy old 1940’s photograph of the Thorlux factory in Birmingham. The ladies can be seen applying foil stickers to the stacks of vitreous enamelled shades that Thorlux built its name on. Whilst many dream of foreign holidays and lottery wins, this is the kind of stash of lighting that we at Trainspotters fantasize about coming across at the back of some warehouse. We normally carry decent runs of mid-century reclaimed viteous enamelled lighting in stock. We are also re-manufacturing high quality vitreous enamelled shades ourselves, also made in Birmingham.
Opaline Glass is arguably one of the most synonymous styles when we think of antique vintage lighting and it’s origins come from a mixture of European influences… Glass Of The Past Opaline Glass was produced in France during the 1800s and was highly fashionable around the world during this period. One of its main influences …
Vintage lighting runs through our veins – for us, it’s where it all began. Lighting with history Trainspotters headed up the new vintage aesthetic of the early 2000s, bringing salvaged industrial to the mainstream with carefully sourced and expertly restored items at fair prices. Our expertise in finding large quantities of vintage industrial items meant the …
As we've stripped back the damp plasterboard and 1980's bodge jobs from the interior of New Mills, a characterful beast has emerged. And who better to christen it than local lads made good Superdry, who've just shot their summer range amongst scattered clock faces and neon light fixtures. Hats off to our friend Jimeee Meigh, [...]
We’re still pinching ourselves over this one. We’ve sourced a quantity of these original classic street signs now decomissioned from the streets of New York City. Our batch of signs sat in a storeroom and never made it onto the streets
The Thorlux ladies
Just came across this grainy old 1940’s photograph of the Thorlux factory in Birmingham. The ladies can be seen applying foil stickers to the stacks of vitreous enamelled shades that Thorlux built its name on. Whilst many dream of foreign holidays and lottery wins, this is the kind of stash of lighting that we at Trainspotters fantasize about coming across at the back of some warehouse. We normally carry decent runs of mid-century reclaimed viteous enamelled lighting in stock. We are also re-manufacturing high quality vitreous enamelled shades ourselves, also made in Birmingham.
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