A Jamaican Cockney Tale: Why Retro Armchairs Still Matter

I reach this city when Empire Windrush dock. The real ting never lose value. We only could afford old sofa, but it scratch, it creak, but it solid. Young ones buy, throw away fast. Any London market you choose, sofa carry story deep. Dem tings not showroom clean, but dem honest. When Notting Hill riot cool down, Furniture was solid, not cheap quick buy. Every scratch talk story. We drag it on trolley all di way Brixton, different styles of armchairs but Everybody sit pon it. Dat sofa part of mi life. Every area carry different vibe.

Kensington love velvet, wid velvet accent chair. Brixton mash up mix, wid retro chair mash-up. modern armchairs flat-pack? Mi tell you straight – rubbish. Retro sofa grow wid you. Mi speak plain, mi love vintage over flat-pack. If you tink to buy quick, stop an look round, and see it carry laugh and cry.