It’s not the most scientific way to research the tastes of 1930 Didsbury residents, but it’s fun.
So here under the layers of more recent decorative styles are the wall paper choices of one family back just under 90 years ago.
They come from my friend Barbarella who came across these clues to what one of the previous owners of the house thought were the cutting edge of design.
To be fair the examples showing 19th century figures set against a rural landscape may have been for a children’s bedroom, and may originally been taken from nursery stories.
And here I remember having once asked and got an entire room decorated with Dan Dare wall paper when I was seven.
With more research I might be able to actually locate and date the different wall papers.
A quick search suggested that similar “vintage period” wall papers from the 1930s go for between £17 and £44 a roll. Now there’s a thought.
Location; Didsbury
Pictures; wallpapers from a Didsbury house, 2020, from the collection of Barbarella Bonvento
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