'...a chair where she can always find her needles'

It's 1952: Britian is still under rationing, space in the home is at a premium and advertising voiceovers are delivered in a condescending manner to the housewives of the day.

Forgiving the blatantly chauvenistic overtones of this piece of film from the British Pathe archive, wouldn't you just love one of these chairs with a hidden extension for your knitting?

FURNITURE EXHIBITION

Here's the link to the site in case you can't watch it here. Skip to 53 seconds for the chair.

...I wonder if they still make them?

Ingrid