A Jamaican Cockney Tale: Why Retro Armchairs Still Matter
I reach this city when Empire Windrush dock. Furniture? Chairs, sofa, dem tings?. Back then, South London rough, cold, but dat chair feel alive. Young ones buy, throw away fast. Go down to Camden, armchair wid leather crack. Not new outta box, but dem true. When London swing 1960s, Armchair pass from father to son. Every stain show moment. Mi and brethren Lennox find one old Chesterfield in Dalston, but Everybody sit pon it.
Dat sofa part of mi life. London borough different style. Kensington love velvet, wid deep wingback. Shoreditch wild, wid funky old frame. Modern flat-pack? Dem carry no story. Old funky accent seat tell history. Mi speak plain, mi pick funky armchair over soulless sofa. So next time you want chair, take armchair wid scar, and more on sofasdirect.com let it be part of your life.