Jonathon Pitkin got in touch with me about his mother's Edinburgh De Luxe pram, which was bought on 4th March, 1956, from Davies Baby Carriages Ltd of 102 Kensington High Street, at a cost of £28 19s 6d.
Originally the pram was completely grey, but as you can see the paintwork on the (presumably) wooden body has faded and oxidised over the years to a green colour. (If this happens the only cure that I can see is to respray the pram because I don't think that you can reverse the colour changes any other way. The same thing happened to my Marmet Queen the wooden body faded from white to cream and the chassis which is of course metal, stayed bright white. I changed the colour of the chassis on the Queen to cream to match the body.) I presume that this pram was made by Davies not just bought from them. Jonathon also has the original receipt which came with the pram which he has offered to scan for me to also add to the site.
Originally the pram was completely grey, but as you can see the paintwork on the (presumably) wooden body has faded and oxidised over the years to a green colour. (If this happens the only cure that I can see is to respray the pram because I don't think that you can reverse the colour changes any other way. The same thing happened to my Marmet Queen the wooden body faded from white to cream and the chassis which is of course metal, stayed bright white. I changed the colour of the chassis on the Queen to cream to match the body.) I presume that this pram was made by Davies not just bought from them. Jonathon also has the original receipt which came with the pram which he has offered to scan for me to also add to the site.
