How do I change bed configuration on booking?

[*Miss G*]

6 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

But do enlarge it so you can study the weave, which is the distinctive thing.

 

Ohhh!  Now I get it.  It prompted me to look up the etymology:

 

[D&N]

3 hours ago, exlondoner said:

 No, mine wanted to be talk about candlesticks instead. They too were vital bedside furniture until WW1.

Depends where you lived. I believe that when we left Shetland in January 1958 they were just starting to install electricity.

I have no memories prior to being carried around Aberdeen Harbour in the early hours of the morning of our arrival.

[Clewgarnet]

5 hours ago, Ukulele girl said:

Candlewick bedspreads - the height of sophistication in the 60s & 70s. I had a bright yellow one as a wedding present in 1976 and it still exists in the garage for use when decorating. It sheds bits all the time but as it covered a double bed down to the floor it makes a great decorators sheet when using a roller.

It's amazing how many words we have in the English language for each type of thing; I was told by an English teacher that this is why it is the language poets like to use.  

Everything comes round again - I recently bought a yellow candlewick duvet cover for my new house! My mum, who remembers the first time round, thinks it's hilarious, but I love it

[alc13]

We read RL Stevenson's "The Land of Counterpane" in grade school.  The only time I came across the word.  But of course I've never forgotten it.

[sfred]

1 hour ago, alc13 said:

We read RL Stevenson's "The Land of Counterpane" in grade school.  The only time I came across the word.  But of course I've never forgotten it.

 

I remember the "counterpane" word from TS Eliot's 1939 poems about practical cats.  The one about Skimbleshanks the railway cat, while written for trains, has some similarities to ocean liner ship cabins and Cunard.

 

Oh, it's very pleasant when you have found your little den
With your name written up on the door.
And the berth is very neat with a newly folded sheet
And there's not a speck of dust on the floor.
There is every sort of light-you can make it dark or bright;
There's a handle that you turn to make a breeze.
There's a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in
And a crank to shut the window if you sneeze.
Then the guard looks in politely and will ask you very brightly
"Do you like your morning tea weak or strong?"
But Skimble's just behind him and was ready to remind him,
For Skimble won't let anything go wrong.
And when you creep into your cosy berth
And pull up the counterpane,
You ought to reflect that it's very nice
To know that you won't be bothered by mice—
You can leave all that to the Railway Cat,
The Cat of the Railway Train.

 

Edited August 1 by sfred

[alc13]

Wonderful, @sfred!

[NE John]

Possibly the best tangential conversation ever on CC!