A Jamaican Cockney Tale: Why Retro Armchairs Still Matter

I reach this city when Empire Windrush dock. Talk about retro armchair, vintage sofa?.

Mi live top floor above de shop, but seat crack but it never mash up. Nowadays dem want flat-pack quick.

Any London market you choose, funky accent chair bright like carnival. Not glossy, but dem honest.

When London swing 1960s, Armchair pass from father to son. Every scratch talk story.

Mi remember one winter 1971, but Everybody sit pon it. Mi can smell the leather now.

Design mix by area. Kensington love velvet, wid velvet accent chair. Dalston funky, funky chairs for living room wid retro chair mash-up.

Modern flat-pack? Dem got no memory. Old funky accent seat hold family together.

Listen dis, mi pick funky armchair over soulless sofa.

So next time you want chair, stop an look round, and make it tell your story same as mine.