Does anyone remember the horrible cheap veined tiles in the 70"S

[tilermwc]

Hi
I'm currently putting in a new gravity feed shower and need to purchase about 20 tiles to match the existing tiles, they are about 30+ years old and message 110 x 110mm (4.25 inch) by very thin! they are a veined pattern, I remember in the 70's everyone used them but I can't find any on the net etc, todays tiles are a different size. The colour doenst matter as Im painting them with white tile paint

Can anyone help me find some?

Thanks in advance
Mike

 

[Andy Allen]

are they the chicken tiles?

 

[doug boardley]

that's what I was gonna say Andy:smilewinkgrin:

 

[White Room]

They came on a range of colours...

 

[Gazzer]

Cristal TV ( Textured Vein) range, came in 6" too.

 

[Rich]

Sounds lovely...

 

[Andy Allen]

chicken tile..

 

[DHTiling]

Like these..

 

[DHTiling]

View attachment 32021 chicken tile..

Snap!!! :lol:

 

[Rich]

Im seeing double!

 

[tilermwc]

Thats the one......Chicken tiles..... Does anyone know where I can purchase a dozen or so??

 

[DHTiling]

Thats the one......Chicken tiles..... Does anyone know where I can purchase a dozen or so??

in the words of Kylie..

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[Andy Allen]

there like hens teeth.......excuse the pun..

 

[Gazzer]

They are so rare , I cant even remember that last time i had to remove any.

 

[The D]

i will be removing some in about 2 weeks*

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Ha ha, chicken tiles TV, also tex tile I think Johnsons or Pilks did a rip off of Crystal. Can you see the chicken on Daves pic?, I used to get a roasting off my tiler ( boss) for drawing eyes on the chicken, (4.25" or 6"x6") happy days:lol::yikes:

 

[Brian the Tile]

textile vein johnsons stoke on trent made them and pilkingtons in manchester made them also think they was the only tlies about apart from black or white when i started fixing everybody had them

 

[user123]

Michael from 'Tiles In Your Garage' might have some, mightn't he? Where's the link?

 

[White Room]

Tiles in Your Garage - The Discontinued Tile Trading Web Site

 

[tommyzooom]

Ha, I remember them, we had them in our house when I was a nipper. I used to look for ones facing the wrong direction.lol
maybe it put tiling into my head?

I never saw a chicken tho

 

[White Room]

They were still in my Dads house (kitchen splash backs) when we sold it 4 years ago..

 

[paul damian]

Theyre actually called bird in the bush ,, yep straight up.

 

[Gazzer]

Here is the Birdie/Chicken !

 

[tommyzooom]

Here is the Birdie/Chicken !
View attachment 32241

I see it now,
When I was young, all I could see was the ghoulish hand/claw in the top right corner, used to freak me out!

 

[doit4u]

Always the way isn't it. Only a few months ago I was sorting my garage and found 4 boxes of these. I thought of putting them on ebay as retro is supposed to be all the rage but my daughter said I was would be waisting my time so I dumped them. Still have 8 as a sink splashback in the understairs loo.

 

[Michael kiss]

Can all you tilers restore any discontinued wall tiles you can get and sell them on www.tilesinyourgarage.co.uk Big thank you, Michael

i will be removing some in about 2 weeks*