Comments on: A 1950s basement ‘village green’ - from Armstrong flooring

By: Retro Renovation » Let’s start another movement to: Bring back the basement shuffleboard!

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:00:59 +0000

[...] all the recent talk of shuffleboards, I did a little nosing around, and it turns out that you can still get a vinyl tile shuffleboard [...]

By: Kitschy Kimberly

Kitschy Kimberly — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:41:45 +0000

I just looked at a house with a shuffleboard basement floor. You can see it in the pics listed here

http://gniarmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=Gniarmls&PRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetail&ARGUMENTS=-N997904140,-N244150,-N,-A,-N16941494

By: Mid Mod Pam

Mid Mod Pam — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:43:47 +0000

Hey Deb aka Femme1, I continue to be on the lookout for images of people playing accordions, recorders and other vintage-y instruments. Those were the days, my friend, those were the days…

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:17:08 +0000

What happened to all those accordian/guitar combos playing in indoor gazebos? Would Sally and Billy entertain the family with a rousing rendition of “Lady of Spain”?

Oh, and is that cart filled with booze? The ‘rents actually might need a little “tuning up” before they can handle the music.

(I’m really a huge accordian fan—for a long time, I had some bumper stickers on my car: “Pro-accordian—AND I VOTE!” and “Accordians don’t play Lady of Spain. People do.”)

By: DanaMc

DanaMc — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:06:51 +0000

Wow, I remember my aunt and uncle had that floor in black. It had 2 inset shuffleboards.

While I can’t find a pic of the floor, here’s the directions on how to install it. The wonders of the internet. http://www.floorexpert.com/armstrong/fpoxpert.nsf/fe91b78a0945a68a85256eba00710742/cff1665e8ef230cf85256ca70067f513?OpenDocument

Seems like shuffleboard was shown a lot in magazines. Yet, I have never heard anyone, “Wow, we used to love playing shuffleboard!” Still, I think having an Armstrong basement would be fun!

DanaMc in Chicagoland