MBQ wrote
| Unlikely. Decent wood wouldn't have been wasted on furniture
| during the war or for the years after. Utility ware was
| made from the same quality wood at tea chests
| The point being that both the wood and the items made from it
| were better value for money than any flat pack you can buy
| today. My parents utility settee finally went to the tip
| after 60 years (recovered at least once in that time). Not
| because there was anything wrong with it, but it didn't meet
| fire regs and no one was interested in it.

A neighbour still has her parents' *aluminium* utility kitchen cabinets,
used as storage in her workshop.

I bet they'd be worth a fair bit if the paint was removed and they were
polished up as 'retro'

Owain