Venetians blinds were all the go in 1953

(Ruskin's 1953 All About Coburg)

I rather liked the old wooden Venetian blinds in the parsonage at Coburg when we arrived in January 1962. My mother didn't - dust traps and oh so difficult to keep clean. The same could be said of the new 'modern' blinds in a range of pastel colours to suit any decor that are advertised here.

My across the road neighbours in Bendigo liked their venetians, though. They were forever pulling them slightly apart to see what was happening in the street!