‘I think of my mum in her happy moments. Tupperware was a permit for blissfulness in our home’
Tupperware parties hold a special kind of nostalgia, but the days of the popular tight-sealing plastic container brand may be about to end.last week after it told investors there was “substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern”.On 27 February 1979 a small group of intrepid travellers left on the first train trip from London to Hong Kong. I was one of the group.
During the day, one or both of the boxes held soapy water swishing to the rhythm of the train, dirty laundry in, lid on. Placed under seats. By evening everything was clean as could be, dirty water poured out in the lavatories and the boxes rinsed with fresh water from the taps. Overnight my little washing-lines with wet laundry were fixed at either end of whichever bunk, by morning it was bone dry. Same every day.
In the 1980s much gay socialising still took place in the safety of people’s homes and parties – often with a theme – were a regular part of Tyneside CHE’s activities, so a Tupperware party was merely a novel addition to the calendar. I still use some of the items I bought that evening, though the plastic is showing its age and some of the famous seals have broken, but I will never forget the occasion when I bought them.
We were in our early twenties, so feeding the family wasn’t exactly what concerned us. We started with the cocktails early … [and] soon enough everybody was drunkenly sniggering at the stupid names of the boxes and two girls in the farthest corner of the bed started smooching and groping each other. The music in the kitchen grew louder, as the party started for real.
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