I have my grandmother's 100 year old pottery mixing bowls big ones I use all the time and the only sewing machine I dont break, modern ones and me dont get along, is about 75 years old too from my mother in law.
I forgot about the various pots, pans, china etc. All decent quality by today's standards but nothing special when they were originally bought, so I don't really think twice about them - they're just everyday things that we use.
I do have some embroidered traycloths and suchlike which I use on top of dressing table etc which were done by my Nan's younger sister who was disabled and spent most of her time doing needlework. Sadly she died young so I never met her. I suppose I should pack them away and look after them more carefully but I do like to see them.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I forgot about the various pots, pans, china etc. All decent quality by today's standards but nothing special when they were originally bought, so I don't really think twice about them - they're just everyday things that we use.
I do have some embroidered traycloths and suchlike which I use on top of dressing table etc which were done by my Nan's younger sister who was disabled and spent most of her time doing needlework. Sadly she died young so I never met her. I suppose I should pack them away and look after them more carefully but I do like to see them.
Please don't pack them away! I think you honour your great aunt's memory better by using them than treating them as museum pieces.
I forgot yesterday I have all my grandfathers war medals, all the birth and death certificates going back to the 1800's, my grandfathers shaving pot and his collar studs, Nan's mixing bowl which I still use, fish knives and forks. We use most things every day but don't think of the history or where they came form.
I’ve got some lovely glass dishes that belonged to my gran, I doubt they were passed to here by her mother, she was put into service at 13, caught by the lord of the manor, got pregnant and was sacked.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
So do I, but mine's a more recent edition that I bought new. My Mum has an older one that she got new in the 1960s, but neither is anything like the age of the one that Lyn posted pics of.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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