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Offline crystal lady

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #18 on: Monday 10 December 07 18:47 GMT (UK) »
I also have my grandad's steel, my grandma's baking tins (which are better than today's) and I love my hot water bottle.

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #19 on: Monday 10 December 07 18:53 GMT (UK) »
Mum gave me her old glass jelly moulds, which I use for posh do's.

We're having people round for an old fashioned meal at the weekend, so I will use them for a blancmange. Remember blancmange?!  ;)

I also use an ancient cherry stoner. Very effective, but juice sprays everywhere, and after stoning 1/2 pound of cherries, it looks as if I am a mad axe murderer, covered in blood   :o

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #20 on: Monday 10 December 07 19:00 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: meles on Monday 10 December 07 18:53 GMT (UK)
Remember blancmange?!  ;)
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Oh yes!!!  I have happy memories of birthday parties when the rabbit shaped blancmange would appear briefly, before wobbling into a non distinct shape!!!

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #21 on: Monday 10 December 07 19:19 GMT (UK) »
Oh yes! I'd forgotten that blancmange animals quietly slid into road kill after 15 minutes.  :-\

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Brock: Alburgh, Norfolk, and after 1850, London; Tooley: Norfolk<br />Grimmer: Norfolk; Grimson: Norfolk<br />Harrison: London; Pollock<br />Dixon: Hampshire; Collins: Middx<br />Jeary: Norfolk; Davison: Norfolk<br />Rogers: London; Bartlett: London<br />Drew: Kent; Alden: Hants<br />Gamble: Yorkshire; Huntingford: East London

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #22 on: Monday 10 December 07 19:36 GMT (UK) »
I have my great aunts Neatette kitchen unit along with her old tall boy and my grandmothers tall boy, all the ideal sized pieces of furniture for the size of our house. I also have and very carefully use my grandmothers mixing bowl although I get very worried each time it gets used in case it gets dropped.

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #23 on: Monday 10 December 07 19:42 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat 4kni - and you have reminded me - I use my grandmother's mixing bowl too!

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #24 on: Monday 10 December 07 19:52 GMT (UK) »
My husband (85), my nans china Jug, nans thimble,a glass scrubbing board and myself.
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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #25 on: Monday 10 December 07 20:03 GMT (UK) »
I've just remembered another one, a bottle opener belonging to ggrandfather.
Its been well worn  :D
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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #26 on: Monday 10 December 07 20:10 GMT (UK) »
By whom?!  ;D

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Brock: Alburgh, Norfolk, and after 1850, London; Tooley: Norfolk<br />Grimmer: Norfolk; Grimson: Norfolk<br />Harrison: London; Pollock<br />Dixon: Hampshire; Collins: Middx<br />Jeary: Norfolk; Davison: Norfolk<br />Rogers: London; Bartlett: London<br />Drew: Kent; Alden: Hants<br />Gamble: Yorkshire; Huntingford: East London

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