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Offline Willow 4873

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #63 on: Thursday 13 December 07 14:01 GMT (UK) »
Oh dear Toni* just noticed your avtar now I have the song stuck in my head!

pum pum pum.... pum pum pum.....

Willow x
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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #64 on: Thursday 13 December 07 14:30 GMT (UK) »
 :D Denn  :D Parsnip Wine, my dear little Mum's favourite, and quite deadly when she made it  :D
WOW! Rock on...or more likely after a glass...Roll on :D   :D  :D
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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #65 on: Thursday 13 December 07 15:00 GMT (UK) »
Paula,

Your Mum's parsnip wine reminds me of the time that my Mother made it ready for Christmas one year!  She corked it tightly and there were some very loud bangs in the middle of the night when they all blew up!  It was in the wartime, and we all thought it was another raid!   :D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D  Made a dreadful mess!  But was very funny!

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #66 on: Thursday 13 December 07 15:33 GMT (UK) »
Stoney, I don't know how to say this but.......

 my nan had exactly the same dinner service! as soon as you described it I recognised it.
now what happened to it  :-\ I know I inherited lots of odd bits and pieces everytime they downsized and I do remember the serving dish too.  Next time I'm over my parents house I shall have a mooch in their garage.  How annoying just to lose the lid.

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #67 on: Thursday 13 December 07 16:09 GMT (UK) »
My Grandma's wedding ring, which I was married with. Her aspidistra stand and hall table. My mother's rolling pin.
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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #68 on: Thursday 13 December 07 16:09 GMT (UK) »
We have my mother-in-law's very old wall clock on the lounge wall.  It still keeps perfect time..or at least I think it does.  We stopped winding it up because the tick toc was so loud, and the lovely chime, chimed every quarter of an hour, so when we were watching a thriller on TV, and it came to...'and the murderer is....' BONG BONG BONG...   >:(
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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #69 on: Thursday 13 December 07 16:38 GMT (UK) »
Grandfathers seven day clock; great grandmothers hand made lace edged hanky with her initials on it (for best !); recipes handed down; lots of furniture; dozens of books ... oh and parts of my house are from around 1580 ! 

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #70 on: Thursday 13 December 07 16:41 GMT (UK) »
Oh dear Toni* just noticed your avtar now I have the song stuck in my head!

pum pum pum.... pum pum pum.....

Willow x
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lol, i was trying to explain it to my kids who didj't get it so i looked it up for them!

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Re: Which items from the past do you still use?
« Reply #71 on: Thursday 13 December 07 18:39 GMT (UK) »
Toni*

I think I have the 7" record somewhere - your quite welcome to it lol

Willow x

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