Am I particularly obtuse this morning but I don’t get the connection between slate and the name of the file,” Heirlooms rant”.
Enlighten me someone please.
I have nothing of maternal grandparents except a small length of now pale mauve but was deep lavender ,satin ribbon on which is printed details of my maternal grandmother.DOB DOD etc .
A little poem telling of her continuing care even though her children were grown up, waiting for them all to get home from work etc,
Folded over for all the years since 1932 ,it is now almost split in two.
She was only 60+ when she died.
I have stabilised it and it is with Family History stuff.
Paternal grandmother, a small bar brooch ,gold set with jet ,like a little tie pin but smaller.
There was her wedding ring but my sister had that and it went when she was burgled.No value but sentimental, it was only rolled gold ,but down to brass except for a little bit of gold inside.
All I have of my mother are two necklaces, Crystal, and Crystal and black beads but not jet ,a little cut glass pot with silver hall marked lid ,anchor,lion passant and a stylised m ,so Birmingham 1911.
She would have been 15, so obviously bought later I imagine.
Dad was not well enough for work for many years after being a POW in WW1
but then he did buy things ,they courted for about 14 years until he could work .1933.
It was probably second hand .
A cut glass vase , and some glass dishes that came out at Christmas etc.
Her mince pie trays , and the Spode Italian blue tea set got with tokens from Kensitas cigarettes, I added to it ,so now a twelve place setting dinner and tea service ,stuck/ crammed in the ten place setting dishwasher I have never used!
I look at it sometimes and think,” Mum’s heart attack and Dad’s throat cancer!”
A handkerchief that was in her handbag ,at hospital when she died ,clean ,folded .
An ebony backed hand mirror that she looked in as do I now .
A few more things but nothing really big .
Ah well, you don’t forget people because you don’t have mementoes .
Viktoria.
