MERRY CHRISTMAS 2025

oldest thing in the house, Posted by Norma on 28/9/2025, 17:05:30 I have a blue bowl given to me by the family of a lady i looked after,it has a crack,made when her young son was playing ball,it was been her mother in laws so must be well over a 100 years Just remembered I have brass bells it has writing on, never found out what it meant,Went to the house of an old gentleman he had the same bell,but didnt know anything about it,had come from his lte wifes family

Re: oldest thing in the house, Posted by Ronnie on 29/9/2025, 6:13:55, in reply to "oldest thing in the house," Board Owner A glass salt cellar from 1914, it belonged to my grandmother and was a wedding present.

Re: oldest thing in the house, Posted by Norma on 29/9/2025, 8:17:44, in reply to "Re: oldest thing in the house," Ronnie I have a celery dish,As a home carer told not to accept gift,but fine if the family give you dishes etc,after the person has died or go into a care home,

Re: oldest thing in the house, Posted by Eileen on 3/10/2025, 16:23:52, in reply to "Re: oldest thing in the house," The oldest thing I have is a brown teapot with painted dots on. My grandmother gave it to me and told me it was her Mothers so don't break it. I am always careful when I wash it and I've never used it. Her Mother died in 1888 and Gran died 1975 and it's in perfect condition so don't think she used it either.

Re: oldest thing in the house, Posted by Norma on 3/10/2025, 18:36:08, in reply to "Re: oldest thing in the house," Keep finding things that are older,The large glass jug they used it to collect milk from the dairy when the cow were milked,as kids we would go to watch the cows being milked,like to watch the machine that cooled the milk,it was behind Taylors house on Sefton road psI was given the jug by Miis Pickering Tet

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