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Topic: Which items from the past do you still use? (Read 4746 times)
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stoney
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Mum, bless her!
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Not the past but is this the future My son daughter-in-law and three children have been to Florida and guess what they brought me back Now I have to ask how much ingredients do I use to fill these two tins Its Santa and I know one family will be wanting a Santa cake made  And who is going to make it Elizabeth |
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Beattie, Beveridge, Carson, Davidson, Hounam, Johnston, Purdon, Rae, Stevenson, - Scotland. Brown, Bulman, Cooke, Harding, Meyers, Osborne, Routledge - England
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loo
RootsChat Aristocrat
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A ruby ring.
I don't know how old it is, or who first owned it, but it has come down to me in the family. I always admired it as a child, and rubies are my favourite stone. I don't think it's all that valuable, as it's very lightweight. 19th century is all I can say. I often wonder which of the women I have "discovered" was the original owner. It's the only thing we have in our family from that far back. I wear it on special occasions.
A quilt made by my greatgrandmother just before she died in 1949. I use it in the summer sometimes. still in excellent condition.
An Oriental wool rug that will never wear out, apparently, acquired in a house purchase in 1973 from 3 very sisters who were then in their 80s. It was old when I got it, but does not look very worn even now! I'm guessing it must be getting on for 100 years.
I too have an old glass rolling pin from unknown (the idea is that you put ice cubes or chips in it to keep the pastry cold as you roll it out), a sharpening steel from someone who was a butcher 50 years ago, a rocking chair from my grandparents from the 1930s (the only piece of furniture that survived from their large 5-bedroom country home), and I am fairly sure I have a couple of bone knitting needles somewhere, also from unknown, but I rarely knit any more. (Even the older plastic knitting needles are better than the newer ones.)
Interesting question.
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Lydart
RootsChat Marquessate
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Great Granny Williams, the Dorset button maker
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I've got a brooch which was in my grandmothers box of trinkets ... no value ... but I also have a photo of my great grandmother wearing it in about 1870 !!
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millymcb
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Three Brothers Knight out on the road...almost!
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I've just been doing a pre-christmas house clean and realised that we still use OH's father's Eubank - floor sweeper thingy. It must be over 30 years old and is still better than the modern ones 
Doesn't make the housework any more fun though.
Milly
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McBride (Monaghan & Manchester), Derbyshire (Bollington,Cheshire), Knight (Newcastle,Staffs), Smith (Chorley, Lancashire & Ireland), Tipladay (Manchester & Yorkshire) ,Steadman (Madeley,Shropshire), Steele (Manchester & Glasgow), Parkinson (Wigan, Lancashire), Lovatt, Cornes & Turner (Staffordshire) Stott (Oldham, Lancs). All ended up in Ardwick, Manchester - in Cotton Mills, Iron Works, or running pubs and corner shops. Census informatio is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.g |
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dennford
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just resting for a while
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I've just been doing a pre-christmas house clean and realised that we still use OH's father's Eubank - floor sweeper thingy. It must be over 30 years old and is still better than the modern ones Doesn't make the housework any more fun though. Milly
It's many years since I saw one, so I may be wrong but weren't they called "ewbank" - just wondering if my memory is as good as I thought - or as good as Gadgets!
Denn
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Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell
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Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
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millymcb
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1312
Three Brothers Knight out on the road...almost!
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Ah - Ewbank...that's it. I knew it was something like that!
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McBride (Monaghan & Manchester), Derbyshire (Bollington,Cheshire), Knight (Newcastle,Staffs), Smith (Chorley, Lancashire & Ireland), Tipladay (Manchester & Yorkshire) ,Steadman (Madeley,Shropshire), Steele (Manchester & Glasgow), Parkinson (Wigan, Lancashire), Lovatt, Cornes & Turner (Staffordshire) Stott (Oldham, Lancs). All ended up in Ardwick, Manchester - in Cotton Mills, Iron Works, or running pubs and corner shops. Census informatio is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.g |
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dennford
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just resting for a while
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Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell
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Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol
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Lincsbabe
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Posts: 88
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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I have a 3 stranded string of pearls that used to belong to my Grandma, The last time I wore them was in 1985 when I got married as they are very fragile and need to be re strung. The other thing I have is a small circular broach that my Grandma hand stitched in cross stitch. I do wear that from time to time. I have no recollection of my Grandmotheras she sadly died before I was born. The other thing I was given fairly recentlyby my mum was Grandma's cookery book. I haven't tried anything as yet butI definately will. Lincsbabe
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Weaver, Wilcock, Heywood, (Leigh Lancashire)
Lee, Mc Quirk, Mc Guirk, Mc Gurk, Blenkinsop, Oldfield, Hilton (Whitehaven Cumbria)
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LizzieW
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Shortly before she died, my mum passed on to me a handwritten book called "Golden Hints On All Home Matters" written by my grandmother. The date on the title page is 26 February 1895 a few months before she was 18.
It has hints on everything from "How to Remove Warts", through "How to Brighten and Revive Leather Seats" to "Cockroaches Beware" interspersed with lots of recipes, most of which I use today, as they were passed down to me. I don't use the book as it is in a very fragile state. It is a hard-backed exercise book, but all the pages are loose and most of them wearing away around the edges. I have no idea how to preserve it.
Lizzie
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millymcb
RootsChat Aristocrat
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Three Brothers Knight out on the road...almost!
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I wonder if the recipes in old cook books would work with today's food... I have a feeling that the ingredients we have these days are not as good as the old days (like lots of things) - or are more health conscious. And ingredients like flour seem different - I know when I make pancakes I have to put a lot more flour in to go with my half pint of milk than I ever used to...
What do you all think of my theory?
Milly
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McBride (Monaghan & Manchester), Derbyshire (Bollington,Cheshire), Knight (Newcastle,Staffs), Smith (Chorley, Lancashire & Ireland), Tipladay (Manchester & Yorkshire) ,Steadman (Madeley,Shropshire), Steele (Manchester & Glasgow), Parkinson (Wigan, Lancashire), Lovatt, Cornes & Turner (Staffordshire) Stott (Oldham, Lancs). All ended up in Ardwick, Manchester - in Cotton Mills, Iron Works, or running pubs and corner shops. Census informatio is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.g |
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Springbok
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hi Milly,
I have had much better results with buying flour (on line) from a flour mill in
the Cotswolds.
http://www.fwpmatthews.co.uk/
Depends how much you which to buy at a time, but they do smaller quantities.and I think you can mix and match (not sure ) as I only get bread flour.
So pleased that Mutton is now being sold. At our local farmers market, I used to buy one ladys fabulous beef burgers. She farmed all beef and lamb products. This month I went to stock up, only to find that they had got out of Beef. and now produce only lamb. The latest Foot and Mouth was the last straw, as their farm is only just outside the last exclusion area, as we are .
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