Wedding gift lists 1930s

[louisa maud]

I like the humour  of your friend, she must have been a character

LM

[coombs]

Two of mine married in June 1920 but had known each other for years beforehand, and I found a Christmas postcard dated from one to the other in 1914.

[louisa maud]

Talking of postcards , I have post cards here dated early 1900's,   in those days you could post a card and say you will be at mama's for evening tea, it would arrive by lunch time post, how times change.

LM

[conahy calling]

My parents got married in 1953.  One wedding present they received was an electric two bar heater, but electricity had not yet come to their area. Same heater is still in working order and is used occasionally.

[Gillg]

We married in 1968.  Wedding gift lists had not yet come into fashion, but I do remember that we received quite a lot of stainless steel items, especially what we called "nut dishes" - small dishes from hard-up friends. My parents give us a canteen of silver plate cutlery and my aunt a Wedgwood tea and dinner service (she was the wealthy one in the family and a connoisseur of fine china).  My husband's parents gave us a fridge.  The cutlery and china are still with us and are still intact, though rarely used now.

From said aunt I inherited a load of table linen, mostly embroidered or linen and lace.  What does one do with such items now?  Traycloths make quite nice covers for bedside tables, but does anyone use them to line trays nowadays? 

[coombs]

My great grandfather remarried in October 1931 after his first wife died in March 1930. So a true 1930s wedding. He was a coal miner. He became a widower for the last time in April 1957. Died in 1968.

[jackella]

My cousin who married in 1966 was given a dust bin!  Inside were toilet rolls, a toilet brush, washing up liquid, tea towels, dust pan and brush, dish cloths etc. etc.  After all these years I can still remember how amused and pleased they both were.

[Gillg]

We married in 1968.  Wedding gift lists had not yet come into fashion, but I do remember that we received quite a lot of stainless steel items, especially what we called "nut dishes" - small dishes from hard-up friends. My parents gave us a canteen of silver plate cutlery and my aunt a Wedgwood tea and dinner service (she was the wealthy one in the family and a connoisseur of fine china).  My husband's parents gave us a fridge.  The cutlery and china are still with us and are still intact, though rarely used now.

From said aunt I inherited a load of table linen, mostly embroidered or linen and lace.  What does one do with such items now?  Traycloths make quite nice covers for bedside tables, but does anyone use them to line trays nowadays?

[Gillg]

We married in 1968.  Wedding gift lists had not yet come into fashion, but I do remember that we received quite a lot of stainless steel items, especially what we called "nut dishes" - small dishes from hard-up friends. My parents gave us a canteen of silver plate cutlery and my aunt a Wedgwood tea and dinner service (she was the wealthy one in the family and a connoisseur of fine china).  My husband's parents gave us a fridge.  The cutlery and china are still with us and are still intact, though rarely used now.

From said aunt I inherited a load of table linen, mostly embroidered or linen and lace.  What does one do with such items now?  Traycloths make quite nice covers for bedside tables, but does anyone use them to line trays nowadays?

Sorry, I only wanted to correct a spelling error and somehow managed to repeat my message several times!