A lovely blue candlewick bedspread was one of my wedding presents (one of my requests). So proud of it. Lasted many years. As our children moved from cots into beds, we started them all off with the 'new' duvets - but our bed remained with sheets, blanker and that bedspread for a long time.
It always makes me smile (wryly),when we get these clips about the past saying "Well we survived!!", implying that all modern H&S precautions are not required. Yes, WE did, but those many who did not are not around to testify.
My parents insisted on their paraffin heater in their living room - this was in the 1980's (they never had any form of central heating), My Dad was very careful with this, but it did worry me.
There were so many dangers in the past. My Mother was very badly burned when a plate fell off the rack above the cooker and fell into a pan of hot fat, in which she was cooking chips (no lids back then - 1946), only the fact that she wore specs, saved her sight, She was in hospital for months, and was still covered in bandages when she returned home, I was a small child and was scared of her like that - which distressed her even more.
The door handles on cars back then were also a danger. My 17-year brother was dragged some distance by a moving vehicle when a door handle caught on his clothing. He was out with a girl friend, crossing a road, and this car came round the corner far to quickly - my brother managed to push his girl friend out of the way, but the car caught him and his clothing.
Doctors wanted to amputate his leg at the hospital, and my Dad refused permission, (my brother was very sporty). Thank goodness that was the correct decision and after many months he made a complete recovery (not even a limp.
