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Glory hole - do you have one? Where is it? ~What's in it?

(57 Posts)
PollyDolly Sat 06-Aug-22 17:19:42

I will kick this off - ours is the old boiler cupboard and it is used for the vacuum cleaner, oft weeping brush for the hard flooring, boxes of cereals, car keys on hooks, and umpteen other bits and pieces.

Just a bit of lighthearted. fun for the weekend.

Lucca Sun 07-Aug-22 18:36:45

I always feel sorry for the AC of those who proudly talk of all the useless “stuff” they have in cupboards sheds attics etc as they (theAC) will have it to deal with when the parents shuffle off.

Blinko Sun 07-Aug-22 18:40:15

I have never come across any other meaning than a small closet where you keep all that 'stuff' you might find useful one day. Since when was it shanghaied to mean something other, I wonder?

BlueBelle Sun 07-Aug-22 18:42:55

When I first started my last job I was very unsure of myself and a few days in I was asked to give a talk to a group of about a dozen professionals I was really nervous but felt I did fairly well they all thanked me for an interesting talk I thanked them and turned opened the door and walked straight into the ‘gloryhole’ amid a lot of laughter

Blinko Sun 07-Aug-22 18:42:57

Just googled it. shock

Shirley48 Sun 07-Aug-22 18:44:01

Quite a while ago, apparently -

The first documented instance of a glory hole was in a 1707 court case known as the "Tryals of Thomas Vaughan and Thomas Davis" in London

(From Wikipedia)

Blinko Sun 07-Aug-22 18:47:47

Shirley48

Quite a while ago, apparently -

The first documented instance of a glory hole was in a 1707 court case known as the "Tryals of Thomas Vaughan and Thomas Davis" in London

(From Wikipedia)

Cheers, Shirley48. You learn something new every day. What people get up to, eh!