Old things still in regular use?

Electric whisk, bought in 1972 and has been well used over the years. The younger generations find it a source of great amusement !

i have had my Kenwood mixer since 1972 and still use it several times a week.

Chopping board made in Teak, a wedding present from 1977. Also have some china Charles and Diana mugs still using.

Me!

Another Kenwood Chef, wedding present in 1974.
I did once have it repaired and serviced - it went ‘sick’ shortly before one Christmas and I really missed it - but it came back as good as new.

Ha, Grannybags, maybe I should have added dh - still excellent at clearing up the kitchen and loading/unloading the dishwasher. Not planning to trade him in any time soon. ?

90s George Foreman grill, only ever used for toasted sandwiches
what's all that about

Ironing board. A wedding present, bought with Greenshield stamps. (1964!) and a Prestige H-Dome pressure cooker, same vintage.

mrsmopp

I am still using my Charles and Diana Royal Wedding tea towels. Still going strong after 40 years.

More than can be said for the marriage, sadly.

I am still using C&D wedding mugs, and a commemorative plate is useful to stand a large indoor plant on.

My Moulinex mixer/ blender, circa 1974, is still useful to make breadcrumbs, although my DS says it would be classed as unsafe nowadays, if you got your finger in!

Another Kenwood here - an electric hand mixer used every day and still going strong. Received as a present in 1971.

When I started my first job in a hospital laboratory, straight from school, I was given a pair of forceps. I used them right through my career (not for anything hazardous) until I retired. I still use them every day to remove individual pills from my dosette box because my fingers are too fat for the small compartments. I suppose technically I stole them, but disposable ones were the standard issue by the time I left.

Good story shysal

Pastry maker that my mum bought in 1948 at the Ideal Home Exhibition. I still prefer to use it rather than my food processor or Kenwood Chef!

My Mother's wedding (1940) china full Dinner Service. I always loved it and associated it with Christmas and Birthdays. She gave it to me the first Christmas after I was married, when I was expected to prepare the Christmas dinner for the whole family thereafter. I also have my own full dinner service a joint wedding present from my 2 bridesmaids. It has seldom been used. Kept in the original boxes every piece is still free of chips or cracks.

However, a few pieces of my DM's set have suffered over the years. When my everyday dishes needed replaced, I suddenly decided that rather than buy new dishes I would instead use up my DM's ones every day, which I have done. They brighten up the simplest meal and even if a few get broken there are plenty more to see me out.

Mine’s an ironing board too, wedding present in 1972, so nearly 50 years old!

Perhaps this is cheating, but y grandmother's spice box.

It is tin painted black with a gold line round it, it looks exactly like an old fashioned cashbox. Open the lid and it is divided into six square compartments each with a removeable lidded box like a tea caddy. She kept spices in it and so do I - allspice, cinamon, cloves, ginger, mixed spice and nutmeg -

It dates to the late 19th century, as does the tall tin biscuit box, I keep the spaghetti in, which also came from the same grandmother via an aunt.

I'm still using my grandmother's Singer sewing machine from 1891. Beautiful Victorian engineering. No fancy stitches, just solid and reliable. My mother made lots of clothes for me on that machine when I was a child.

Nilfisk vacuum cleaner has been with me for fifty years and going strong. Not used so regularly now as I've a cordless one for upstairs.

I am still using my mother’s wooden chopping board which she had as a wedding present 69 years ago. I also still use my cream Mason Cash mixing bowl, which I paid £2 for in the village shop over 40 years ago.

An old flat iron that could either be put on the gas ring or stood in front of a fire to hot up to iron the washing, now used as a door stop, that belonged to my grandmother and was passed on to me well over 60 years ago.
It must be well over 150 years old now.

I still have a butter knife that I bought 52 years ago as a newly wed.

My DH ?

Our Habitat black dining room table and 6 chairs with raffia seats.

NanKate. I was just going to say the same.

Our kitchen table and chairs belonged to DH’s parents. They have the CC utility sign on then.

A bread board that was a wedding present in 1974.