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Oldest thing in use in your house? ( Spouses don’t count)

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Daddima Thu 05-Jan-23 10:42:32

I was just using my chopping board, and realised that, as my parents got it as a wedding present, it’s at least seventy two years old. What other old things are you using regularly?

AGAA4 Thu 05-Jan-23 10:46:50

The oldest thing I still use is a butter knife bought in 1967.

Lollin Thu 05-Jan-23 10:47:31

Off the top of my head,
Vases x 2
Wooden Bread board
all dating back to over 90 years at least.

Septimia Thu 05-Jan-23 10:48:45

My grandmother's rolling pin. She married in 1906 and died in 1961. My mum then used it, I inherited it from her and have used it since 1996.

Davida1968 Thu 05-Jan-23 10:48:55

My parents' bread-bin and bread board. The former is the old-fashioned white enamel type, with a separate lid and "bread" written on, in blue letters. I think that it may even have been my Gran's.

Whiff Thu 05-Jan-23 10:50:32

Tablespoon that my nan had as a wedding present in 1926.

Katie59 Thu 05-Jan-23 10:52:52

Excluding antiques, the oldest is my OH.
Him aside, for everyday use the bread knife given as a wedding present in 1980.
The oldest antique is a coffer dated 1640 plus other antiques mostly Victorian

1summer Thu 05-Jan-23 10:54:39

I have a griddle that I use to make welsh cakes. I know it was my grandmothers and she told me it was her mother in laws, so at least 100 years old.

tanith Thu 05-Jan-23 10:55:56

A bread knife that was my Dads I was still living at home so it’s probably 70 yrs old.

Fleurpepper Thu 05-Jan-23 10:59:33

I still use my grand-parents' metal meat mincer with a handle. Nothing better to make sheperd's pie. And my grand-parents' jelly press.

That I bought myself- well, didn't buy it, got it free with Greenshield stamps- my Kenwood blender/mixer. 1971.

Yammy Thu 05-Jan-23 11:01:13

A pottery house perfume burner belonging to my great gran x2. and a cow milk jug.

CatsCatsCats Thu 05-Jan-23 11:06:39

A tablespoon that used to be my Mum's. And a food hand-mixer that we were bought for our wedding 37 years ago.

fancythat Thu 05-Jan-23 11:12:49

Chest of drawers left by my mother in law when they moved out and we moved in.
Dark colour but use it daily.

Cressy Thu 05-Jan-23 11:13:36

1summer

I have a griddle that I use to make welsh cakes. I know it was my grandmothers and she told me it was her mother in laws, so at least 100 years old.

I have one too. Very heavy. Will probably last forever.

Pammie1 Thu 05-Jan-23 11:15:14

Me !!

essjay Thu 05-Jan-23 11:19:14

Pammie1 - same as you. Most of my stuff is only about 20 years old as i had to start again after a divorce.

timetogo2016 Thu 05-Jan-23 11:20:43

Tupperware rolling pin from the 60s.
It was my mothers.
And an oak candlestick with a silver top which is around 70 years old.

Sara1954 Thu 05-Jan-23 11:22:02

When I was a little girl our neighbor gave me some Christmas decorations, plastic angels, they are still put on the tree every year, I’ve had them over sixty years, and I don’t know how long she had them.

Auntieflo Thu 05-Jan-23 11:22:46

Pammiel 🤗😘

Forsythia Thu 05-Jan-23 11:23:41

My mums mixing bowl. Two glass trifle bowls from my aunts. Three tablecloths from the aunts. All still going strong.

LRavenscroft Thu 05-Jan-23 11:26:12

My godmother's bed sheets which she left us in her will. About 70 years old and the cotton quality is amazing. My late grandmother's Christmas tree decorations - again about 70 years old.

Grandmadinosaur Thu 05-Jan-23 11:30:16

I have a small occasional table in my bedroom that belonged to my grandparents. They married in the 1930s so no idea how old it is exactly.
I also have an oval serving plate that has been handed down in my husbands family again no idea how old it is. It gets used once a year for the Christmas Turkey.

Grannynannywanny Thu 05-Jan-23 11:30:57

I have my Mum’s trifle bowl from the 50’s in regular use. I think the oldest item I have in use is a large oval serving dish which belonged to my maternal grandmother. It must be at least 130 years old. I serve the Christmas turkey on it every year.

Grannynannywanny Thu 05-Jan-23 11:32:35

Grandmadinosaur you were writing about your turkey plate while I was writing about mine !

ayse Thu 05-Jan-23 11:35:23

My GGGrandparents mahogany bookcase, made in the 1830s, a pair of china dogs and a pair of putees probably Derby c.1740.

My favourite though is a big red enamel teapot bought in the early 1970s that I used to make tea for all the family.