Old fashioned things you still do

Tablecloths aren’t old fashioned, they have had a big revival - they even sell them in Next!
I can’t see the point of aprons, because I always get stuff on my sleeves rather than my body - but I do still iron, although it’s not something I enjoy - including tea towels.

I still use flat sheets, top and bottom for the bed with patchwork quilts on top. Also tray cloths, cups and saucers.

An old-fashioned 'push-me, pull-you' lawnmower.

I suppose it's old fashioned - I clean out the fireplaces every use.

Rarely iron. We cook all our foods and use cloth napkins.

We cook from scratch using lots of fresh veg, make tea with leaves in a teapot and use cloth table napkins at every meal.

We make calls with our landline phone. Although we have mobiles we seldom use them and only give out the numbers on a "need to know" basis.

We get what exercise we need without joining a gym and don't pay TV subscriptions.

I have 2 mug trees! Didn’t realise they were considered old fashioned.

I have a mug tree! And reading this has reminded me that I had planned to make a bread pudding (very old recipe from my aunt) and so I need to start saving crusts in the freezer
Loving this thread AussieGran .... Thank you!

I have never owned a tumble dryer or a dishwasher and I dust with an old fashioned yellow duster which I shake out of the window.

GagaJo

Save bits of soap like my granny did. I do draw the line at boiling them up and pouring into a mold though.

I put soap scraps in a small crocheted cotton bag which I then use in the shower. Think it's called a Soap Buddy

I make nearly everything we eat from scratch as my mum did unless we go out for a meal.

I don't see loose tea in a proper teapot as old-fashioned, I see it as the proper way to make tea.

I’m an ironer ,too and I actually find it quite relaxing. I cook too but most Aussies do. They don’t have the variety of ready meals that they have in the uk. In fact most of the ones we do have are pretty foul and taste fake. I hang washing out rather than use the dryer, except when it is really cold and damp. Then I tend to dry it on racks round the fire. I don’t have a minimalist house, it is full of treasures with lots of wooden panels and exposed bricks. All round the top of the walls in the dining room I have decorative antique plates , mostly from my nanna.

Iron loads of hankies, napkins, table cloths., shirts and DH’s boxers.Though to be fair DH takes his turn.
Cook from scratch nearly every day.
Always have a proper hanky in my bag or pocket..

No one in our house uses hair oil either, but I think having chair back and arm covers just keeps things cleaner.

Will we soon be told we are so old fashioned because we actually cook our own food, in our own kitchen???

Fuller's Earth is also used as a cosmetic, for greasy skin.

I wear an apron for cooking.
Make my own gravy/sauce/fish cakes etc. buy very little convenience food
Peel potatoes for roasts and mash and scrub them for everything else.
Use a tablecloth at the weekend and cotton napkins every day. Eat at the table except for breakfast which I get in bed, I know spoiled!!!
Always make tea in a pot with cups and saucers.
Still have a best dinner service and cutlery for high days and visits.
Use a flat sheet under the duvet and hospital corners.
I don't iron a lot, especially in winter the teatowels and napkins dry on the aga.DH wears shirts that don't need to be. More so in Summer, and I dry things outside when I can.
I'm also a hoarder of toothpaste /brushes soap, toilet rolls and dry goods, we very rarely run out of anything.
Yes, I am an old-fashioned girl and so are my two daughters, one more so in fact she does a lot more ironing.

I don't like modern movies much (they used to be called films). I don't use jars of made up sauce. I hate gravy granules (Sainsbury's gravy powder has been discontinued). I make my own pastry with butter and lard! I make bread pudding (it soon gets eaten by all generations).

Save bits of soap like my granny did. I do draw the line at boiling them up and pouring into a mold though.

I have a mug tree

I wear an apron,use a table cloth and tip the postman at Christmas.

Grammaretto, I just googled Fuller’s Earth and there’s plenty available online.
My mother used to have some many decades ago - I’ve just realised that a I never knew what it was for! I think I assumed it was for making some sort of face pack.

Grammaretto

Fleurpepper where do you find Fuller's Earth and what is it?
I have an oily stain on my new Seasalt tunic top, right in the middle front!

You can buy online. You use very little at a time- so it lasts for years. Always brush off the powder gently before putting in wash.

www.piatraonline.co.uk/?id=8343&pid=12264395

kittylester

*Fleurpapper*, I should have been clearer! No one in our family uses hair oil so we have no need of antimacasas.

No I understood. But I do use Argan Oil once in a while, and do not need or use antimacasas either.

Anti-macassars - should have checked the spelling earlier.

Fleurpapper, I should have been clearer! No one in our family uses hair oil so we have no need of antimacasas.

Grammaretto

Fleurpepper where do you find Fuller's Earth and what is it?
I have an oily stain on my new Seasalt tunic top, right in the middle front!

It is a sort of clay in powdered form. Go to a traditional chemist perhaps.

I actually buy it in France when we visit. It is called Terre Sommières. It is the only thing that does the job, but works much better if you don't wash it first.