Childhood heirlooms

How wonderful 😍

I have the bisque headed life size baby doll given to me ninety three years ago together with the teddy bear my seventy four son was given when he was one sitting on an arm chair in my sitting room.
My great grand daughter plays with the wooden model kitchen cabinet , ironing board and cooker my husband made in 1948 when toys were scarce. They have been passed down the generations.

When my grandson was born I decided to make him a fabric alphabet book. Needless to say it took much longer to make than I anticipated and although I intended it as a 1st birthday present he eventually received it the following Easter. I hope it will become a family heirloom. I made a label for the back showing when it was made and who by.

My 2nd grandchild is due this month and I need to come up with a suitable idea for an heirloom gift for him or her! I need to be a bit more realistic about the timescale this time too!

Foxglove77 What a beautiful heirloom rocking horse, an absolute treasure. I have a collector's Georgian style dolls' house and contents which I am still working on, for my granddaughters to enjoy.

I still have my teddies from childhood carefully looked after by me all my life anx a few other things from my lovely Nana and Grandad . One sheepskins bear with turning head but lost his growl is 70 like me !

I have a doll given to me by my godfather when I was 6 months old, so. its about 73 years old, Iv e a few more teddies etc, but I don't think my children are at all interested in them-- they'll probably go to the charity shop when Im gone

This is my childhood champion. He's over a,foot tall and made of a heavy metal.
I had to go into hospital with appendicitis when I was four (in 1948) and my father brought him in "to look after you in hospital". I completely trusted in him and all these years later he stands on the mantelpiece watching over me.
(Actually he needs a good clean.)

The pediatric OPD of a hospital where I used to work had a rocking horse. The sister of the departments had it lovingly restored. Sadly the little patients didn't appreciate him and pulled out his mane and tail. So he was put back into the storage room. So sad.
Also people used to make and donate hand knitted toys to the department but they could not be used as they had no CE labels to ensure they were safe

I have a Merry Thought white poodle nightdress case that my older sister gave me 60 years ago. We had a real poodle as well.
Also a Kewpie Doll

I have a lovely child’s carved pine rocking chair, given to me by a neighbour when I was four and certainly well over a hundred years old now. GD1 has asked for it some time in the distant future when she has a home of her own so I hope it will continue to be loved. I spent hours reading in it till I outgrew it.

As we moved around from country to country few of my toys survived but I still have my teddy. He is now 75. When toys were hard to get hold of in the UK just after the War my brothers had Hornby trains, Dinky cars, Meccano and Bayko. I had a doll’s pram, cot and high chair and lots of beloved dolls.
Our father made forts, dolls’ houses, hobby horses, dolls’ cradles.
How impoverished are today’s children who have iPads but have given up toys and imaginative play by age 5.

How very beautiful!

I have my old dolls’ house in my bedroom!

My favorite heirloom has very little financial value but great sentimental value for me. Its a piece of green slag glass which my grandmother used to hold open her kitchen door. As a child the play of lights within used to fascinate me. I often asked her for it and she always answered the same way - I could have it when she died.

She left me the slag glass - along with the entire contents of her house and jewellery. There were some very valuable antiques there and it started me off on the road to antique dealing. But I will always value the green glass most highly and its what I would grab if there was a fire and I had to run.

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Does anybody know anything about these books? My DH brought them back after visiting his mother who lives in Barrow in Furness, I’ve searched and searched but can’t find anything about them - they are all titled ‘Home Words’.