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BrandyGran Tue 30-Dec-25 14:08:15

While ironing this morning I realized my Morphy Richard’s iron will be 56yrs old in March this coming year.! My bread board is the same age. Both were wedding presents . The “cut glass “ trifle bowl I use every Xmas was bought in Woolworths for 2/6 56 yrs ago too but wasn’t a wedding present.
Has anyone else old wedding presents they still use?

Redrobin51 Tue 30-Dec-25 20:50:06

Just remembered our ironing board was a wedding present

Mancjules Tue 30-Dec-25 21:12:41

Le Crueset skillet pan in orange from 1980. Can't even pick it up now 😒

Witzend Wed 31-Dec-25 10:47:30

I have a large glass vase which was a wedding present to my mother just before the start of WW2. Still used for bigger bunches or the odd bouquet - it’s a perfect shape.

Freya5 Wed 31-Dec-25 10:50:53

My large Pyrex mixing bowl, only one left from the set, bought by Grandparents in for wedding in 1966. Lasted longer than the marriage 😂.

Visgir1 Wed 31-Dec-25 12:00:25

Mine is an Ironing board too from my first marrage in 1975. It's been with me ever since.

HelterSkelter1 Wed 31-Dec-25 12:23:44

Oh dear yes. Le Creuset is for the fit.
I was trying to remember the name of 4 smallish shallow round Le C dishes with ears. Don't know why I couldn't remember as it's not complicated. Gratin dishes. Haven't gratined for a while

Harris27 Wed 31-Dec-25 12:25:43

I’m using my mil bread knife which she always had even in 1977 when I first met my hubby.

yogitree Wed 31-Dec-25 13:06:43

My Gran left me her Royal Calton dinner set from around 1930 when she had married my grandfather. I love that it's so colourful! It gets used when our adult kids visit on special occasions, but not this year as we ate alone.

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I also have her cast-iron soup pot in which a hough of ham is now simmering and her bread knife which is still used daily. Thank you Nany. thanks

CaroleAnne Wed 31-Dec-25 13:54:04

An interesting thread. I still use my ironing board that was given to us as a wedding present 56 years ago and was second hand then. It is still going strong as is my garlic press that was also given as a wedding present at the same time. I have tried to renew my garlic press but always revert to the original. Things are not made to last like they used to be.

Scrappydo Wed 31-Dec-25 13:57:11

A sewing box from & aunt I didn’t particularly like as an engagement present in 1981 still used & doesn’t look its age.

Clicketyclack Wed 31-Dec-25 14:02:44

I have just changed my ironing board it was 58 years old, I bought a willow patten set of china and a set of glasses for my bottom drawer and still have them, I also have a bedspread and a pressure cooker that were wedding presents

Tallulah21 Wed 31-Dec-25 14:04:24

Still use my slow cooker. 44 years and works perfectly.

mokryna Wed 31-Dec-25 14:07:42

1968 wedding presents of daily used Viners stainless steel kitchen cutlery, a Sky-line set of knives with wooden handles, which get machine washed, a glass water jug, a swan teapot, which the French think is swank, as well as 6 teaspoons my MiL won at bingo back in the day. Oh, I also have the origin ironing board. We were too poor for best sets of either cutlery and china in those days.
I have moved many times since that time, including 3 countries, so I had to part with many kitchen items.

Stansgran Wed 31-Dec-25 14:09:45

Viners studio canteen of cutlery still in use and royal Worcester ramekins and salt and pepper mill all in daily use from 1969.

NanaCorinne Wed 31-Dec-25 14:11:24

Loving this thread. I’m still using my Love Story cutlery which was a wedding present and my electric carving knife ditto. Also a set of china which was an engagement gift bought from an offer in Woman’s Weekly. The towels have all gone but then it is 50 years!

jocork Wed 31-Dec-25 14:13:43

My 'Best' china was a wedding present as were many of the pots and pans I use all the time. My everyday crockery is a mixture of what I had before I was married and some of my mum's which I kept when she died. We had two quality dinner sets as wedding presents as my ex and I liked different ones. When we split up he took the one he preffered and I kept the one I liked best. It doesn't get used much these days as I don't entertain much now, and it isn't as robust for washing in a dishwasher as the everyday stuff I use which is pyrex.

Grandmotherto8 Wed 31-Dec-25 14:15:51

Dualit toaster, 38 years old and looks as good as new!

Casdon Wed 31-Dec-25 14:15:57

I think the oldest thing I still use is a Cornish ware sugar shaker, which had been my nanna’s, and which my mum gave me a few years ago. This thread prompted me to look up the shield on the stamp, and it’s 1930s. I still use a few wedding presents of my own (1985), including a celery vase - not sure if they are even produced these days.

Jojo1950 Wed 31-Dec-25 14:21:27

My sofa is 30years old. Done up once. Still fantastic. It’ll see me out!

Time2 Wed 31-Dec-25 14:25:57

I have a beautiful wooden fruit bowl, hand made by a friend, and gifted to me and my first husband back in 1977, so heading towards 50 years old. It still sits on my kitchen table now.

CariadAgain Wed 31-Dec-25 14:27:48

Grandmotherto8

Dualit toaster, 38 years old and looks as good as new!

Crikey! Bet they're not made to the same standard these days.

I still tend to buy German brands - but even they aren't what I mean by "German" - ie longlasting good quality...even if someone has put German somewhere on the packaging. I've now had several toasters in a row only last me about 2 years! (ie just long enough I can't claim under guarantee).

ninamoore Wed 31-Dec-25 14:35:06

I had to ditch my old ironing board, discovered it had asbestos. Using my teapot and sugar bowls from wedding set.

Cabowich Wed 31-Dec-25 14:35:21

I've still got an electric hand-mixer, bought for our wedding just over 40 years ago. The motor is getting quite growly, and one of the whisk bits keeps falling out, but I can't bear to part with it.

Daddima Wed 31-Dec-25 14:41:14

Ladyleftfieldlover

I still use a bread board which my parents had as a Wedding present in 1952. I am still using a le Creuset casserole which my late aunt gave me in 1976 - 49 years ago.

My wooden chopping board was a wedding present to my parents in 1951, and used most days. My granddaughter was horrified by ‘ the germs there must be!’

Bazza Wed 31-Dec-25 14:42:57

My trusty orange ironing board and a wooden clothes dryer, circa 1970. Both our daughters covert them.