What's the oldest thing in your kitchen/house that still gets used?

katieowl_2

Well I'm not counting the furniture, as most of ours is Victorian...

I'm still using the cast iron pans that came in a set my Mum bought back in the '70's - the dutch oven being the most frequently used.

I have various bone handled knives in the kitchen drawer that belonged to my Grandmother...they are probably pre war, I use them as butter knives, and to smooth icing as they are very rounded, and I still have a yellow plastic handled spatula that was hers. I also have one of her sewing machines, electric singer conversion, mounted in a cabinet, I do occassionally still use it. I have other sewing stuff of hers too.

We regularly use the cast iron fireplace in the dining room - 1880's - came with the house, we cleared the chimney first winter we were here and have used it since.

I've still got in workiing order my early '80s Amplifier and speakers, connected to a record player, which gets used very occassionally.

I wear daily the wedding and engagement rings that belonged to my dear friend who died last year, they are 1930's. She gave me her engagement ring some years ago, and when she died, her wedding ring joined it. I woke up with it on my finger the morning after I organised her funeral, and I have no recollection of putting it on :A: So I never take that off as she obviously wanted me to have it!

Kate

Kiwisaver_2

I still have in daily use some drinking glasses that were free from Shell petrol tokens circa 1981. :rotfl:

Also some Pyrex casserole dishes of similar age, acquired via tokens from the Co-op.

My Stellar stainless steel saucepans are relative youngsters at a mere 19 years of age, but I have no doubt they'll still be good for another 20 years at least.

FarmersWife_2

A towel... Its a bath towel. It is blue, yellow and white stripes. It was used by my Grandad when he worked down the coal mine when they used to shower before coming home. It must be 40 years old at least lol

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robpw2

my mother :0

FarmersWife_2

robpw2 wrote: »

my mother :0

:rotfl::rotfl: made me laugh

C x

beemuzed

Used several times each week - an orange Le Crueset casserole dish given to us as a wedding present in 1970, so over 41 years old now. Not used quite so often , but still definitely in use, is my Mum's cast-iron bake stone for welshcake, which I inherited a few years ago. I believe she had it for her wedding in 1947! I'm sitting in a beautiful old chair which my Mum-in-law purchased in or near the Portobello Road market in 1961 - and it was certainly an ancient piece then!

rinabean

It's probably my parents' wedding cutlery (from 1989). I always admired it as a child (it's not really fancy, but it has a pretty vine pattern on the handles) but my stepmum didn't like having it out, for fairly obvious reasons! So I got it when I moved out. It's not even quite as old as me, though! I'm envious of everyone's great-grandma's pots and pans, I wish I had something like that.

Lovelyjoolz

GreyQueen wrote: »

... Ancestral Pyrex...

Loving that - I have some Ancestral Pyrex myself! :rotfl:

tea_lover

I have a Super Biscuit Maker (it's really called that!) that I think must date from the 70's. My mum bought it second-hand at a charity fair thing when I was about 7 (so, a good 25 yrs ago) as I really liked the look of it and I've been using it ever since. I think it cost us about 50p.

You can buy them new in Lakeland now but I love the 70s packaging of my original one.

I'll be using it to make biscuits as presents for Christmas. I got a lovely glass jar for £1.40 and the biscuits cost hardly anything so that's the in-laws sorted pretty cheaply.

Hobsons_Choice

Forgot: I still use some cutlery my dad won in a fishing competition, ditto a tea service.
Dad died in 1970 and hadn't been well enough to fish for at least 10 years before that.
Bless you dad :A