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Floss

I've found through trial & error that metal grinding parts wear better than plastic, Cole & Mason are hit & miss and my ancient Habitat set are still going strong (35 years old!)

Brie

We are fairly happy with the C&M pepper mill despite having cracked the too thin top about 20 years back. For salt we use the Aldi disposable ones - better than Lidl's - 99p. Not great environmentally but sometimes we've found them to be refillable.

luvchocolate

yorkie_cook said:

Went through to Huddersfield at the weekend, not very rich pickings, but did pick up 8 cross stitch & needlecraft magazines for 25p each in Kirkwood hospice shop. Most are at least 20 years old, didn't have a thorough look through in the shop but spotted at least one chart in each mag I liked. How long they will remain in my stash without me starting to do any sewing, who knows.

Hi I live in Huddersfield and before retiring worked for the Hospice their best shop by far is 2 miles out in Lindley..a lovely village with lots of restaurants and coffee shops 

yorkie_cook

luvchocolate said:

yorkie_cook said:

Went through to Huddersfield at the weekend, not very rich pickings, but did pick up 8 cross stitch & needlecraft magazines for 25p each in Kirkwood hospice shop. Most are at least 20 years old, didn't have a thorough look through in the shop but spotted at least one chart in each mag I liked. How long they will remain in my stash without me starting to do any sewing, who knows.

Hi I live in Huddersfield and before retiring worked for the Hospice their best shop by far is 2 miles out in Lindley..a lovely village with lots of restaurants and coffee shops 

Only tend to do the town centre one as I live in Bradford, but must work out how to get to the Lindley one as I don't drive

Wednesday2000

This is a terrible pic but bought this wooden hamper box at the Southend Hospital shop in Hadleigh for £3.50 today. I also bought a Red Herring black and white midi dress for a fiver. Not amazingly cheap. I did see a Jacques Vert jacket for £20 but had the tag on for €215.

Wednesday2000

That really is an awful pic. I blame the wine at lunch.🤣

luvchocolate

yorkie_cook said:

luvchocolate said:

yorkie_cook said:

Went through to Huddersfield at the weekend, not very rich pickings, but did pick up 8 cross stitch & needlecraft magazines for 25p each in Kirkwood hospice shop. Most are at least 20 years old, didn't have a thorough look through in the shop but spotted at least one chart in each mag I liked. How long they will remain in my stash without me starting to do any sewing, who knows.

Hi I live in Huddersfield and before retiring worked for the Hospice their best shop by far is 2 miles out in Lindley..a lovely village with lots of restaurants and coffee shops 

Only tend to do the town centre one as I live in Bradford, but must work out how to get to the Lindley one as I don't drive

It's very close to the infirmary 

goldfinches

@Wednesday2000 - you did make me laugh!  I think your hamper is much nicer than this year's Hallowe'en one from Fortnums (sorry about the size of the photo, I can't vary mine on this site for some reason).



On the subject of salt and pepper mills here are mine reposing in two upturned coffee jar lids, very MSE of me I know. 
They are both cole and mason and the wooden one has a metal grinding wheel while the acrylic one doesn't but still performs well. My only niggle is that the nut on top of the salt mill needs to be adjusted for the perfect grind each time you use it.

Pollycat

Re salt/pepper grinders:
my tall ones are Cole & Mason and have been in use for over 20 years.
The small dumpy ones are also Cole & Mason, I've had those for about a year.
Both sets perform well.
The new ones (with white and black tops) have no maker's mark.

I used to have some of the clear acrylic ones but found they weren't that effective,

Wednesday2000

goldfinches said:

@Wednesday2000 - you did make me laugh!  I think your hamper is much nicer than this year's Hallowe'en one from Fortnums (sorry about the size of the photo, I can't vary mine on this site for some reason).

My husband said to me when I bought it that it doesn't have that F&M logo on it that you like! I made a comment to him that when we were house hunting around my new area that lots of people have a F&M wicker basket in their homes. I would say at least 50% of the houses we saw, in fact! He didn't even know what F&M stands for and he didn't notice the hampers, haha.