General Chat

Who has and still uses them.

Fountain Pen

Fish Knives and Folks.

Bread Knife.

Tea Caddy.

Tea Cosy.

Tea Strainer.

Teapot Stand.

Caddy Spoon.

Table Cloth./Tray Cloths.

Cloths Brushes.

Darning Wool.

Block Washing Soap.

Starch.

Window Leather.

Just going down memory lane today these cropped up that you dont see in use now.


I use a fountain pen,,,and have many in a collection.

Clothes Brushes.

Bread Knife but loaf ends up with a defined slope as does cheese


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All of those plus a few more - hand axe for chopping kindling, spills, copper bed warmer, iron that you put hot coals into and a wooden bucket for getting water out of the well. Not that i use ALL of them though.

All except...........

Fountain pen
Starch
Tea strainer
and fish knives and forks (which incidentally were first items in my bottom drawer)....wonder why? ;-)
:-D

copper bed warmer.......by golly bet that hot coal warms yer cockles...... :-D

Mau get a fountain pen all intelligent folk use one. :-D


I remember getting salad spoons as a pressie. dont ever know where they went but never got used......

I wonder why fish knives and folks only posh people used them... ;-)

I used to love fountain pens :-)

I still have the tea strainer which I use occasionally, do people still use colanders? I still use my mum's.

hahha I have a Fountain pen...just never use it ...does that make me unintelligent?......don't answer :-P....but I am geet posh like :-D

I still use a colander Rose infact I had to buy one recently

I have a fountain pen I never use, also a tea ball a tea bag press ..I don't drink tea. I do somewhere have fish knives, forks and serving slice.

Still use Bread knife, window leather and clothes brush.

I also have cheese knife,butter knife, mustard spoons, gravy ladles, gravy boats, sauce boats and all that cr*p

yes still use a colander......

blinkey heck Uizzi is a posh bird.

I use fingers for fish and chips...... ;-)

I use a bread knife,gravy boat,colander,and coal bucket,i dont have a window leather but i do add vinegar to my water when washing the windows.x

I always use a fountain pen - with an italic nib. Have done since I was a student.

Gwynne

I use a 51 and 61,,,,they are lovely pens and stand the test of time,

I still have the fountain pen I was given when I passed the scholarship in 1951 but I don't use it now. Haven't checked if it still works, a small parker.

I have and use a bread knife, have somewhere fish knives and forks but don't use them. In fact have a full canteen of cutlery that was my Aunt's with 6 of each bone handled and silver:- fish knives and forks, dinner knives and forks, dessert spoons and forks,tea knives. Then serving spoons (2), sauce ladles (2) carving kniofe and fork and steel and crystal stand to lay them on, oh and sugar tongs.


I do use a colander, in fact I have three and often more than one is in use. Hve cheese knife and butter knife and they come out on occasion.

Don't think anyone has mentioned Pastry-forks or grapefruit spoons - I still use these and linen serviettes occasionally.
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I collect old cutlery so I have - cake forks, fish knives and forks, cake servers, bread knives and an old toasting fork with a bone handle, pickle fork etc. etc. I also have a couple of very old tea strainers which are used, a teacosy and teapot stand :-D

No one has mentioned a spurtle! I have one and it is used regularly. Do you know what it is - don't cheat and google!

Kay?? - as to fish knives for the posh people. When son was about 5 or 6 yrs he discovered in a drawer my mother's wedding present of fish knives and forks - after that even if he had fish fingers he insisted on having a fish knife and fork. A few years ago I gave him the box!

Yes have 1 doz pastry forks - have to describe them always to OH as the little forks! Many of the things mentioned I have them and are still in use. See darning wool mentioned - what about a mushroom - have two, one with handle one without.

Still have my scholarship fountain pen - assume it works and in desk drawer is a boxed bottle of permanent blue Quink Ink. A steel which is in use regularly also.

I have two spurtles Chris...I like porridge me :-D

Ooh, Chris, I was scared to mention darning wool AND I've got a mushroom. I do actually darn his socks sometimes :-S

What's a spurtle?

Yes, Fountain Pen, bread knives, linen serviettes, grandmas bread board, pastry forks great grandmas Irish table cloth 160 yrs old.

Sue I also have cake forks, fish knives and forks, fish servers, tea strainers (don't drink tea) pickle forks and knive rests, tea caddy. Also have collection of Edwardian night dresses, mens shirts with seperate collars, collar studs, tie presses, cut throat razors, old lace collars, old newspapers and magazines, that's just me, should see the junk OH keeps, pity the children when were gone :-D

Carol