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Object 59 revisited
My small yet loyal band of followers may recognise this object, which featured in a previous post. Then again, you may not, as it looks completely different now. So this post is by way of an update. (If only it … Continue reading
Engagement diaries (Object 129)
It’s been months since I’ve posted anything here, due partly to the summer sun keeping me outside, and partly to the temporary breakdown of my home computer. Now that summer is over and the nights are drawing in, and my … Continue reading
Family tree- and pet cemetery (Object 101)
The object of my 101st post is this small fig tree planted last year by the pond in my garden. This sapling started life as an offshoot of the sprawling fig tree in the corner of my parents’ garden, which … Continue reading
Dead man’s chest (Object 97)
Here’s another “first generation heirloom” bought by my parents early in their marriage. Mum always said she bought it in a local antique shop for my Dad, James, because it was “Jacobean”. She referred to it as the “Jacobean chest”, … Continue reading
Posted in Furniture, Lane family, Our House, Parents
Tagged 17th century oak coffer, Oak dower chest
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Life cycle (Object 91)
My recent posts have all focussed on my Dad, in honour of his centenary last April. I’ll be moving on to other family members with my next post, but as today is Father’s Day, it seems fitting to end this … Continue reading
Bottle scuttle (Object 72)
This lovely wooden “Baxter” coal scuttle was, I think, bought by my parents from a local antiques shop when they were first married, and it has served many uses since then. Back then, in the 1950s and ’60s, antique shops … Continue reading
Reflections on Derwen (Object 60)
This Regency convex gilt-framed mirror used to hang in the drawing room at Derwen. I remember it there, so I was delighted to find this photograph in the archives, of that same drawing room and mirror: The mirror was inherited … Continue reading
Posted in "Auntie" (Mabel Zoe Watson), 19th century, Fry family, Furniture, Our House
Tagged Churt, Derwen, Regency convex mirror
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51 years with hard labour (Object 59)
I entered the world, appropriately enough for someone of Scottish parentage, on St Andrew’s Day, 51 years ago today. The house in which I was born is no longer standing, having been demolished by the developer to whom we sold … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s, Dad, Diaries and journals, Furniture, Mum, Our House, Parents
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The Usmeum of Ordiments: A history of my family in 200 objects (plus) 