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What Is The Oldest Item You Still Use?

JupiterKid

So AHers, what is the oldest item do you have in your possession? -

It can be a piece of furniture, a vehicle, a gadget, appliance, book, etc .... Basically a family heirloom, a gift from a friend/sibling or something bought from an antique/salvage shop.

(and before anyone posts it up - NOT yer wanger or box please!)

I have my Great-grandfather’s writing bureau which is a valued heirloom and dates from circa 1887 when he was a student at university - he was born in 1865 and was 50 when my grandmother was born in 1915. It is beautifully crafted from walnut and has a secret compartment but I only use it to store some correspondence and documents. I would never dream of using it as a desk.

Silver teapot, coffee pot, jug and sugar bowl which was, I believe, a wedding present to my parents in 1967.

Morphy Richards electric kettle which my late father bought in 1994 or thereabouts (I was in college at the time) and is still working perfectly a quarter of a century later. No way would even a pricier kettle bought new now still be working in 2044!!

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corner of hells

I've a Irish army helmet from the emergency years that belonged to a grand uncle of mine.
As I child, he told me stories of serving as a soldier , his own son joined the RAF and his father was a RDF.
I'm from an army family and these stories convinced me to join the army

I have the helmet after it was left to me after he died.
My youngest son this year expressed an interest in joining the army and proudly I gave the helmet to him.Tis tradition.

Off he went , a hour later he came back down to the kitchen after carefully removing the liner and finding a name printed on liner and stamped on the inside of the helmet.

It wasn't my fcukin' grand uncles name at all , apparently the lying bastard robbed it and made up the story of his army career.

mfceiling

Day Lewin wrote: »

My mother's old clothes-horse. Wooden. Made in about 1950. Still in regular use fro drying clothes overnight!
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Those y-fronts look like they were made about 1950 as well.

Gwynplaine

Gillette Mach 3 handle. Got it in 1999. Still going strong.

ILoveYourVibes

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Herself

Ouch!

ILoveYourVibes

A prayer book.

quodec

My 2008 Nokia 6300 mobile phone. Use it every day, text messages and phonecalls. Half hour charge up twice a week. It just won't die!

Cee-Jay-Cee

I have a Dunlop tyre pressure gauge (still in its original tube) from the 70’s. It was my dad’s and now mine. I use it regularly, everytime I check tyre pressures on my own and my wife’s car.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Various crappy cookware and crockery that I got from Argos circa 2003. Magical.

retro:electro

I have an old saucepan that I use to boil my eggs. Family heirloom at this stage. It has no handle and is chipped all along the outside. It must be at least 20 years old and I’ve no idea why I still use it as I’ve plenty of other more viable saucepans but I just *feel* like this one cooks my eggs better. My sister looked at it the other day and said “how is that fcuking thing still on the go”.

JupiterKid

My friend has a Campaign military chest that his great grandfather used to store and carry his military and civvy clothes dating from circa 1856, he was in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the 19th Century and served and lived in Raj India and the Boer War.

It is huge - about 1.2 metres by 55cm by 1.3 metres. It is made of mahogany and brass and is obviously a family heirloom. It just about fits in one end of his dining room. No nails or screws - just dovetail joints - like the way my great-grandfather’s bureau is put together.

Sharp MZ700

I have an old shovel from an old road sweeper I knew, it's only had 17 new heads and 14 new handles. I've even got a picture of him with it to prove it.

jomalone14

Upon leaving school and moving out of home at 17, my mum bought me an electric alarm clock to ensure I'd get out of bed in the mornings. The brand was Tensai.
That was 33 years ago. The alarm is still in use every day.....its that loud, it'd waken the dead.

sportsfan90

My dads razor was a present for his 18th birthday - he's now 73 and still using it.

I got him a more modern one years ago but he never used it, he reacted like Mrs Doyle when she was given the TeaMaster or whatever it was called.

There's also a clock in my parents kitchen that's 150+ years old.

SmartinMartin

2 raleigh bikes circa 1930s, my oldest tractor is 1956 and my car is 1989. Half my tools are pre 50. I have much older stuff but the thread is about stuff you still use.

Salt Lake Stallion

Some of you have some really interesting old stuff, the oldest thing I use is my bicycle and it's only 10 years old. Although I use my house to live in and that's from the 1920's.