[Chezl]

:sm02:

 

[Margaretishbel]

all the stoves has been very interesting.

 

[rotarian1]

The merthiolate brings back memories. That was always in the medicine cabinet and the go-to whenever we scraped our knees!

 

[run4fittness]

Love that first stove! Similar to what I first learned to cook on.

 

[bettyirene]

There is a few dollars worth of stuff in that dinner settings.

 

[Rosewood11]

I remember those sinks!!! In fact, my Grandma had one with a double sink and a double drainboard. My Grandpa built all the cabinets in her kitchen, and he encased the entire thing in white painted cabinets with black-marble-looking linoleum. This was in the 1930s, and was too early for formica, I think, so I'm guessing on the linoleum. I don't know any woman who wouldn't have envied that kitchen because it was HUGE, and had stout cabinets in an "L" along the back and side walls. That house was torn down for a freeway, but the sink and cabinet went into the basement of Grandma and Grandpa's new house. It may still be in use today by the new owners (chiefly because, if my Grandpa put something into a house, it was going to take an act of God to get it out!!!)

 

[Rosewood11]

The merthiolate brings back memories. That was always in the medicine cabinet and the go-to whenever we scraped our knees!

If you ever had it put on a cut, you also remember the sting!!! But it always made the skinned area such a pretty pink.
I wonder if they still make it, and could you dye yarn with it?

 

[no1girl]

I love the old bidet.

 

[youngie]

There is a few dollars worth of stuff in that dinner settings.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Pinkpaisley]

Oh that kitchen! Would hate to walk in there first thing in the morning. But I love the commode chair.

 

[kaixixang]

You can STILL get Aga stoves! They cost at least 5-7,000+ USD minimum but are worth every penny!

 

[grtmema]

Now that's a "throne" fit for a queen in the day, beautiful porcelain pot.

 

[bevvyreay]

Wow that kitchen!!!! But definitely a floor you could eat you dinner off. Spotless and so shiny

 

[ade]

My sister in law got the whole Royal Albert Old Country Roses shebang as a wedding gift 60? Years ago. Still has most of it despite her four boisterous children.

 

[Eichhornchen]

They bring back memories. Thank you for all the work you do every day to bring us great pictures from the past and the funnies.

 

[nannylor]

I still have a set of the Old Country Roses dinnerware. I love them!

 

[Byrney]

Love that first stove! Similar to what I first learned to cook on.

We used to have a built in sort of stove in the kitchen when I was a child. It backed on to the fire in the living room but you couldn't regulate the temperature on the hobs so it was more or less useless. Mum used to use it for keeping gravy warm while she cooked the meal using the proper oven, and it warmed plates well, but other than that it was a waste of space.

 

[Dancin'n'Knittin']

The antique woodburning stove is beautiful! I have a local friend who still cooks on one!

 

[babsbarb]

Love that first stove.
Yes that and Mercurochrome, didn't sting, if I remember correctly.

The merthiolate brings back memories. That was always in the medicine cabinet and the go-to whenever we scraped our knees!

 

[5Pat]

I remember the sink. You put a curtain around it so you could hid your dish detergent and other items.