A Favourite Vintage Tin

I think " Nostalgia " is the word for this Vintage Cat Tin.

I have had it for as long as I can remember, maybe it was my Nana's, or my Granny/s ?

I had it stashed away in a cupboard for years, but for the last 20 years, our family  have used my Cat Tin practically every day

 Below - The side of the tin

 

It sits under our telephone, filled with pens, pencils, markers, and a small note- book for phone messages

Made and painted so well, all those years ago, and still in great condition as you can see in the photo's.

Love it ! My Bright eyes.

A NOSTALGIC GETAWAY

Where have we been for the last 3 days?

l feel like we have been traveling on a time machine,back into the past,back into the 1940's, and the 1950's

Our friends offered us thier little holiday house in the forest, for a peaceful getaway.

All we knew about the little house was that it had been owned by our friends family members for decades,

Now it belonged to our friends and would no dought be passed down to thier family's.

Even though it was only 2 hours away,when we had reached our destination,we certainly felt like we were in another world.

The small house was surrounded by tall forest gums, but close to the home were tall 50 year old camellia and rhododendron trees.We were very lucky as they were all in flower as you can see by the photo's

Longing for a cup of tea, and hubby a cup of coffe, to warm us up, we unlocked the door and walked in.

We have definitely stepped out of a time machine into another era.

The first thing l noticed was the large old 1940,s cabinet full of books. As books have always fascinated me l was in my glory. The oldest book l found was from 1909 inscribed in pen and ink to a family member.

My hubby loved the television,we are sure its the first tele ever made, "His Masters Voice " from the 1950's

The house was crowded with unique, nostalgic items from the 1940's and 50's.
Everywhere we looked, in every cupboard,on top of cupboards, pearl handled cutlery in the drawers and beautiful English china.
 There was even a 1932 ice-chest.
My favourite article was this 1950's kitchen cabinet that l wanted to take home.
With curved wooden corners and the beautiful  lead lighting inserted this cabinet was in excellent condition.

We sat at the original 1950's laminex table of course ( you will notice the tops of the chairs in the photo)

Why did we bring the laptop ? - no service !
Why did we bring the mobile phone ? - no service !
Why did we bring the nav man ? - no service !

ln this wooded gully, with the wood fire burning, we really felt as if we were in another era.
But we did have a modern luxury - sitting on top of the 1950's television, was the latest flattop L.G.

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The remote controls were hidden in an old wooden handmade box with this wonderful photo on the front.

Although our romantic getaway was great the first day, after that everything went downhill.

My hubby got really sick. He had a sore throat and a cold before we left and ended up with a high fever.

He laid on that green 1950's couch, for 2 days in front of the fire moaning , (not in ecstasy, but in agony )

Thank you Glynis and Bill the loan of your holiday home. lt was quite an adventure, and a memory to keep.

A CHRISTMAS FIND.

Our son Jody drove up in his H.J.Holden ute,passing by the window into our back yard
All l seen as he passed by was a flash of red, filling the ute and hanging out the back.

He said "Mum l have bought you something, and l know you will love it "

What a surprise ! A 7  foot 2 inch tall Santa Christmas Stocking.and l did love it.

l said to Jody "Where did you get it from as it from" as it seemed vaguely familiar.

He explained that the middle Hotel was being revamped, or modernized,-- in other words anything old was being thrown out.

This is what happens in Australia, we don't seem to be like other country's, and save our heritage especially like the european country's do we pull old buildings etc. down.

That is how l bought my 100 year old church pew (as l told you in a previous blog )

They had them replaced with fold up chairs.

The gorgeous little chapel does not look the same without the church pews.

But l now own an over 7 foot tall christmas stocking, and it was used for the Football Raffle before Christmas, filled to the top with christmas toys,bottles of wine etc.
Every body wanted to win this raffle,especially the children.
Thats why the stocking was so familiar to me,as it was always down the street, and l would buy a raffle ticket every year.
lt has been stored for over 30 years but in excellent condition.

l will add another picture when it is full in 3 months time