What is your possession that you have owned for the longest and still have?

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I'm guessing most people's longest owned possession must be some sort of teddy bear? Am I right? Mine is anyway, given to me on the day I was born and I still have. Looks a bit bedraggled now but I would be gutted to ever lose him!

What is your possession that you have owned for longest?

The same as you - a teddy who is nearly 50.

A bunny that my nan had made for me when I was born she has a pink jumper and blue dungarees on , one eye and an ear is hanging off ,she lives in my cupboard

I'm not sure when I was given certain soft toys but I know I lost my favourite one when I was a toddler. The thing I still use every day is a toothmug. I don't know when I got it but I would imagine around one or two. I am now mid 50s.

A plate that was my DMs when she first got married and somehow I ended up with when I left home. Its about 35 years old.

Probably clothes. I have a dress and also a wind proof jacket that I bought when I was at uni over 20 years ago and still wear both.

I have a cuddly toy I've had since I was 6 months old and I'm now 36. She looks very worn down and ready for the scrap heap but I refuse. When I have my baby in a few weeks she will be in my hospital bag and I sleep with her every night. She comes on holidays too and if I feel sick I cuddle her

Teddy bear, called teddy.

He split open down the front and my grandad put a paper heart in him when I was about 4. He died a few months later and I held that bear tight.

Teddy is a funny looking thing. Dd now loves him as well. Which is lovely but makes me sad as well.

Probably my Year 11 leavers hoodie, all soft toys in childhood went up in the loft and I think have been donated.

Other than that it will be a 4ft long soft rainbow caterpillar that my (now) DH bought me 9 years ago. He got it as I was jealous of the one his niece got so he bought me one (it's so soft to be wrapped up in!).

Bimbo the Monkey. My DM made him for me when I was born, 64 years ago.

He's only got one arm now, but I still love him. He sits on my bedroom chair with Tiger, who is just a bit younger.

Teddy here too. He doesn’t sleep in bed with me anymore as his fur couldn’t take it so he sits on the bedside table with a blanket to cuddle if he is cold.

I don’t risk taking him with me on holidays anymore so he holidays at my parents‘ house when I’m away. My parents send me updates on how he is getting on (mostly sleeping and watching TV).

I’m in my forties, married with children.

My nan’s colander. It was a wedding present in 1938 and is still going strong albeit missing one handle.

A panda bear who I bought with my pocket money, who must be 47 now.

Otherwise, there is a radio in our kitchen I was given for Christmas in 1983.

Another childhood toy here! My partner and i each have one. His is on display while mine's tucked into a drawer.

I think it's funny to think what these teddies/toys would have seen. Us at all stages of our life - babies, toddlers,children, teenagers, off to university/getting a job, different relationships, different friends, our own children, our grandchildren... my mum still has her teddy from when she was a baby too. All the different versions of us that theyve "witnessed"

A lamb I was given as a newborn, Jan Lamb as it was Jan who gave it to me. That makes it 40 years old.

The oldest item I own is my great great grandmother's celery vase which is from the late 19th century. I've only owned it for 7 years though

Bunny the stuffed rabbit, since I was 2 months old. He's been sewn up so many times he looks a bit like patchwork now but I still love him!

Same as you OP, although he's been in the attic for years so hasn't witnessed much!

My mother's senior year project from TT college....
Going to give it to my granchildren. It's hand written with calligraphy and is an illustrated textbook about dying crafts in Sussex.

A home-made teddy which was given to me by a friend of my mum's who'd made it for one of her grandchildren who was due to be born. I spotted it and refused to let it go! Apparently she was very nice and let me have it, and made another one for her GC.

Too early for me to remember but I do remember seeing her as a slightly older child and she always asked me how my teddy was. He's been everywhere with me and is very old and tattered now so lives in a special box. After my husband and dogs, he'd be the only other thing I'd save in a fire.

Pair of tweezers.Been doing my eyebrows with them for 25 years

My teddy bear, given to me by my grandmother when I was about 3 weeks old. He is 58. His name is Tubby, but he has always been quite slim and is now rather emaciated and darned in many places due to fur loss.

OP, that’s a lovely way to think about it. Teddy has seen many versions of me and now gets to watch my mini me, DD.

The beautiful christening gown made by my mum for my brother who recently died aged 90, which I was christened in 76 years ago and grandson three years ago.

My bear, Bumbo, who I’ve had since I was born. He was a girl bear at first, with a pink dress, but when she started to fall apart, my Mother made him a velvet suit to hold him together.

He’s a threadbare bear now with only one eye and a squashed nose, but he is my oldest friend.

I still "own" various soft toys (never a teddy though - closest I got was a Rupert) and a couple of dozen dolls, the oldest from when I was three. They're in the loft (ours or my dad's).

I think the oldest thing I still see is my little stool, which my dad brought home one day when I was about six, I think (before we moved house so no older, and when my sister was old enough to get the accompanying chair so not much younger).