what is the oldest working thing you have?

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Mine is a Westclox clock made in Scotland', it belonged to my grandparents who were born at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries then passed on to their son who passed it on to me. It's about 70 years old as my Dad remembered it as a child and still works - it's ticking away on the coffee table next to me, even the alarm still works.

What is yours and where is it from?

Car. 1967. But not for me, for dh.

I have an aluminium custard jug with a Bakelite handle that my late mum ‘liberated’ from her job as a school dinner lady in about 1970.

It’s older than me.

My husband. Still going at the moment. Had him working since 1960.

My 1940 Singer sewing machine. What is really impressive is that I made an awning with it last week from heavy canvas which even a heavy duty modern sewing machine struggles to cope with. The modern machines have some plastic parts, the Singer is all metal. Fantastic design and quality.

My piano. Edwardian, been in the family since before the First World War.

A sandwich toaster that is around 35 years old, it was my mums who gave it to me when i went to college, i am 58 now!

My grandmother's sewing machine. Don't know exactly how old, probably 1930s or 1940s.

A Nicole Frere cylinder music box..circa 1850..passed down the family to me.
More practically a Janome sewing machine that my Mum bought in 1972..still have a receipt... that works perfectly!

Kenwood Chef - wedding present in 1974.

I’d like to add a piano dating from the 1880s but although the cabinet is beautiful wood, the ‘guts’ were on their last, very tinny-sounding legs, so I had them taken out and replaced by a top quality digital. From the outside you can’t tell the difference at all - people are astonished - and the sound is far better.

I also have a kenwood chef from the 70s. It was my nans and still works great generally but you can't leave it on full speed for too long as it smokes a bit.

Keep contemplating upgrading to a new one but seems a bit pointless as it's still going strong!

A Grandfather clock inherited from a relative of Dh. The relative made it in 1926. Shame I can't give it away!

My Mum's Singer sewing machine. I think it's from the mid 1950s.

If anyone has a Singer and would be interested to find out exactly how old it is, there’s a website where you can find out from the serial number [[http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-sewing-machine-serial-number-database.html]]

An electric convector heater that I bought in 1979. We had to use it recently when the boiler packed up, still works perfectly.

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My husband.

Other than that, my TV for electrical appliances. We've had it 9 years and are only now considering upgrading.

I've got a brass cash register which is about 120 years old. Still dings when you press a key and the cash drawer flies open!

An 18th century clock. Works fine.

Our dining table and chairs were made for DH's grandparents when they got married in the 1920's. We also have Gt Grandfather's desk and chair. The roll top works as smoothly as anything modern and we use the chair as an extra seat when needed.

my mum's old Kenwood mixer 1950's
A saxophone 1890's
Handmade Banjo circa 1840's
Child's handmade rocking chair 1840's
Antiques and collections too many to list mainly copper, silver, gold, wood. Dating from 1790 - 1950's.
My great granny china collection about 1900, about 300 pieces, insured for thousands.
Will probably have to sell them all soon, all out, polished, snined and waiting to be priced and listed.
Heartbroken, but at least we have stuff to sell. Some peple are on their arses with nothing.
Just makes me feel so sad and a bit of a failure tbh.

Barometer from about 1880. Lots more fun than a weather app

My granny's Kenwood Chef from the 1950's. It's a bit noisy but such a workhouse.

I have an 1800s typewriter. Delightful and still works perfectly and a 1920s gramophone that we still listen to, on and off.

My loo is over a century old. Works a treat. Looks groovy, inasmuch as a toilet can be chic.

People keep wanting to replace it. I won't have it.

Oh I had forgotten my historical loo! I don’t know the exact date but it says ‘pull down to flush’ on the chain as if you might not have seen one like that before. It has a hell of a flush.