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What cheap item have you bought that has stood the test of time?

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Hawdyerwheesht · 02/08/2022 15:15

I'll start. I was making muffins this morning and realised that my cheap poundland muffin tins from 10 years ago are still serving their purpose.

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Pearlsister · 02/02/2023 22:03

WaitingOutside · 02/02/2023 19:09

I had a Kitchen Devils knife from 1998 and it only snapped a year or so ago. The new Kitchen Devils ones are rubbish though, not nearly as sharp and sturdy.

That's reminded me; I have two kitchen devil knives from when I got married in 1983. Still used on a daily basis.

Msmunet · 02/02/2023 22:05

bowlingalleyblues · 02/02/2023 19:06

Pair of boots bought for £10 from Dolcis in the 1990s. Still so comfy.

God I miss Dolcis.

Mydogatemypurse · 02/02/2023 22:08

Msmunet · 02/02/2023 22:05

God I miss Dolcis.

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Mydogatemypurse · 02/02/2023 22:10

I have a bread knife from my mums house that i remember being there as a child. Its indestructible and seems to have somehow survived numerous house moves. Its used all the time.
I also have a vase i bought in the m and s sale when i moved into my first house 20 years ago. Its like brand new
Think it was 4 or 5 pound.

moolady1977 · 02/02/2023 22:15

I didn't buy it but I still have my nannans rolling pin and my DM(67) can remember it being around when she was little, I also have some crystal glasses that belonged to my nannan she died in 1982 and I have photos of her with one in her hand

IClaudine · 02/02/2023 22:18

A Habitat pine gate leg dining table from 1982. I keep thinking about replacing it, but it is so well made.

RomansTheyGoTheHouse · 02/02/2023 22:20

I have a cheap IKEA roasting dish I bought about 23 years ago. It's still used and looks almost as good as it did brand new.

It'll outlast me.

Justleaveitblankthen · 02/02/2023 22:20

PotteringAlonggotkickedoutandhadtoreregister · 02/02/2023 18:47

Ikea basics cot; cost £35. Did all 3 children.

One of my tea-towels has “people’s friend 1984” on it 😂

People's Friend! Wow! You have just bought back a flood of childhood memories!
Thank you Cake

IClaudine · 02/02/2023 22:23

IClaudine · 02/02/2023 22:18

A Habitat pine gate leg dining table from 1982. I keep thinking about replacing it, but it is so well made.

It may not have been cheap when new though! It belonged to my aunt who gave it to me for free when I bought my first flat.

SlippinKimmy · 02/02/2023 22:27

I’ve got a clock radio that I bought in Argos for a fiver back when I was 16 in the 90s, still wakes me up every morning.

Also a tea towel that I pinched from home when I moved out. It’s a map of the London Underground and is so old it has Trafalgar Square and Strand tube stations on it, which I think shut in early 70s.

BernardsarenotalwaysSaints · 02/02/2023 22:29

Tesco value electric hand whisk. £5 13 years ago & still going strong.

NewNameForXmas · 02/02/2023 22:30

We have loads of old stuff as combined our house with PIL who have since died. One of our best purchases is the £100 we paid for a 2 and 3 seater leather couch set secondhand in about 2008, still perfect and really comfy. I also have one of PIL teatowels that says Western Australia 1978 on it!

L1ttledrummergirl · 02/02/2023 22:37

I have a readers digest recipe book from 1973 called the cookery year. It's fantastic and my go to but I did "borrow it" from my mum when I left home rather than bought it.

It's also the only thing I have left from our kitchen after we had a fire a few years ago. I rescued it, cut the charred edges off and recovered it.

RaininSummer · 02/02/2023 22:44

Cheese grater, rolling pin and garlic crusher now about 38 years old. Purchased by family when I left home.

chronictonic · 02/02/2023 22:45

bowlingalleyblues · 02/02/2023 19:06

Pair of boots bought for £10 from Dolcis in the 1990s. Still so comfy.

omg DOLCIS!

LolaCrapola · 02/02/2023 22:48

I’ve still got the free tampax tampon holder we were given in school around about 1983 - despite the fact I’m menopausal now 😬😳

TwoMonthsOff · 02/02/2023 22:52

ReamsOfCheese · 02/02/2023 16:11

My pink wide-toothed comb. Free from Shout magazine circa 1997.

You win 🥰that is lovely I remember Shout

MaryQueenOfSwots · 02/02/2023 22:55

I got a free detangling comb stuck to the front of Just Seventeen must have been around 1995.

Mydogatemypurse · 02/02/2023 22:55

LolaCrapola · 02/02/2023 22:48

I’ve still got the free tampax tampon holder we were given in school around about 1983 - despite the fact I’m menopausal now 😬😳

That little navy blue one ha

TwoMonthsOff · 02/02/2023 22:55

Lovely posts on here and so Great people keeping old things

borntobequiet · 02/02/2023 22:57

A little travel hair dryer for £5 from I think Debenhams (?) in 1995 or so.
Though I mostly let my hair dry naturally, I still use it from time to time.

shinynewapple22 · 02/02/2023 22:59

23Elfie · 02/02/2023 21:59

Small 2 person slow cooker which was a wedding present to my parents in 1981! They gave me it when they got a new one and it's still going strong! (I was born 6 years later 😂)

I have one of a similar era which belonged to my grandmother.

CleaningOutMyCloset · 02/02/2023 22:59

Electric tin opener & knife sharpener - 21 years and still going strong

LolaCrapola · 02/02/2023 23:00

Yes - that’s the one! 🤣

Rebel2023 · 02/02/2023 23:02

Slow cooker. No idea how old but it was my grans GrinBlush and it has an on/off button and nothing else

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