Things that remind you of your grandparents

[RosesAndHellebores]

Mine died 20 years ago and would be 110ish now but I still miss them so much

The bolster on the bed
An old silky jacquard pink blanket that went under the eiderdown
Warm milk with a teaspoon of grated nutmeg
The sweet bowl next to the fruit bowl
Shape with jelly
Pies
Gin and Its
A kitchen that wasn't always spotless
Whiff of horse, hay and Goddard's linament and occasionally Shalimar
Complete no nonsense attitude but so so kind
Every time I look at dd: petite, blonde, blue eyed and the image of grannie (and named for her)

Lumpy beds.
Raspberry (málna) cordial.
Wilkinson sword razors
Wooden stools with no backs.
A wood burning AGA.

Over 25 years since my last GP died

I was not close to my maternal GPs but have very fond memories of my paternal GPs

• Ribena (never had it at home, only ever at GPs)
• Mr Kiplings & Fray Bentos pies (my GF ate a lot of these after my GM died)
• Tartan flasks
• Zed beds
• Lacy arm covers on sofas/ chairs
• Bagatelle
• Charades

Hornsea pottery
Bavarian candles
Gummi bears
'Toffee' (hard sweets)
Agatha Christie novels
Snooker
Tea dances
Coronation Street
A rugby league team scarf
Ham sandwiches
Pea and Ham soup
Meat and potato pie

Crochet blankets
Hand knitted jumpers for all her grandchildren
Needlepoint and beaded pictures of poppies
Pink blancmange rabbits in a field of green jelly
Fish knives and forks
Ivory handled knives
A roast dinner and all the trimmings (when I did her garden for her)
Meringues
Homemade lemon curd in tarts
Apple pies
Muslin covers with beads as weights over the salt jar
Kilner jars full of bottled fruit
A mincer for leftovers to make pies
Netted domes for keeping the flies and wasps off the fruited desserts
Her 1920s dressing table with the dressing table set - hairbrush, comb, and hand mirror, the glass jar with powder puff and another for hair pins and a glass ring tree
Earthenware hot water bottles
Cutting up and de-seeding grapes for meals a little girl
My grandpa's ashtray on a stand

Pork chops. Mash with lumps. Frogspawn. The smell of a greenhouse. Carrots in water.

Ice cream blocks with vanilla/strawberry/chocolate.

Playing draughts

Sitting on the floor whenever we visited as there was no room for the kids to sit as well.

Pears soap

Parma violets
Toilet roll covers shaped like a doll
Toast rack
Snooker on the TV
Silk cut cigarettes

@Authenticchicken

Hornsea pottery Bavarian candles Gummi bears 'Toffee' (hard sweets) Agatha Christie novels Snooker Tea dances Coronation Street A rugby league team scarf Ham sandwiches Pea and Ham soup Meat and potato pie

Hornsea pottery mugs, brown and blue. I had one with rabbits at their house.

And Max Factor Creme Puff. I use it myself because it reminds me of my Grandmother.

Thought of another!

Playing dominoes and cards with my Grandad. He taught me all sorts of 'rules' that I only realised weren't real rules after being married for years and playing with my own family. My Grandad loved to cheat and fudged the rules so he could win 😂. He had a great sense of humour, I loved every minute I spent with them

@Geamhradh

I have just googled... In love with the rabbit mug My Gran had saffron, and I have been collecting bits since I got married.

[quote Authenticchicken]@Geamhradh

I have just googled... In love with the rabbit mug My Gran had saffron, and I have been collecting bits since I got married.[/quote]
They bought me the rabbit one and my mum one with dolphins. Mine has survived and is as good as new. I love it

Crinkle chips. My gran had a crinkle cutter for making chips and we always had crinkle chips at her house.
Playing cards
Advocat or babysham on New Year's Eve.
Their leather twirly chair

I only had Grandma's. Peaches and Nectarines remind me of my mums mum who would buy one in brown paper bags from the market everytime she knew we were going over as we loved them. Snooker reminds me of my Dads mum who used to love watching snooker but only had a black and white TV which used to confuse me a lot as a child but she always knew which ball was which colour.

I work with the elderly and frequently see and smell things that my grandparents had.
I used some Palmolive green soap in a client's house some months ago and was taken back to my grandparents' bathroom. I had to buy some after that.
Another client wanted a sandwich with Blackpool roll, lurpak and tinned salmon. Another Grandma memory.
Brylcreem and car oil for my Grandad.

The smell of the tomatoes in Grandad's greenhouse

Marmalade

Homemade fudge (which was actually tablet, they were Scottish)

Homemade egg sandwiches made with salad cream

Minted peas

Burnt toast (always done under the grill)

Lipton's supermarket

Sugar in milk

Humbug sweets in the pantry

Rice Krispies

Bright yellow coal tar soap, the one with the magnet in (Grandad's soap)

Imperial Leather soap (Nanna's)

Scented talcum powder

Curlers in our hair at night, ribbons in the day

A telephone seat in the hallway

A clear plastic mat over the hall carpet

Woolworths, especially the Pick'n'Mix (they lived near the seaside and it was the only time we had ever visited Woolies)

Watching The Ladykillers

They were lovely ☺️

When I showed my Grandad around my first house and he referred to the Master bedroom as the "playpen"! Made me laugh. I miss him so much.

The shed full of wood/shavings/wood oil/varnish. Brylcreem and yellow Vaseline lotion.
Pandrops.

Max factor powder. Stewed tea. Fairy cakes. And fags. Windolene.

Books. Coffee. Bunnets.

The Corries and Jimmy Shand. Ceilidh music. Yoooooooochs.

Good times.

And yes. Tomato plants.

Best smell ever. (Apart from my old dog’s feet)

The sound and smell of a circular saw cutting wood. The smell of sawdust. My grandad did a lot of woodwork and made lovely little musical boxes etc. I don't know if any still exist in the family but I can still hear some of the tunes.

Rose perfume and talcum powder.

Rhubarb growing in the garden then being picked and stewed to have with rice pudding or semolina.

The smell of old books, whenever we stayed over we had a little fold down bed in a bedroom they used as a library.

Candlewick bedspreads and those rougher thick wool blankets with ribbon along the edges.

Nivea face cream and plain chapstick. Both of my grandmothers used these so the smell reminds me of them both.

Trifle, real mint sauce, eating dinner on a tray, eiderdowns, buttons that look like rugby ball on grandads cardigan, hot water bottles at bed time.

The scent of imperial leather talcum powder, brut, old spice and tweed perfume mixed with hairspray. Itchy grey blankets in between flannelette sheets and candlewick bedspreads, a pink and yellow glass candy dish that I now have in my home, polo mints. And so many other little things. God I miss them.

Chanel no.5
Freshly baked bread
Hymns
The smell of oranges.

Teasmaid
Friday night sweets
Coke floats
Peppermint slice
Outside toilets
Joints of meat and disgusting stories of working in a butchers.
Cutting out stamps for the hospice.