I inherited the mixing bowl and soup bowls from my Nan. I love the mixing bowl, it's really solid but I must admit I don't recognise it. However I do remember the soup bowls being used all the time, but we never made the recipes which are oddly in cups and the other in ounces! Most people talk about their Nan's amazing resourceful cooking but mine made very simple food from cheap ingredients and rarely ever baked. I've also got boxes of patterns, wool and fabric to go through and I will make something.
My "aunt and uncle", friends of my grandparents who are pretty much family, are visiting and have some really good stories that my Nan never told me. Like my Nan going to court for fighting with a prostitute on her street who had noisy American customers! My grandparents were real characters, if a bit rough. My Nan's family were Romanian Gypsies who settled in Birmingham when my Nan was young and my Grandad's were cheeky salt of the earth types. My Grandad on the other side is a settled Irish Traveller (most of the family are settled) and my Nan that side has Irish Traveller roots too. I think it's hard to be Irish without a little Traveller in you. That side of the family is even more scandalous- they moved away and lied about my Dad's date of birth (he found out when in hospital at 18) to hide that my Nan was pregnant before she got married. Enough waffling, every family has interesting history in a way. Ours isn't particularly grand or exciting but it is funny and we sure know how to have a good time.
Ooohh and my £9.99 H&M shirt just sold for £23.67 on ebay! And my sister's perfume she paid ~£25 sold for £42!
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