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A Spoon From A Fork in 1939
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A Spoon From A Fork in 1939

A BIT OF HISTORY Random Stuff From Annette's Collection: An Immigrant Family Make a Return Visit Home to Scotland from New York on the Eve of WWII, Bringing a Little Gift with Big Meaning.

Annette Laing
Mar 26
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How Long is This Post? Around 2,700 words. About 13 mins read.

A Bit of History: My Granny's Teaspoon

My granny was a fanatical house cleaner (I didn’t inherit that trait, nope). I remember her determinedly polishing a particular teaspoon to within an inch of its life. That’s because, unlike the other teaspoons in the drawer of the cheap wee kitchen tabl…

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