Meme

[lexin]

From thefridayfive:

1) What is the oldest thing you own?
I have a pair of gravy boats which date from the 1700s sitting in my china cabinet. They’re sort of taupe colour and one is a bit cracked. I also have a chair dating from about 1800 in my bedroom, one of a set of four which I inherited from my mother. My brother has one, and my two cousins, Val and Bob have one each which they inherited from my Aunt Ursula.

2) What is the oldest home you've lived in?
When I was about seven or eight I lived in a house which dated to the 1900s. When I was a student in Bangor in the early 1980s I lived in a student house which was probably Georgian, but I’m not so sure about that. It was old, anyway.

3) What is the oldest book you've read?
I have skimmed through the Book of Common Prayer which has a note inside that it was the property of my grandmother, Kate Moss. That means it dates to about 1880 as it was given to her when she was confirmed into the CofE.

4) What is the oldest electronic device that you still use?
An iPod I bought back in about 2005, though I don’t use it often.

5) What is the oldest work of art/architecture that you've seen?
The Egyptian stuff in the British Museum.

Comments

[corvidology]

Ah, so you were a student in Bangor. :D

[lexin]

Yes, from 1980-83, but I've gone back just about every year since then. I always meant to return.