Oldest object in daily use in your home

[Notafettler]

I am afraid it's me. Even the house is younger than me. A lot younger.

 

[newfhouse]

We listen to the Home Service Radio 4 every evening on this mid 1930s Burndept radio.

 

[PK99]

We listen to the Home Service Radio 4 every evening on this mid 1930s Burndept radio.
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Best crackling since the joint of pork on Sunday!
😁

 

[newfhouse]

Best crackling since the joint of pork on Sunday!
😁

Yes and no. It does still work as a radio but the small wooden box to the left in the photo is an internet / podcast radio that feeds into the gramophone input. Modern convenience combined with a rich and warm sound that takes a while to warm up

 

[gavroche]

I have a Black & Decker workmate from 1973 and I still use it regularly.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I like to keep a jar of primordial ooze in the bathroom cabinet.

You sure that isn't a pair of old Y fronts?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I have my grandad's old half case clock. 1917 - it was a wedding present to my grandad. I wind it once a week and it keeps good time.
Also still using a relatively young radio alarm clock. Still tuned to 1500 meters. Bought ~1982

 

[slowmotion]

We have a small, woodworm-infested Jacobean chest of drawers from about 1590. It's been in Mrs Slowmotion's family for ages. I keep my cycling gloves, hats and jerseys in the second drawer down, together with various bits and bobs.

 

[Milkfloat]

I grew up in a house built in the 14th Century, in fact the manor it was built on was listed in the Doomsday book. Nothing that old now, probably my grandfather's petrol can is the oldest.

 

[swee'pea99]

We listen to the Home Service Radio 4 every evening on this mid 1930s Burndept radio.
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Do you really? That is so cool!

 

[newfhouse]

Do you really? That is so cool!

Probably one for a hobbies thread, but the next project is a mechanical and electronic restoration of this c.1934 HMV radiogram. Fortunately the cabinet is in pretty good condition.

 

[iateyoubutler]

A couple that immediately spring to mind. I`ve got my grandad`s electric mower which dates from 1971/2 ish, he gave it to me when I first had my own place. Still in regular use, it`s not very powerful and I do nurse it along, but it cuts beautifully, far better than any modern ones I`ve tried over the years.

Also got a fan heater from the 1950`s in my office/study. Heats the room nicely and has a lovely look to it too.

I`ve got a bit of a thing for vintage electricals/appliances. If I had the space to keep them it could become quite a nice hobby........

 

[12boy]

Our bed, dresser, desk and nightstand are all civil war era. Hopefully one of our sons will give them a good home when the time comes.

 

[steveindenmark]

We have a 40 year old toaster that works perfectly and is in daily use.

 

[Brains]

We have a fair amount of old stuff, odd items that we have acquired off the family over the years, but things still in daily use include our kitchen table which is early Victorian (or maybe older) bread making table that came from the family estate.

The Long Case clock is dated 1760, and has been losing 1 minute a day since my grandfather was a boy back in the 1880's.
I also have a barograph that my grandfather had at sea before WW1, still works all day every day.