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graham[_4_]

On 03/10/2014 7:18 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>
>> Of course, I don't have kids so that's a strike against me and
>> invalidates my opinion. Never mind I started buying my own cookware and
>> small kitchen gadgets for myself (I had a job) when I was a teenager.
>> No "hope chest", just a goal to move out and be on my own.
>
> I did the same when I left home went to university and lived in
> various student flats.
>
> I only threw out my ss cheesegrater two years ago when it got too
> blunt.The Viners SS cutlery I saved cornflake tokens for, is still in
> daily use here; and so is the whole-months-pay-mad-extravagance
> traditionally woven Welsh blanket which I still love as much as the day
> I first saw it in about 1967 ( both are now collectors items).
>
> Janet UK
>
That's when Viners was made in Sheffield. I expect it's all made in
China these days. As for scissors:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/ne...ssors-1.398096
Graham