Still in use wedding presents.

Wedgewood dinner service, canteen of Mappin & Webb silver plate cutlery. Some towels, still in use in bits as dusters and somes, still my spare room towels.

We had a small quiet wedding (no, I was not pregnant) and therefore had few presents

Long low teak 1966 sideboard, now used to house gizmos for the tv on the wall above.

Yes, I’ve got plates. Not the full set....but a few pieces.

Combination nonstick frying pan/poacher, a beautiful table centre hotplate, a Crystal flower vase and a pair of Moderna Sorrento blankets are all that spring to mind immediately but I'm sure there are others. 54 years of service. Not bad!

It’s the little things. I used to bring the guard at the bank where I worked half a dozen eggs a week, my mum kept hens. When I married in 1972, he gave me a set of six teaspoons. I use them every day and always think of dear old Bert.

Glasses (no full sets now), a tea set (hardly used), some casseroles, duvet covers & pillow cases and a lot of towels have all lasted from 1974 and some of them are looking a lot less dated than DH and me...

6 Pyrex casserole dishes only 1 broken lid. Pyrex dinner service which I passed on to DD it now has no June roses on it. Pyrex serving platter. Complete set of Pyrex mixing bowls, a complete canteen of cutlery and a knife block with all the knives. It's a miracle really we married in Singapore in 1970 I became an army wife and have moved at least 15 times since then.

We are still using china and glasses, serving dishes, blankets, a clock and picture frames. I am sure there are other things that I have forgotten about but it is lovely to know that so many of us are still using long treasured items.

A large Denby Russet casserole dish (now minus lid), in regular use. A Silver Jubilee ashtray, at the back of a cupboard just in case. The Brabantia bread bin we still use. Our ironing board, that’s really just for show these days. A stainless steel tray with a milk jug and sugar bowl that we still use (the teapot’s long gone).. And long ago consigned to the cellar and full of outdoor toys, a hideous bright pink floral plastic laundry basket, bought for us instead of the wicker one we’d asked for because if we’d got that, apparently, our dirty underwear would have been visible through the gaps.

We don’t throw much away.

I have a complete Royal Doulton dinner set, which is still in its packing crate and has never been used, 37 years down the line!

My cutlery set, and glassware set. Both in use daily. 40 years next year.
Amazingly, none of the glasses have ever been broken.

Lots of bits and pieces - but the one that means a lot is the Le Creuset pan from the family neighbours. 50 years ago, LC wasn't the 'thing' it is now, but it was not cheap.
Our neighbours were Polish, he had come over with the Free Polish Army during WW2. His wife had difficulty with English, and they were grateful for the kindness my parents showed them - my parents didn't think they were being 'kind' but valued both neighbourliness and wartime contributions.
Our neighbours knew that heavy cast iron pans lasted a life-time and wanted to give us one, so they went to a shop in our 'big town' and got us one.
Whenever I use it, I remember the importance of being a good neighbour, and of the contribution made to our society of so many folk from other countries.

A carving knife and fork.
Stainless steel eggcups.

Many, many wedding gifts are still in use.
Everything from jars and pans and kitchen stuff to towels and bedding.
The hand towels are still smart enough for my newly refitted downstairs loo. The bath towels are a bit "family only" but still serviceable after 40+ years.
Our newest towels are obviously less durable as some are decidedly on the way out.

Silver cake cutting knife and server engraved with names of bride and groom, still in use long after marriage ended.

Tupperware.
Bread board and bread knife
Stainless steel carving tray, minus 2 of its spikes
Stainless steel tray, no idea where the teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug went.
I inherited a rolling pin that my Aunt had as a wedding gift, she was 99 when she died 20 years ago, but it’s brilliant and I use it and think of her all of the time.
All things above in constant use after 50 yrs of wedded ‘bliss’?

I bought towels yesterday. I've never bought towels before, but the stock is finally depleted!

Also some fantastic tupperware from when we got engaged, in the early eighties!

Hand towels and duvet covers from 1982, still in use, although we do have others so not used all the time.

My own wedding (1966) china - dinner service and tea set - has only been used on a few very special occasions. However my DM's dinner service, (1939) including huge serving dishes, is in use daily. I inherited it from her when I married and took over preparing and serving the Family Christmas Dinner. When my stock of "everyday" dishes dwindled, I decided to use these dishes, rather than buy cheap new ones. I absolutely love the pattern and it brightens every meal time.

A bread board in daily use and a glass vase, trifle bowl and glass candle holders used now and then. Wedding presents in 1974.

My trusty old Kenwood Chef, from 1974.
It did go on the blink a few years ago, but had it fixed and serviced for about £75 inc. carriage. I really missed it that Christmas!

A lovely little Indian silver box from a DSis, who asked first whether I’d like something ‘beautiful and useless’.

Daily, not faily! ?

A stainless steel strainer with a flat bottom that will sit on top of a saucepan of water and hold a basin in it for steaming.

We still use faily what is left of the cutlery set my parents gave us 48 years ago. We have lost a lot of it, but still have enough for four. And I have a rolling pin from my previous engagement. DH calls it my badge of authority!

Wedgwood, Ice Rose dinner, tea and coffee services. Prestige rotary hand whisk. All wedding presents in the early '60's. All still perfect.

lemongrove

Same here, an oblong stainless steel carving dish, a stainless steel teapot, a stainless steel colander....there’s a theme going here?

Just wondering if we invited the same guests to our weddings ?