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What is an item you've inherited that you most treasure?

I have my late grandmother's 60+ year-old typewriter. It's a small manual that works with a ribbon where you have to hit the keys very hard. She used it for work after my grandfather passed, which was before I was born. This was back in the days before auto-correct and even liquid paper, where if you made a typo you had to start all over again, and my grandmother was a fast and immaculate typist, even well into her 80's. Even though the typewriter still works, I won't use it. But I treasure the connection I have with her, because being a typist (okay, the more recent term, "word processor" ) was my bread-and-butter for many years.

bleurowz 8 Sep 13
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I have my grandfather’s world war 2 watch. It is a treasure!

Ohub Level 7 Sep 13, 2018
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A World War 1 bayonet an an officer's Military Field Manual 1913 and two medals.

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My father's hand tools.

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A hand-towel from my grand-mother that she painted.

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Hiddenite ring from the first ever find of this stone in North America, which was on my great great uncle's farm in Alexandria County, NC. Most Hiddenite comes from Brazil.

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I have my dad's pocket knife which he carried daily throughout my childhood. It's worn and in need of sharpening but I still keep it and I think of him whenever I see it or use it.

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A 'Can Do' personality that my mother gave me. It is and has been valuable.

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Pillowcases. My grandmother crocheted an edging on them and I love them. An antique rocker from grandmother. It needs to be repaired and reupholstered but I won’t be getting rid of that either.

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I've got a few bits and bobs that have come my way but looking around I do have a tin plaque on the wall, it's a replica but both my parents lived thru WWII, that says

War Dept

WHEN IN DOUBT

Brew-Up

🙂

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Many of the things I took from our hardware store, a display case from the 1920s , casket handles, coffin nails and bunch of dishes.

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