tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post9076410558440955780..comments2023-12-31T08:43:00.853+00:00Comments on Wife in the North: My old chinawife in the northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-70283598998928937402007-10-04T18:14:00.000+01:002007-10-04T18:14:00.000+01:00Wifey - that sounds fab! - I'll give you a shout w...Wifey - that sounds fab! - I'll give you a shout when I've constructed the lean-to for the cabinet then...merry weatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790847146645006254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-41265390890700237542007-10-04T09:59:00.000+01:002007-10-04T09:59:00.000+01:00I cannot imagine why you do not want this stuff - ...I cannot imagine why you do not want this stuff - It sounds wonderful and you can always stick it on Ebay if it gets a bit much! I have no real family stuff of my own - not even tat- so I guess I am bit jealous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-28098731679855004072007-10-03T23:23:00.000+01:002007-10-03T23:23:00.000+01:00We have a display case from Ikea (somehow that sou...We have a display case from Ikea (somehow that sounds more acceptable than a china cabinet). It contains both tat and treasure. It really doesn't matter what, as it takes on an importance of its own displayed thus. It's a little bit Pop Art. We call it 'the museum'.<BR/><BR/>That may suggest a sort of halfway house for your 'treasures'.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-27071012447868555882007-10-03T19:22:00.000+01:002007-10-03T19:22:00.000+01:00I think you underestimate how much we need to know...I think you underestimate how much we need to know about the Scotsman's head (or indeed heid)!occasional northernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937407254161207915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-35143734130107568612007-10-03T17:30:00.000+01:002007-10-03T17:30:00.000+01:00This post struck such a chord with me, that I felt...This post struck such a chord with me, that I felt myself growing tense, as I read it.<BR/><BR/>I have accepted all sorts of things from my mother and mother-in-law over a period of many years, to keep the peace. My mother-in-law once gave me an old bedside locker from her local hospital, and some orange Bri-Nylon pillowcases. Bri-Nylon - what's that?<BR/><BR/>Fisticuffs almost ensued, just recently, when I refused to take mother-in-law's numerous boxes of Royal Albert china (seconds), which she had boxed up years ago, and stored away. She maintained that the china was a treasured possession. If it hadn't been packed away, out of sight, for the last 5 years, I might have believed her!Mean Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829239249872290230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-56001826613936191252007-10-03T17:29:00.000+01:002007-10-03T17:29:00.000+01:00re merry weatherwould you like me to send you one?...re merry weather<BR/>would you like me to send you one? I may wrap it in a china cabinet.wife in the northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-17777354956818308342007-10-03T17:11:00.000+01:002007-10-03T17:11:00.000+01:00I would have it - if purely for the flamenco dance...I would have it - if purely for the flamenco dancer plus castanets - my Spanish dancers, with their beehives and imperious faces, glued to their plastic stands beneath their flowing dresses - they are long gone, but the memory lingers. You've just reminded me :)merry weatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790847146645006254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-53224824351433347712007-10-03T15:56:00.000+01:002007-10-03T15:56:00.000+01:00Couldn't you give it to the boys for their den?Sto...Couldn't you give it to the boys for their den?<BR/><BR/>Stone arches were common in Northumbrian farm steadings. The roof, back and side walls provided winter shelter but there were arches to allow the cattle to wander in and out of the hemmel, usually into a collecting yard (stockade)where they were usually fed.@themillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644636690850127781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-72390046531896544022007-10-03T15:18:00.000+01:002007-10-03T15:18:00.000+01:00I also have wondered what the arches are, please c...I also have wondered what the arches are, please can somebody put me out of my misery and tell me the Northumberland weather is not so good you can sleep under an arch, alhambra style!FjordLinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324785503053152578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-11482409318701243982007-10-03T14:50:00.000+01:002007-10-03T14:50:00.000+01:00Dear Mrs. Wife-in-the-NorthWhat in the world could...Dear Mrs. Wife-in-the-North<BR/><BR/>What in the world could these "arches" be that you keep referring to? I wonder. It seems to be common knowledge; I feel sort of stupid. <BR/><BR/>I guess it is not an outdoor arcade, in the garden, since your parents will sleep there. (I hope it is not a cubby hole under the stairs).<BR/><BR/>If it is too much trouble to answer directly, maybe some of your readers could tell me. <BR/><BR/>Thanks.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544494033981606866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-59258027684666219812007-10-03T14:21:00.000+01:002007-10-03T14:21:00.000+01:00I found this a sad post. Your mom feels herself c...I found this a sad post. Your mom feels herself coming to her ending point. She wants you to be the caretaker of all she has been in life -- kind of to keep her alive in a way. The needlepoint and china cabinet are kind of symbolic.<BR/><BR/>Very understandably, you at last have created a beautiful new home which is the embodiment of who you are as an adult -- it could well feel like she's trying to put her mark on it. In a way you are leaving her/your childhood behind in a permanent way.<BR/><BR/>It is sad that she might feel left behind; but it is inherent in parenthood that we will be left behind. We SHOULD be left behind.sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577409248867401730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-47784160367488848162007-10-03T12:29:00.001+01:002007-10-03T12:29:00.001+01:00Reminds me of the time, in my first house when the...Reminds me of the time, in my first house when the Mother said "you need a table in the kitchen" and I said no, the kitchen is right next to the dining room and I like the space in the kitchen. She spent he next two days measuring up where the table could go. I just ignored her. Now I have a kitchen with a table but she is too infirm to travel to check it out for herself. I did give her a photo tho.Mopsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912659592484055741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-84975849004139507322007-10-03T12:29:00.000+01:002007-10-03T12:29:00.000+01:00My in-laws were in camps in Indonesia during the 2...My in-laws were in camps in Indonesia during the 2nd world war, so are physically incapable of throwing anything away - to the extent that we now have a storage facility for all the stuff they have graciously passed onto us. Out of sight, out of mind. Rather like the arches, it seems...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-30298676038745044612007-10-03T11:08:00.000+01:002007-10-03T11:08:00.000+01:00A similar thing happens in our family, you mention...A similar thing happens in our family, you mention there's a couple of items you need for a new flat and end up with boxes and boxes of rubbish like you're about to run a stall at a car boot sale. <BR/><BR/>Yes, I did want a dinig table, no I didn't want an old fashioned flat iron, but thanks anyway Nan!Supernighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-81335204982486358562007-10-03T10:25:00.000+01:002007-10-03T10:25:00.000+01:00You could always take the cabinet but persuade her...You could always take the cabinet but persuade her to keep some of her most treasured pieces in it.Whispering Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410656699815679312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-91757395021506314622007-10-03T09:43:00.000+01:002007-10-03T09:43:00.000+01:00There was a time when our children were happy to a...There was a time when our children were happy to accept old furniture from us. I can't tell you how many times our old kitchen table moved in the course of the college years. <BR/><BR/>Now, they pass their old stuff to us. 'Old' being a relative term here you understand - we have recently been put in possession of the most magnificent big stainless steel fridge freezer, and for the first time in our lives have space enough for everything!I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-87786109473538437742007-10-03T07:53:00.000+01:002007-10-03T07:53:00.000+01:00I think that's a sensible idea.. just to ensure th...I think that's a sensible idea.. just to ensure these memories don't end up on a shelf in oxfam...take the china cabinet and make your mother happy! who knows maybe your children will like it as much as you did as a child!aminahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16893810039318977792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-31761682297201030342007-10-02T23:43:00.000+01:002007-10-02T23:43:00.000+01:00Yes, your china cabinet looks big in this.Yes, your china cabinet looks big in this.Eats Wombatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03560395946871420868noreply@blogger.com