I have a Seth Thomas railway clock that was made in the 1880s. I had it cosmetically restored about 5 years ago and it still runs perfectly. My wife has some jewelry that belonged to her Great-Grandmother - no idea exactly how old it is, but at least 100 years.
Honourable mention goes to a t-shirt I have had since 1998. It's so thin now I only use it to sleep in, but I don't think I have ever had an article of clothing last 20+ years before.
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I have a pocket knife that was given to me from a family friend who's father had been living and working in East Africa in the early 1900s to help the process of building their railroad and had the knife custom made while he was there.
So thats probably the oldest thing I own, I'm guessing 1920s?
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Probably the Temple Shakespeares I got from various used book stores many years ago.
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I have a copy of The Golden Treasure: A Manual of Catholic Devotion given to my great grandmother by someone named Sister Ethel Montague in Fosterton, Sask. It was published in 1924.
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For everyday items, I’ve had the same pair of sunglasses for 20 years. They’re still pretty much mint. Had them tuned up and replaced the lenses but otherwise they’re still going strong.
There's a lot of things I've kept from the 80s or early 90s (old soccer jerseys, tracksuits etc, and hockey cards, and some toys like GI Joe), but that's memorabilia...so my contribution to the thread is a basic comb I still use daily, which I recall my mom got one for me and my brother from 1990 or so. I got blue, my brother yellow.
Cool! Mine is getting a bit groggy while it runs. It needs a tune up but I haven’t started to research it.
Yeah, mine is more of a decoration than anything. We had southern music tune it up like 20 years ago, but it went all out of whack when I moved in '09 and I've honestly not been able to get it rocking as well as it did when I was young.
I have a coin from 1102 from when after Croatia became in union with Hungary. It has the Hungarian King on one side and the Croatian kuna on the other side.
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Some pretty cool responses in this thread, thanks for sharing. I especially like some of the heirlooms that have been passed down, particularly those that might still have some utility after all of these years. And the stuff you've kept since you were a kid often brings back great memories too.
Makes me think about my own kids -- the pieces of art and other things I save for them, and what I might gift to them someday. I posted in the WRMMH thread letting my daughter wear my beloved 30-year-old Flames jersey to school that I owned and wore as a child. That was pretty cool.
