Spoons With Many Tales

My wee Mum collected spoons, I'm not sure when she started but she loved her spoons and the collection grew and grew. A lot of them were given to her by family and friends, when someone went to another country they always remembered to buy Mum a spoon. Here are some countries they came from. South Africa (she had a friend who lived there), Canada (I think I bought her one from there), Greece (from my sister Kathleen), Spain, New York (quite a few came from there as a few family members came to visit New York and I live in New York so I sent her a few too), Portugal, Gran canaria, Athens, Ireland, Cornwall Devon and many more countries. Sadly when she passed away Kathleen kept the spoons, some were dispersed among family but Kathleen keeps the others and I hope she keeps them forever and not get rid of them as they were a big reminder of our lovely wee Mum.

By Christine Neary

Come For Tea

This is my cup and saucer collection. I love to drink out of a cup and saucer, I always have, the daintier the better. I have collected these over a number of years. Some are from my Mum, one from a lady I have adopted as my Grandmother (she is a collector too), she gave me one from her own collection. Gale, a woman I used to work for gave me one. One from a sister and one from a niece. I bought a couple myself from antique shops (I love antique shops!). The wee cabinet came from my brother John who got it at an antique shop. I love my collection, if I had a bigger apartment I would collect more!

By Christine Neary