Thread: Grandmothers Biscuit Tin

Summers76 · 14-09-2008, 12:56 AM

Grandmothers Biscuit Tin, you know the one, it may have once held Biscuits or even Toffees, but when it became empty, it was used to store family documents and the like.

Large ones, small ones even flat or tall ones....nearly every home had a special one. Maybe yours was Scenic views on the tin lid, or even a lovely Floral picture. I have some Royal Commemorate ones that my late Grandmother used. I think one was used as a Tea Caddy.

Another large round Toffee Tin, from years gone by, holds a multitude of Buttons, all shapes and colours.
Now the tins cover lids maybe fading but thats no matter as I keep special objects in one like....A Sea Shell from Scotland, also a wee Pine Cone, some shiney pebbles from Holy Island.....and a host of other items, each one can awake memories.

So hands up all members of Ancestry Aid, do you have your old Biscuit Tin Box?. And if you do what items do you keep in yours....blessings and (((((hugs)))))Summer

nanna · 14-09-2008, 01:15 AM

My biscuit tin holds buttons,zips cottons etc, I also use old biscuit tins to store some of my craft stock for my cards.

Flood · 14-09-2008, 09:07 AM

Ours is an old shoe box containing very old black and white photos of all my family, from both sides.

Sally

mollie · 14-09-2008, 05:35 PM

My Mum had a cardboard Tartan box in which she kept all the Birth/Death/Marriage certs and stuff. I remember the box from when I was a teenager and I suspect it was there before then. I am now the proud owner of the box. I inherited it and its contents (although I knew mostly what was in it ) when my Big Brother died last December. There were actually one or 2 things in it that I hadn't seen before or had been added since I last looked in it. I keep the box inside a box file to keep it safe and the contents of it are still there as everything in it is original. I use copies when I am doing stuff to my tree etc. Don't want to touch the old ones as they may spoil. There are things in there from the 1940's. ( 1840's) my mistake.......lol) I wonder how long the box will survive after I have gone...................bet my Mum didn't think it would last this long...........lol

Summers76 · 17-09-2008, 10:19 PM

Thank you for posting replies, its good to know I am not the only one, with the old certs and the black and white photographs etc. Summer

lizanne · 18-09-2008, 05:32 PM

I've got quiet a few old biscuit tins all inherited from family and friends,with photo's, old postcards,birthday cards, certificates and newspaper clippings in.
I even inherited a collection of old tins (empty) from my dad.
Glad I'm not on my own.

Summers76 · 20-09-2008, 12:36 AM

Hello lizzanne, like you I have a few old tins, some with great pictures on the covers. I noticed a few Christmases ago that some of the larger Biscuit makers, have started using lovely tin boxes, one from last year I use for my threads.....

cheers Summer

14-09-2008, 12:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Summers76 Committed Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England Posts: 68 Total Awards: 1	Grandmothers Biscuit Tin Grandmothers Biscuit Tin, you know the one, it may have once held Biscuits or even Toffees, but when it became empty, it was used to store family documents and the like. Large ones, small ones even flat or tall ones....nearly every home had a special one. Maybe yours was Scenic views on the tin lid, or even a lovely Floral picture. I have some Royal Commemorate ones that my late Grandmother used. I think one was used as a Tea Caddy. Another large round Toffee Tin, from years gone by, holds a multitude of Buttons, all shapes and colours. Now the tins cover lids maybe fading but thats no matter as I keep special objects in one like....A Sea Shell from Scotland, also a wee Pine Cone, some shiney pebbles from Holy Island.....and a host of other items, each one can awake memories. So hands up all members of Ancestry Aid, do you have your old Biscuit Tin Box?. And if you do what items do you keep in yours....blessings and (((((hugs)))))Summer
	'Born in England, but Heart and Roots in Ireland.' Researching; Lydon, Scanlon, Families. England/Ireland/Canada/America.

14-09-2008, 01:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
nanna Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside.U.K Posts: 11,524 Total Awards: 3	Re: Grandmothers Biscuit Tin My biscuit tin holds buttons,zips cottons etc, I also use old biscuit tins to store some of my craft stock for my cards.
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14-09-2008, 09:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
Flood AA SUPPORTER Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: A great place in Devon called Tiverton. Posts: 5,022 Total Awards: 4	Re: Grandmothers Biscuit Tin Ours is an old shoe box containing very old black and white photos of all my family, from both sides. Sally

14-09-2008, 05:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
mollie Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Isle of Man Posts: 1,686 Total Awards: 2	Re: Grandmothers Biscuit Tin My Mum had a cardboard Tartan box in which she kept all the Birth/Death/Marriage certs and stuff. I remember the box from when I was a teenager and I suspect it was there before then. I am now the proud owner of the box. I inherited it and its contents (although I knew mostly what was in it ) when my Big Brother died last December. There were actually one or 2 things in it that I hadn't seen before or had been added since I last looked in it. I keep the box inside a box file to keep it safe and the contents of it are still there as everything in it is original. I use copies when I am doing stuff to my tree etc. Don't want to touch the old ones as they may spoil. There are things in there from the 1940's. ( 1840's) my mistake.......lol) I wonder how long the box will survive after I have gone...................bet my Mum didn't think it would last this long...........lol
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17-09-2008, 10:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Summers76 Committed Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England Posts: 68 Total Awards: 1	Re: Grandmothers Biscuit Tin Thank you for posting replies, its good to know I am not the only one, with the old certs and the black and white photographs etc. Summer
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18-09-2008, 05:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
lizanne AA SUPPORTER Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sunny Lancashire Posts: 245 Total Awards: 2	Re: Grandmothers Biscuit Tin I've got quiet a few old biscuit tins all inherited from family and friends,with photo's, old postcards,birthday cards, certificates and newspaper clippings in. I even inherited a collection of old tins (empty) from my dad. Glad I'm not on my own.
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20-09-2008, 12:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
Summers76 Committed Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England Posts: 68 Total Awards: 1	Re: Grandmothers Biscuit Tin Hello lizzanne, like you I have a few old tins, some with great pictures on the covers. I noticed a few Christmases ago that some of the larger Biscuit makers, have started using lovely tin boxes, one from last year I use for my threads.....cheers Summer
	'Born in England, but Heart and Roots in Ireland.' Researching; Lydon, Scanlon, Families. England/Ireland/Canada/America.