What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today?
I wear it all the time,except when I’m at work,my grandma’s bracelet.It is well over 100 years old, and even at the time my grandfather bought it for her it was an expensive piece.
I don’t even know how I was given it,my mum must have passed it on to me when she was alive. I’ve had it valued. its cartage is high, so I asked the jeweller to put a safety chain on it as the clasp is quite worn. I feel safe wearing it now, and because it’s almost pure gold, it won’t make a mark on my wrist.
When my grandmother (known as nanny) was young and courting ,things were much harder for people, and she would have had a small wrist. So I’m pleased the bracelet fits me,the style of it helps as it’s not round but elliptical.
There is a pattern on the top side of it,and this has worn through time ,which, of course, makes it more valuable to me.It reminds me of her as I remember staying with her for the whole of one summer,she had the most lovely birthday party for me,I must have been about five.
Dublin was our safety net, and I now know my parents were concerned as 1960’s tenement Glasgow was not a good place to be,so I was packed off.
It also makes me think how much my grandfather loved her,he was a Cooper at Guiness’s, which must have been a very good job at the time.He gave her an expensive piece of jewellery which has proved stylish and timeless and helps me remember many happy times. Isn’t it funny what love can do?
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