Each edition of Living 60+ includes a fun game with photos of items from the past. Many are no longer in use but were part of everyday life way back when.
So look through the photos and then check out the descriptions below.
ITEM 1
This item is part of a family of sewing notions that included eggs, mushrooms, and balls. Some eggs and balls have handles. They could be made stone, porcelain, wood or similar hard material that allowed users to do darning, often socks or clothing. Some were hollow so that thimbles, needles and other notions could be stored inside.
This is a wooden darning egg.
Darning egg
ITEM 2
West Indes rum plantations in the 18th century used to use a stick from a particular tree to mix drinks. In the middle of the 20th century, when tourism became possible for many average income earners, they would often bring these home in their luggage, a souvenir of their time away from home.
Since swizzle sticks were often collected, so hotels, resorts and other tourist-related businesses often printed their names on them.
Swizzle stick
ITEM 3
The lettering says 'Compliments of your Fuller Brush dealer' and was a premium given to help the company advertise. The company started in 1906 and sold household items and personal grooming products, becoming part of popular culture because of door-to-door sales. It has changed hands several times over the years but is still in operation.
This plastic bottle cap, from the 1950s, came in various colours.
Fuller Brush Company reusable bottle cap
ITEM 4
These metal devices are very handy in the kitchen. Labelled Pyrex with the flame logo, they are detachable handles for Pyrex sapphire blue glass cookware. More expensive models were made from medal and Pyrex glass.
Detachable Pyrex cookware handle
