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Title: something to keep your Tootsies warm
Post by: bigwull on August 22, 2012, 04:55:45 AM
It never ceases to amaze me what people throw out,I went to our local civic amenity skips today to dump garden waste,and whilst there, a woman was in the process of dumping a box of unwanted items...before she had achance to dump the box into a skip, i rescued a few items....one stone ware hot water bottle..and 2 x liquor measures,....liquor...where did that come from....God, I,m becoming Americanised LOL,
one is a 1/2 gill measure and the smaller one is a 1/5th of a gill,they are both made of pewter,
and they have the makers name on the underside
Harry Mason Ltd,Birmingham...which will be UK..and not Alabamha
Title: Re: something to keep your Tootsies warm
Post by: wendy177 on August 22, 2012, 05:26:47 AM
I love the stoneware hot water bottle! Have never seen one!
Title: Re: something to keep your Tootsies warm
Post by: ghopper1924 on August 22, 2012, 07:01:49 AM
That hot water bottle rules!
Title: Re: something to keep your Tootsies warm
Post by: bigwull on August 22, 2012, 10:40:52 AM
In the charity shops you can,sometime,s end up falling over them,as there,s that many of them...i,ll be using this one as a door stop,
Title: Re: something to keep your Tootsies warm
Post by: KC on August 22, 2012, 01:25:47 PM
Love this style of foot warmer!  They were also referred to as pig warmers - because they resembled the snout of a pig!

You will find that this style is much more prevalent on your side of the pond than ours!