The General Chat Thread (2025)

Yes they are good people, we also share food sometimes like cakes, biscuits, etc. I think they didn’t realise that it was so early and I am sure the apologies were sincere.
Thats nice to hear. I immediately imagined inconsiderate neighbours which is a whole different ball game.
 
I’ve just discovered something quite disappointing about my Willow pattern tea set.
Lead was commonly used in the paint and glaze right up until the 90’s when lead paint was banned in the UK!
Some of it contains very high levels and the only way to know is to test it.
So I’ve ordered some lead testing swabs and will have to check it all before I use it.
As the back stamps vary it was clearly collected over time from different sources. I imagine I’m going to have to disregard a chunk of it.
 
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