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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]The cold stone in the pantry was called the "thrawl" -remember the meat safe? No fridges, meat was kept in a kind of wooden cupboard with a mesh door -so the flies kept off it. Also we had mesh umbrella type contraptions which were used to cover cakes etc in the pantry -you can still buy them today-along with cotton doilies weighted down with beads to cover the milk jug -you can still buy them too-but back then Mum used to crochet them.[/quote]
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This message was updated on 3/31/2007 3:20:11 PM by suzard

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replied on: 3/31/2007 3:19:22 PM

The cold stone in the pantry was called the "thrawl" -remember the meat safe? No fridges, meat was kept in a kind of wooden cupboard with a mesh door -so the flies kept off it.
Also we had mesh umbrella type contraptions which were used to cover cakes etc in the pantry -you can still buy them today-along with cotton doilies weighted down with beads to cover the milk jug -you can still buy them too-but back then Mum used to crochet them.

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