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{Favourite Find Friday} Old Buttons

15/3/2013

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Today's favourite find is a little different as it's something I'm keeping for myself rather than a fantastic vintage item I've discovered for our shop. 

I found these grubby old buttons in the British Red Cross shop on Burleigh St. They may not look like much, but as soon as I saw them I knew I had to have them! 
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Hoping that my memory had not failed me, I rushed home and got my Grandpa's World War II jacket out of the cupboard, and there they were staring back at me - the exact same buttons. 

Here they are side by side... 
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Now I can use them to replace the two that are missing from my Grandpa's 'Battledress Blouse' and sew them on as he perhaps did many years before. 
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Here's the jacket in all it's glory. It's in pretty good condition considering it's over 60 years old, was evacuated at Dunkirk and who knows what else! It's a testament to a time when clothing was built to last. 
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My Grandpa married my Nan in 1942 and here he is wearing his uniform on his wedding day. Doesn't he look dashing? 
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Grandpa died last year, so I treasure the things we have inherited from him. It touches me that objects from the past can help maintain a connection with those that we have lost. Memories and sense of the person that they were can be carried on long after they are gone. 

Do you have any treasured items that were passed on to you? 
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15/3/2013 13:38:32

Lovely post Sophie, what a great find!

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