Things Nan taught me

[tillyh345]

I was just thinking of a saying my nan used to say " Girls are daughters all of their life and sons are sons until they take a wife! " So true as is turns out I had two sons!! What wise things did your Nan leave you with? She also taught me to knit, crochet, crosswords, bake.

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

My nan taught me to knit, crochet, bake, tie my shoelaces, garden, that elderberries were edible and how to fold a cone to put sugar in for rhubarb

[DTCwordfan]

The favourite story of mine came at my wedding.

She was suffering from dementia and was in a home - one of the unfortunate side effects that thoughts and expressions about sex had become a bit of a pre-occupation.

Anyway, come her leaving the party in the evening she said to my ex and I,
"I hope you two have had a good day and I hope that you have a better night."

Those were the last words she spoke to me compos mentis........and a great way to remember her.

[joko]

my nan taught us to play bingo, cards, dominoes and gamble. haha!

[DTCwordfan]

She made Cornish pasties which were like lard bricks in the stomach but she also made wonderful cakes and pink blancmange - a 1950s/60s vodkaandcoke perhaps...

[EvianBaby]

My grandma (she hated nan) taught me how to iron my Grandads under crackers.

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

I forgot about the gambling. Yep, my nan taught me that too. Cards, bingo, tiddlywinks, anything like that.
She also taught me that a tennis ball in a stocking makes a toy that will entertain for hours

[tillyh345]

What a lovely thread this is turning out to be - lots of lovely memories of lovely nans/grans. They can be a real important role in the family, and memories live on in families. Great one from DTCrosswordfan!!

[tillyh345]

Oh yes Bingo my nan loved her Bingo!

[emmie]

she taught me that boys are valued more than girls.

[shaneystar2]

I only knew my maternal grandmother .She taught me to knit .Called me "my maid " and chased me with a broom if I was cheeky .She made hevva cake that sat in your stomach for days .She always wore a wrap around apron.
On her last legs she moved into the front bedroom with us and I used to sit with her .Doctor said light diet so Dad went and got fillets of plaice which my mother cooked in milk for her .I was delegated to take it up on a tray .
"Hmmm..what you have lot got then ....fry up nanny ..well take this bloody muck away and tell your mother I want a fry up too " She died two days later

[gertrud]

my maternal nan taught me kindness, smiles, happiness having that warm feeling when ever I visited her, oh how much I treasure her wisdom. My paternal nan taught me never to judge a book by it's colour as I grew up being in direct firing line of her judgements. So in effect I have I learned both sides of the coin, thank you to both my grandparents.

[Marygreencroft]

My grandma was a very strict straight laced woman who we found out after she died had a bit of a past! I was closest to my grandad who taught me patience and forbearance, a great love of books, (I used to go with him to the library where he 'shoplifted' a few extra each time as his legs were bad and it was a long walk. I helped him sneak them back on the shelves when he returned them.)
He also taught me rebellion by cutting off my long curls when Mum and Grandma were out and how to spit cherry stones long distances. He died when I was 13 sixty years ago but he'll always be in my heart.

[290768]

My gran taught me that if you keep your bets to second favorites, she loved horse racing.
She also taught me how to disappear she moved house a lot and it used to take ages to find her.

[daisya]

Unfortunately I cannot remember my mother's mother...she died when I was three.....<sigh>

[Figgypud]

She taught me - how to make piccalilli and how to kill eels.