noodlesaintpasta

noodlesaintpasta t1_itctxla wrote

You must be a youngun’. In the 1900’s people would reuse these tins, or in my family, red fruitcake tins, to store things. Most grannies kept their miscellaneous sewing stuff in there. I personally had one that I kept all my little beads in (for making yarn necklaces) when I was around 4.

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