Senior Citizens: Long ago as a young jobseeker, did you move away from home & family to find work?

Yes - I loved the Blue Willow pattern - since I was a little girl. I had a children's set - that was a Christmas gift. I have collected it through out our married life and I have received many quaint serving dishes as gift - from friends and family.

I had a service of 24. Three different members of my family wanted my blue willow - so two years ago we divided them up between us. I kept enough for my husband and myself.

We make good use of it. There was a time when we needed that many dishes - for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Our family kept growing and we turned to paper plates.

I still have many pieces - displayed on shelves. Some are china - but most are Johnson's earthenware - made in England. I have a cute duck and a horse with the blue willow design - a gift from my son and grandson.

You are so very lucky to have your moms English bone china. It's priceless and I'm sure you know already know that. DeeJay.

My mother's china was very plain--it had a thin gold rim and just a small, delicate spray of forsythia in the center. In an era when it seemed like everyone else's china was covered with fussy flowers and other designs, I always thought that the simplicity of that graceful design was both unusual and very beautiful. Over the years the pieces got broken or disbursed among various family members.

I have just one platter now, but I treasure it.

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