• Aga in America

where am I?

  • 13 November 2008 13:53

    Handwritten memories

    I've had another morning at the kitchen table, opening letters from Aga owners from all over the country. The vast majority of those I receive are handwritten in proper ink, which I find really charming and delightful. I feel as if I've stepped back in time and love the fact there are still so many people who do things properly.

    In this day and age of instant communication, it seems to me that the letters we leave behind will form a valuable social history for those who come after us.

    So far today - as well as the usual Aga pictures - I've received some lovely poems, which I hope to publish here once I can obtain the writers' permissions. I've also had lots of pictures of dogs, cats and children in front of the Aga, but although I've heard lots of stories, I've yet to see a picture of a lamb being revived in the warming oven. So if there are any photographs out there, I'd love to see them.

    I've also heard from a number of ladies who reliably inform me that if they were forced to choose, they'd keep the Aga rather than their husbands.

    Interestingly, most of these came from the West Country, so I think the men there perhaps need to pull their socks up a bit.

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