30 Genius British Nan Habits That Save You A Fortune

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  @lynclarke6184 · 6 months ago

  The difference is that women were valued homemakers. One wage kept the family.

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  @juststoppingby390 · 6 months ago

  Is it me or were they happier times. As a child we lived like this and things seemed so much calmer simpler and happier

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• CA

  @cassieoz1702 · 7 months ago

  &quot;What&apos;s for dinner?&quot; Started with &quot;what needs eating up?&quot; and NOT &quot;what do I fancy?&quot;.

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  @vivienhodgson3299 · 6 months ago

  Every Friday evening, my Grandad would hand over his wage packet to my Nana, and she would divide the money as necessary. &nbsp;First off, she handed him his &apos;baccy money for his pipe. &nbsp;That was usually the only concession. &nbsp; Then, she would put the necessary amount in little pots in various places around the house...so much for the rent, so much for electricity, so much for housekeeping, etc. &nbsp;It worked well, but the trouble was that burglars were wise to this common system, and they once had most of the money stolen from her little hoards when their house was broken into while they slept. &nbsp;They acquired a dog. &nbsp;It never happened again, and in the end their little spaniel was a godsend for another reason: it sensed when my Grandad went blind, and without any training at all, would keep him right when they went for walks.

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• JO

  @joycecylkowski6213 · 6 months ago

  Use it up, wear it out, make do or do without.

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• LI

  @LimegreenLlama · 6 months ago

  I am a millennial, and I was looked after by my Nan while my mum went to work (she was still a good and hands on mum.) She taught me how to cook, bake, sew, darn, knit, and crochet. I now have a husband and 3 children of my own, I am a SAHM, and I homeschool. We own our 5 bed house and both of our cars (with no help from anyone.) We &nbsp;have zero debt on a single middle income (I have never owned a credit card/store card), and I do all but 2 of the things in this video. It really does help, and I owe most of it to my Nan (now in her 90s), who I am still very close with ❤

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  @karenmyhill6226 · 6 months ago

  And this generation complain that we don&apos;t recycle.its all we ever knew

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  @lizstevenson7801 · 6 months ago

  I grew up with all these things in my life as it was the normal way, today at 80yrs old I still live by these rules and have passed many onto my children and grandchildren. Living my life this way has given me the knowledge of how to cope with every situation and survive intact. I live a basic life now, light breakfast plus still cook a hot meal at lunch time and having a snack or sandwich for tea or supper &nbsp;each day. No clutter or extra cleaning for me. Back to basics, make do and mend.

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  @LadyLouiseBee · 6 months ago

  I grew up in the 70s in England and this is exactly how my life was. I still do all of these and my boys all know how to be thrifty too…..and can all cook!

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  @unalikerose · 6 months ago

  They used to teach, &nbsp;Home Economics, in schools back then. It wasn&apos;t just cooking classes. &nbsp;It was also nutrition, &nbsp;sewing, house keeping (basic health and hygiene for the home and family) how to balance a ledger for the bills etc. We&apos;ve lost so much. Housewives were valued now these days mocked.<br>Just curious does anyone else still open the windows of their house in the morning to let the bad air out and the fresh in? <br>That&apos;s an old health and hygiene tip from the past.

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  @Ashley-j8f · 6 months ago

  I am extremely frugal...however meat prices are way too expensive today...wool socks are too expensive to buy...don&apos;t have enough money to buy in bulk...live on beans potatoes eggs...no money for extras...happy to have what I have...blessed

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