Property News · November 26, 2016

Fridge magnetism: the cool place that’s full of our family’s warmth


Our kitchen fridge is an intimate and joyous exhibition, scrapbook, museum of memory and comedy stage for the entire householdIf the kitchen is the heart of the home, the fridge is the heart of our family, its raggedy jigsaw of photos and notes telling the story of our lives. There’s the card in the top left corner that proclaims, “Good friends are like stars, you don’t always see them but you know they’re always there”, sent by my best friend when her cancer kept us apart, put there before her death and a steadfast presence in the seven years since. There’s my sister and her partner on their wedding day in Brighton, joyfully celebrating 20 years together. My railway enthusiast father-in-law driving a train on his 80th birthday. My own father on his 80th, cornet to lips, proving there’s brass in the old blood yet. My mum laughing at a sign congratulating her on climbing a flight of stairs – and the postcard she’s told me she can’t understand, of a nuclear family sitting down to Sunday roast, the mother saying, “Isn’t this nice!”, the caption above stating “Practice for hell”. Related: Eric Morecambe: Growing up with a comic legend Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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