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Old 10-27-2010, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rhsgypsylady View Post
My Blue Willow China collection. I've been collecting since 1970 when my mother (who is deceased now) bought me my first set of BW dishes with S&H Green Stamps. Anyone remember those?
Hi rhsgypsylady,

Yes, I do...

and I also remember the story.

And I bet you know it, too...

the story the Blue Willow pattern tells -- about the young couple who loved each other but were not allowed to be together because her father had promised her to a wealthy, old man. So the young lovers ran away and were turned into doves by the gods.

Those are such pretty dishes. I was told the story of the pattern many, many years ago by someone dear to me who used those dishes every day. I have a warm spot in my heart for Blue Willow dishes.

Boomer

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