I'm envious of those who are using grandma's boards from 100 years ago!! What treasures you have. I bought my Mary Proctor board at a flea market about 40 years ago and it has served me very well over the years. It did have an extenstion to plug in and hold the cord up and out of the way but that broke some time ago. It's a solid, heavy ironing board that doesn't wobble. Only downside is that it's very hard to find a replacement cover (and very expensive), My other one, which I rarely use, is much newer, wobbly, thin, lightweight and too small.