Oh the memories us people have-I had to use my mothers big iron, and ironing board at the age of 8 years and did the ironing of my now husbands mothers ironing my mother took in-I learned early but got some of the money for spending on myself-snacks and stuff we didn't buy for the house-and yes I also bought a tea set with roses on it for $5.00 at the local dime store-no extras were given to me or my 2 brothers, we saved our money for things we wanted-Thanks for the Beautiful Memories-still with a tear in my eye.