Re: Finished at last
Originally Posted by
clumsy
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It all looks very nice. I wish you many more happy years in your lovely home.
Well thank you for your good wishes . As this is the 5th house we have had we won't be wanting to move again, the upheaval is getting too much.
Thinking back over the years I still remember the struggle to get out first terraced 2 bed house way back in 1972 with what was known as gazumping was rife. if it wasn't for a cousin-in law who was a builder among other things we would not got our foot on the housing ladder.Having just got married after saving hard, and I do mean hard for nearly 2 years (5 jobs between us). Walking through that front door for the first time and shutting the world out is something I will never forget.
Just as an example of how tight our money was, we spent nearly an hour in a store in the winter sales looking to see if we could afford a copper bottom milk saucepan for 50p.
it took another month to start getting cutlery set together
Viners sable knifes were £1 each so you can imagine how long it took to get a set of 6 knifes forks spoons etc and we still have them.