Re: Childhood memories
Originally Posted by
dandysmom
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One thing about our childhoods, they taught us how to cope and be adaptable!
The only heating we had in our house were coal fires, two downstairs and nothing at all upstairs. We used to go to bed wearing more clothes than we wore in the day lol.
My mum was a ward sister at the local hospital and worked mainly nights. My dad would start work about 6am and my three older brothers were all working and would be gone early - just up and out the door, no hanging about. Me and my sister while still at primary school would get up to a freezing house and first thing we would do is scrape out the grate and set the fire, screwed up paper and wood underneath, coal on top - the sheet of newspaper across the front to make it draw - we were experts at it, and the fire would be roaring up the chimney in no time, heating the water and warming the house. We'd make ourselves porridge on the stove, have breakfast, wash it all up, make our beds, check the fire (and make sure the guard was on obviously) and then off for a mile and half walk to school in all weathers. When my mum got in from work, it was to a warm, tidy house and a hot bath.
How many 7 and 9 year olds could manage that today do you think?