13-11-2019, 12:42 AM
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I remember some of thoseI was going to mention trousers with a button fly but someone beat me to it
National dried milk in a grey can
concentrated orange juice in a flat glass bottle with a cork
Cod liver oil and malt extract
Portable paraffin heaters in winter - Aladin? Valor? in the hall and on the landing
A lit hurricane lamp next to the water pipe in the outside toilet in winter, to stop the pipe from freezing
Frost & ice on the inside of the bedroom window in the morning
Also frost & ice on the inside of the bus windows going to school - no doors of course, just an open platform
Dad's first car was a Ford Squire, about 1963 or 1964 - no heater, like many British cars of that era, and before.
Windscreen wipers were vacuum operated off the engine, so they went slower the faster you drove; and they went so fast when you stopped eg at a junction that they nearly took off
Elastic belts with a snake hook buckle
Grandpa brushing my hair and laying it down with Brilliantine
13-11-2019, 12:56 AM
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Carrying a knifeJust about every boy, and many of the girls in the village carried a knife of some kind.
It would be some kind of folding pocket knife, or a small sheath knife such as one by William Rodgers, and no-one thought anything about it
The most serious damage we did was something like carving our initials on a tree
Lotus petal front sandals - I think I've got that right
Seriously heavy engineered brass locks on toilet doors when you went to spend a penny
Folding plastic raincoats, like Pacamac and Stourmac
The man on the seaside holiday who took your photograph and gave you a ticket so you could collect it next day after it had been printed overnight
13-11-2019, 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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She used to put Jeyes Fluid in the water. When l complained it was stinging me, she said, ‘Shut up, its killing the germs’!It must’ve done, we were rarely ill.
13-11-2019, 01:36 AM
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Santa with his sack in the busy shopping areas at Christmas time. He would give a present to the children out of his sack for a couple of pennies.The decorated buses playing carols that drove round the roads with Santa waving to all the children.
Those were the days of innocence and wonder.
13-11-2019, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by May
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Gird and CleekThe gird and cleek (or hoop and stick) dates from around 1910. A gird is a plain iron hoop. A cleek is attached by an iron loop. The cleek is used to push the gird along. Using the cleek takes practice. When it is mastered playing with a gird is simple. Before streets filled up with cars many children played with girds rolling them along roads or pavements. Boys and girls would have races. Girds could also be made using old bicycle wheels, and the cleek could be a stick. This would push the wheel along. Pupils enjoy trying to master the tricky Gird!
Sorry I can't show You a picture ST
13-11-2019, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Omah
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I found a video:It looks like it should be easy but, obviously, it isn't .....
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