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01-04-2017, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Boot ->
Waking up on Winter mornings to find ice on the inside of the window panes. Brrrrrrr!

Washing or bathing in cold water, when the fire wasn't lit to heat the water in the back boiler. Brrrrrrrrr!
Wasn't it just awful ?
I had terrible childblains on my feet and hands as a child and no wonder I was always cold.
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01-04-2017, 05:59 PM
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I don't miss our outdoor loo when I was a child .... gosh it was cold going out there in winter
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01-04-2017, 06:03 PM
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You didn't linger with a book that's for sure
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01-04-2017, 06:30 PM
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I don't miss the choice of toilet paper my grandma had in hers, cut up newspaper or a roll of sandpaper disguised as Izal
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01-04-2017, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Pie Man ->
I don't miss the choice of toilet paper my grandma had in hers, cut up newspaper or a roll of sandpaper disguised as Izal
IZAL ---- disgusting stuff,
When you think of the lovely soft ones we get now days,caress the nether regions.
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01-04-2017, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Meg ->
Sundays they were endless, church twice and sunday school /no shops open/ keep your frock clean/no games/maiden aunts visiting who ate all the cake at tea time

No wonder I am an atheist /humanist now
I agree Meg. I always found Sundays really boring. Also the fact there were no shops open in the Christmas holidays to buy batteries for our toys. These days there is always somewhere open.
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01-04-2017, 07:31 PM
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Camping!
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01-04-2017, 08:38 PM
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Hi

Poultices , the first sign of a sniff and on they went.
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01-04-2017, 10:05 PM
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Chronic Catarrh, how times change.
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02-04-2017, 08:45 AM
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Pubs closing at 11pm
 
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