12-11-2019, 10:19 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by Jazzi
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Making and riding jiggers.Having to sit or stand by the home phone because it was connected by a cable.
The A and B buttons in a public call box. Can anyone remember their purpose?
12-11-2019, 10:20 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by Judd
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From what I remember, you put your money in and dialled your number. When it was answered, you pressed button A to complete your call. If it wasn't answered, you pressed button B to get your money back.
12-11-2019, 10:22 PM
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Navy Blue Knee length knickers with pocket for hanky and two pennies.Singing in the street in a circle :
The Farmers in his Den
The Farmers in his Den
E I N G O The Farmer in his Den
The Farmer pics a wife..etc.
Later Hotpants, and Jane Russell tight blouses, with bras pulled up to your ears, age sixteen.
"Get those clothes off now" shouted Father
I did, and sneaked them out in a bag and changed at the Dance Hall for over eighteens.
I knew the Door Man and promised him free Coffee in our Coffee Bar if he let my friends and I in.
Danced to Joe Loss and his Orchestra and fancied the Trumpeter. The Bandsmen just smiled and did not take advantage of girl's crushes.
Those were the days when boys and men did not swear, and all had good manners as well.
And..reading Lady Chatterley's Lover behind the Bike Shed
Oh My!
12-11-2019, 10:50 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by Judd
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Bloody 'ell, you have a good memory. 
12-11-2019, 11:02 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
It looks like it should be easy but, obviously, it isn't .....
12-11-2019, 11:16 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Well at least Judd there wasn't a Welsh or Geordie bloke who I couldn't understand reading it.....
12-11-2019, 11:32 PM
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Re: Things from your childhood that no one will know now
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
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