Re: Reminiscent of my childhood days
Re: Reminiscent of my childhood days
Remember growing up in the 50's too. Icicles on the inside of the bedroom windows making pretty patterns, quilted nylon bed covers with matching pillowcase, Hot water bottle in the bed and dad's heavy old Army greatcoat always placed on top of the covers once I was in bed. newspaper in my brother's shoes when snowing, shoes warmed by the fire, toast made by a real fire Out in the morning with pals, back at teatime. playing in fields, woods and streams without fear. Hopscotch on the pavements, Hide and Seek on the green, Marbles with my brothers and their pals, making go-karts with disused prams, being the guinea pig to test it downhill, eating every meal at the table, cooked breakfast or Scott's Porridge Oats with hot milk and sugar, reading comics, four proper seasons in the year.Re: Reminiscent of my childhood days
Did anyone have to say prayers before eating? Were you made to sit at the table till you had eating everything that was on your plate? No pudding unless you ate all your dinner? No talking at the table? Sit there till your Mum and Dad had finished eating? Not get down from the table till told to?Re: Reminiscent of my childhood days
Re: Reminiscent of my childhood days
Re: Reminiscent of my childhood days
Re: Reminiscent of my childhood days
Re: Reminiscent of my childhood days
Remember raiding the bins looking for ginger bottles get money back on the them; going into the baker shop see if they had any broken biscuits the wee woman always found some; Chip in together so one of us could get into the afternoon matinee they in turn go down to the toilets where the emergency
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