12-07-2011, 10:43 PM
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Talk of balsa wood and glue reminds me of the kites we used to make - just a wooden cross shape, sometimes from balsa wood, brown paper and string with a tail of string decorated with colourful sweet wrappers. We'd fly them 'down't fields' whenever we got a chance. Of course, the string came from the woollen mill where dad worked - spindle band he called it. Come to think of it, he made us skipping ropes with spindle handles and rope from the mill!!
12-07-2011, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Joan
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I remember getting the words Exodus and Oxydol mixed up in a religion lesson at junior school. I guess it would have given those ancient Israelites a clean escape, but the teacher was not amused.My maiden name was Gibbs, and that was the main, or perhaps only, toothpaste brand in post war Britain, so of course my nickname was toothpaste. (These days it would have to be Steradent)
was that in Aus . I remember Oxydol, did they have the same products as we have here or were you raised in the UK ?
13-07-2011, 07:55 AM
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'Airfix' plastic kits when I was a kid - made a whole fleet of battleships Bismarck, Scharnhorst, KG5, Hood, Victorious all of which used to stand on the top of the pelmets in the lounge until Dragon (my Mother) went dusting and managed to knock bits off of them or knock them down and they would break as they hit the floor. Also had a an air fleet too, Spitfire, ME109, Me 110, Stuka, JU88, Fairy Gannet, Swordfish, Sea Vixen.13-07-2011, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Joan
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I was raised in Yorkshire and still have my accent!!
sorry yes I see that now looking back on your introduction post. Do you miss Yorkshire, I guess you have your memories which will aways remain with your accent (Perhaps you can start a thread telling us about the differences).
13-07-2011, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Joan
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I was raised in Yorkshire and still have my accent!!
Joan darlin' - for a short while (18 months) I had a job and an apartment in West Yorkshire - in Batley - was that anywhere near where you used to live???
13-07-2011, 11:15 AM
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Hi Meg and Uncle Joe,I certainly miss Yorkshire, especially cycling and hiking in the Dales, not to mention decent fish n chips and the lovely pubs.
I married a Batley lad: he was in the Royal Navy at the time. I'm from Mirfield myself, a short bike ride from Batley. We grew up around the dark satanic mills, but now, daft as a brush, I miss the things, though many are gone, and others gentrified in various ways.
Australia is a good place to live - there is no doubt about that, and our two sons are happy and are doing well in life: it was for them that we came here - as far away from Thatcher as we could get, in 1979.
I watch in horror as Cameron out-Thatchers Thatcher, though Britain does not have the monopoly on awful politicians: we've got our share here!
Comparisons between the two countries might be interesting - I'll have a think about that.
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