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Post by dosierosie on Nov 4, 2006 16:16:50 GMT
Doing homework listening to Radio Luxemburg
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Post by patacake on Nov 10, 2006 22:43:45 GMT
I did that Rosie Yorkshire puddings made in a coal oven Wednesdays when my Girls Own comic arrived My first high heels Hearing my Mam and her sisters laughing about old times.
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Post by daveincicode on Nov 10, 2006 22:47:09 GMT
going to bed in the summer while it was still light outside. not being able to sleep the night before a holiday and then being woken at around 3am and being snuggled down on the back seat of the car on a dad made footwell infill for the journey to devon on a saturday morning
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Post by patacake on Nov 11, 2006 1:28:56 GMT
High tea Getting proper letters (not texts) saturday evenings in front of the tele.
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Post by Tortoiseshell on Nov 11, 2006 1:30:29 GMT
Lazy Saturday mornings Iced lemon splits in Brucciani's cafe Getting excited before playing / watching a football match
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Post by daveincicode on Nov 11, 2006 8:19:07 GMT
watching the wrestling on a saturday afternoon before grandad checked his pools coupon.
*sniff* I miss my grandad and the old days *waaaah!*
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Post by Monica N'tbayou-Love on Nov 11, 2006 8:31:20 GMT
Going shopping and having tea in a Lyons corner house Painting hard boiled eggs pretty colours on Good Friday between the hours of 12 and 3 as we weren't allowed out to play during that time (the Rev will know!) Eating sand at Burnham-on-Mud Wearing a bobbly swimming cossie, while my brother wore red woollen trunks that stretched Eating candy floss on the beach and burying it because I didn't like it Buying fudge and coconut ice from a vendor on the beach at Camber The Rag-n-bone man with his card Steamrollers
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Post by patacake on Nov 12, 2006 1:28:22 GMT
Going fishing with fishing net and jam jar Day trips to Matlock Bath Whips and tops and hop scotch Never having to go to funerals
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Post by Tortoiseshell on Nov 13, 2006 17:13:04 GMT
Heinz tomato soup
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Post by Marianne Regretit on Nov 13, 2006 17:14:23 GMT
Space Dust
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Post by lesbefriends on Nov 13, 2006 17:35:49 GMT
Blackjacks (4 for 1d) Collecting empty pop bottles and getting the deposits back Exchanging a pile of old newspaper at the chippy for a free bag of chips (and all the broken batter off the fish)
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Post by Monica N'tbayou-Love on Nov 13, 2006 17:51:33 GMT
the smell of autumn
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Post by patacake on Nov 13, 2006 18:16:22 GMT
Blackberrying making our own Xmas decorations
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Post by Monica N'tbayou-Love on Nov 13, 2006 18:24:10 GMT
oh yes - spending HOURS licking and sticking those paperchains!
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Post by patacake on Nov 13, 2006 19:25:03 GMT
Paper chains and paper lanterns - they were brill Tiddlywinks played on the kitchen table with a chenille cloth
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Post by Tortoiseshell on Nov 13, 2006 21:32:29 GMT
Yes, remember it well.
Making fairy cakes at school.
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Post by patacake on Nov 14, 2006 0:08:38 GMT
How about suet roly-poly puddings, wrapped in a cloth and boiled in a pan (why are all my nice memories about food?)
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Post by Marianne Regretit on Nov 14, 2006 9:59:52 GMT
Playing elastics in the playground - mind you it was murder on the legs!
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Post by lininjim on Nov 14, 2006 10:02:35 GMT
French skipping, very painful indeed!
Blackcurrant pie and crazy foam for lunch, I never found out what the crazy foam was made from.
Also, you could get some squirty stuff whereby the dispenser part was in the shape of a face or a head, I can't rmember if it was bubble bath (not Matey) or edible.
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Post by Marianne Regretit on Nov 14, 2006 10:12:10 GMT
Don't remember that but I do remember Ice Magic - wonderful stuff
and spangles - I adored spangles
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