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What kind of things do you remember from Childhood

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MillymollyAmanda

MillymollyAmanda Report 18 Feb 2025 13:33

Oh my goodness good job I read my post through the word post came up wrong with an I instead of the o , I told you this ipad will get me in trouble :-D

MillymollyAmanda

MillymollyAmanda Report 18 Feb 2025 13:30

Afternoon all, Nice to be back together ,

Very chilly here even with the sun now and again ,the cold gets right to your bones .
We nipped out to the post box and called into Morrisons ,I don't think we've been in our morrisons for over a year and it doesn't look like we've been missing much .
We were going to Tesco's but the traffic that way was awful ,I think it's all the traffic for the Range that opened last Friday so thats why we went to morrisons .

Oh Mel I hope your foot pain soon eases but if it doesn't go get it checked out there's a lot of tiny bones in your foot you might have snapped one , it's giving you a rest though and a catch up with your miniatures with the sitting about .



Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 18 Feb 2025 12:02

Hi Gwyn you popped in as I was typing.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 18 Feb 2025 11:58

I'm so pleased we are all back together again. I really miss you lot when we can't talk on here. You always know someone will pop in with something to say.

I rng Em and she came round and said she would feed the chickens for me, put my sock on the bad foot and went and got me some more paracetamol caplets she had as I have only got the great big capsules. Then she went home and came back with two egg boxes and she had a dozen eggs which was good as the tray is overflowing after todays two so far. She's coming back later to corn the girls for me. She has to take Goerge to Bideford and Sam to Torrington to meet friends. She's not too happy about Sam going and he said he did'nt want to wear a coat but the winds bitter here again today.

I feel so helpless not being able to do anything. I may just do soem painting as I hav'nt done any lately and I have some bits to drill out too so all sitting down jobs.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 18 Feb 2025 11:56

Good morning all.
Good to see you all again :-D

Yesterday was a very busy day for me, both locally and online, where I was trying to reply to a group of college friends, as we are hoping to all meet up later in the year.

Periodically, I tried checking into Genes, so it's good to see it working again today.

Mel, I hope you are hoing OK.
Should you get someone to take you to have your foot checked?
I hope the bruises are not too painful today <3

Good to see Vera is a bit better now <3
Don't wear yourself out trying to catch up.

Hope you all have a less troublesome day today :-)

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 18 Feb 2025 11:15

Good morning

I’m glad we are back at last. Sunny but cold here today and we have a plumbing problem so have emergency plumbers coming late afternoon. I’ll explain later. Must get on now as I’m trying to catch up on jobs I didn’t do when the migraine was so bad and I am also going to have our main meal at lunchtime as I don’t know how long the plumbers will be here, so I need to get that prepared.

Hope to bbl.

Annx

Annx Report 18 Feb 2025 10:13

Morning All,

Goodness me we are back again! The sun is shining brightly now as well so the day is improving. I'm off to the shop next and then will start on my jobs list! BBL.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 18 Feb 2025 09:58

Just had a message from Jamie to say problem sorted so hope we stay on line now.

it is 2 degrees now here, had to go out to take the garden bin back in and it was a wee bit chilly so, as Ann advises I will wrap up warm. Mel will be pleased that we are back. Yes I too feel sort of alone when the site goes down and was gateful for the group email.

Mel if you get a group email when you reply, if you press the reply arrow, then press it again and it should bring up a list which includes ;reply to all'. :-)

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 17 Feb 2025 12:57

Thanks Mel.
Ann good job you didn't put on an unexpected show for the window cleaner. At least ours need to let us know when he is coming or he couldn't get in the gates. It really is an inconvenience that these doctors only work at the surgery part time. Inconvenience to patients not doctors.
Ah pleased that you are around Vera but sorry to hear that you had another bad miigraine. Are they more frequent now, was there a trigger for this one? It must be frustrating, besides being painful.
The sun is till shining here and it is 5 degrees. certainly not warm, I wrapped up and did an hour in the garden cutting a lot of overgrown stuff back. My hands were cold but I wanted to get something done as it is brown bin day tomorrow. And 'pay for next year's brown bin month' in March. that year has seemed to have flown by since last paying.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 17 Feb 2025 12:20

Good to know your ok if not well at the moment Vera.

Ade is here and well into cutting the tree up. I must take some pics!!!! He has had a look at oh's fishing gear aand said it is worth a lot more than what I was offered for it by my buider.

My first post should have read.

Nice brightish day here and I don't know if there was a frost but its all gone now if we did have one. Its 5 dgrees and says expectrain shhowers on Thursday. Still a really cold wind here though.



SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 17 Feb 2025 11:49

Hallo everyone
Thank you for your concern. Yes, I have been knocked sideways with a doosie of a migraine. It started on Friday and I’m only just coming out of it. Late yesterday afternoon I thought I would be able to do a couple of posts but after a short post on another thread I had to give up as the words were jumping over the screen so I never got as far as posting on here.

I’m not stopping now as I still have a lot of pain above my left eye and I don’t want to push my luck. Hopefully I’ll be back tomorrow.

Annx

Annx Report 17 Feb 2025 11:05

Morning All,

Colder than ever here first thing, but the sun is out now. The windowcleaner came early so lucky we weren't in the shower. We bothe slept quite well last night.

I saw Vera had posted on another thread I think yesterday or maybe the day before yesterday, so hopefully she is ok.

OH has rung the surgery about his referral and it should be ready to collect this afternoon. As we thought the doctor doing it works part time and wasn't in work on Friday to do it. We are popping out to the shop and then to Screwfix as we need some brighter bulbs that are LED for the conservatory.

Good the apple tree is getting sorted out Mel. Hope you get through some of your jobs list AnnG. Mandy I have a wash to do as well. I have hoovered the bathroom, hall, study and main bedroom, cleaned the bathroom sink and worktops and windowsill and cleaned the kitchen sink.

More trouble with the front door so we need to get the engineer back, but the phone is constantly engaged so will try again when we get back. We are using the backdoor to go out incase we can't lock it again. Better get changed and get going so toodle pip for now.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 17 Feb 2025 10:39

Mel, any chance you could tell me what the first para of your post means : :-S :-D

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 17 Feb 2025 09:44

Morning girls,

Ne brightishring here and I don't know if there was a frost but its all gone now if we did have one. Its 5 dgrees and saaysxpect thee brightness will go soon. Stilla it windreally cold.

I too hope Vera is ok and has'nt got one off her heads again. They can last a few days when she gets one.

Had a message from Ade's wife this morning to say he will be round later to see to the apple tree in the orchard so thats good. I have been rushing around to get ready as I was still in bed when I got the message.

Hope the others slept well.

BBL.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 17 Feb 2025 09:18

Mandy, yes she did actually have a headache the last time she was on here. Do hope you are OK Vera. <3

MillymollyAmanda

MillymollyAmanda Report 17 Feb 2025 08:55

Morning Anng, morning all,

Lovely sunny morning here but we too had a frost ,got a couple of loads of washing to get in the machine and I need to hoover through then give the bedrooms a dust so a few jobs to do.
I meant to say yesterday no Vera ,hope she hasn't had one of her really bad heads again.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 17 Feb 2025 08:16

Good morning all -1 out there and frost on roofs. Quite bright at the moment though with light blue patches in the sky. Slept OK woke at 0600 and went back to sleep and woke again at 0730, could have dozed off again but decided to get up. Not that I have any plans for today. Still got plenty of small jobs on my list.
Hope everyone else had a good night. Not sure that we saw Vera yesterday so hope she is OK.

Vera last posted with just a very short birthday wish wo Mel on the 14th. so do hope that all is well there.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 16 Feb 2025 21:54

How interesting to find all that Ann were you able to make a copy of it for your records.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 16 Feb 2025 20:58

Wow Annx that was a great find. Wwhat precious info and things you did'nt know what a gift.

Annx

Annx Report 16 Feb 2025 19:45

I just had a look at the old newspapers as I had an email link which said they were free this weekend (I only spotted it tonight though). How great to see my maternal grandparents' Diamond Wedding Anniversary announcement in 1959! It confirmed a few things mum had told me and more. They had 11 children and 9 survived and at that time they had 40 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Grandad started work at age 13 and finished at age 78. I always wondered why they had a piano, but it said grandad was an accomplished pianist and violinist, which I didn't know, and played the concertina. I remember him having and playing a piano accordian. They had lived in the tiny cottage I knew for 40 years and I never knew grandad came from the village next to the one where we lived in Staffordshire. It also said grandma used to entertain people with her dancing at the local Derby and Joan. I didn't know that either!