General Chat

Piers,

I would like to add my three pennies worth, I have been with the thread for over two years now. We may not reply to each other all the time. But we do a lot of Emails and PMs. and through that we have got to know one and other quite well. If I feel down though one thing or another I know I can always contact someone, who will be there to listern and offer help. We have become FRIENDS now, and I think I speak for all of us, that we are happy with that.
Regards to Childhood memories. I think a lot of the "GIRLS" are a lot younger than me, and they wouldn't understand a lot of things I would talk about. I can go back to evacuation in the war, and all that went with it. If as some, were born in the 50s that wouldn't be of interest to them. so I try to stick with things that we all enjoy.

The neighbour came in at teatime ,to show us his wifes scan. 12 week old BABY. First one I have ever seen.The detail is amazing. Don't know what it is yet.

With all respect Piers, If you do not like our thread for whatever reasons, you do not have to join, and we can do without you preaching to us about MANNERS.

Hello Frank,

You say you are all good friends, but I believe you are the chap who had a spat with one of the ladies - or am I mistaken ? I have read all the posts and consider it very clique. Sorry, but that's my opinion. I'm sure others must feel the same or else they would contribute - but they don't. I rest my case.

Why don't you rest your case elsewhere.

Hi everyone
Good evening Piers , I too was brought up to know good & bad manners and have passed them on to my children and I even say to my 1 year old granddaughter thankyou when she hands me something, you cannot start to teach good maners to soon.

We all have become good friends and like Frank says we can always come on and tell all our worries & problems and there will always be some one who offers good and caring advice,

Frank it's wonderful what you can see from a baby scan. I remember when I first saw Sofia's first scans , this little baby with one hand up which looked like she was waving. actually we know now that she must have been asleep at the time the scan was done as she still lies with her right hand up when she is fast asleep on her back

I am off to bed now busy day tomorrow going to buy flooring for daughter no2 front bedroom, thats the last bit to do before they put the furniture back in , they have decided to make it into a study so daughter can do her uni work.
night night
xxxx

Good night to all who are still around. Going on Ebay to have a look around, to see if there is anything I fancy.

Night Frank....dont get carried away with that e bay!

Hello Piers-------
sorry you couldn't have read some of our WW11 Memories Bliz food ration
clothes shortage,EVAC's Land girls, All very INTERESTING and worth while Posted by some very interesting people on here.Who have come to know each other very well----Hence the CHIT CHAT From time to time

now just the other day Frank reminded us (((old-ones)) about how we had to mend our pot with a screw and washer Do you remember that
Piers or are you to young?
And we do love to talk about all the food . Unlike the war years-- Makes us thankfull.
Yes we also Digress at times --But only waiting for some NEW MEMORIES to pop in.

So i do hope you will share some Piers xxxxxx

Toodle Pips everyone .Sweet Dreams.xx

Morning all,

What were yiou doing at Midnight then Jane ???? upto no good no doubt.!!

Rain in the night, Looks cold out there this morning.
Going to get Showered and shaved, then off to the Birthday Party. Got my pressie, Wonder what will be in my goodie bag, when we leave.????.

Won't be around today, but might see you this evening
HAVE A GOOD DAY

Talking of TV progs, do you remember 'Little House on the Prarie'? My daughter is called Laura, and she totally identfied with Laura Ingles, kept her happy for years!!! Today is cold! been raining all night and Merlin is looking really disgruntled in his stable! will have to ride him later (OH not me!) bit too cold for the trap!!! How's little Alfie? better I hope. Off to de-flea Millie, she's scratching, Yuk!!!!

Morning All,

We have just had a huge clap of thunder right over the bungalow. It shot all the electric out and both pc's off. Just as well we have backup boxes.

Had a nice lunch out yesterday in Bideford. Went to the Wi**y. One of my favorites.

Whilst writing this I had to answer the door!!

A big box arrived!!!!!!!

Thank you ALL so much for the beautiful flowers............


What really good friends I have.

Thankyou very very much they have brightened a dull day and I shall have to take a pic of them to show you all.

Thanks all Mel xx

You are most welcome my love. This is for a special YOU. who is always there for us all, when we need HELP. That what FRIENDS are for. Enjoy them.

In Reply to Your Pm Jill,

You say that you are one of the ' younger' members of this site. However, I'm not entirely sure as to why I need to know that - unless you feel that I'm looking for a relationship - which I'm not.

In Reply to Your Comments Fiona.

Good Manners must surely encompass more than just ''please and thank you''. Reading through this thread, I can see that there have been several bereavements. Some of those bereavements have involved young children. Is it therefore good manners to talk endlessly about Christmas, knowing that for some of your 'friends', this will be a very painful time. Personally, I do not think so.

There is much more I could say, but actually I have a life to lead . My purpose is not to 'wreck' your thread or to argue with any one of you. To return to my original point - this thread is entitled ''What kind of things do you remember from childhood' - but really it isn't about that at all. My perception is that the group is extremely 'clique' and at the end of the day, I'm entitled to my opinion.

Piers, Why don't you SOD off and leave us friends to enjoy our lives, We don't need wind up merchants like you. !!! If you have a life to lead, how come you spent so much time reading through our thread. You must have one hell of a boring life.

Morning to you all
I'm glad you like the flowers Mel.As you say they will brighten up a dull day there.It is bright here blue sky and cloud.I think we are forecast rain .

Anyway I think we all need to get back on track here .Frank enjoy your day at Rutland.Ask your son if he knows about The Clipsham Yew Trees.

My sister was telling yesterday that Finn (grandson) has just had his first parents evening.He is only 4.It made me chuckle to picture him sat there with his Mum and Dad .
I remember feeling physically sick at those evenings.Just the thought of what the teachers would say,and then the right rollicking I would get afterwards lolol

Frank I think we should just ignore negative comments now,and get back to how we were.Happy Chappies!!

If you have anything to say to me Mel - please address the issues here for 'all' to see. Thank you.

I think you should moderate you language Frank. Some might consider it 'abusive' and the thread would be in danger of being erased, once again. The reason I read through the entire thread, was to get my facts straight. Actually, I probably wouldn't have returned to the thread, but for the messages, which some of your group have been sending me.

This is my last post on this thread. However, it might interest you to know that I have received a number of messages which support my views entirely :)

Well, thank goodness for that, we can now all get on with talking to each other in our ill-mannered, uncaring way without being taken to task by someone whose opinions we neither asked for nor wished to hear! I don't think any of us are even remotely interested in any of the messages you have received, supportive or otherwise. My advice to you is to clear off and leave us ALONE and take yourself and you extremely BAD manners elsewhere, if indeed anywhere else will put up with you or them.

Some old posts you may like to read through again.


25th April 2008 13:28
Spangles - loved the mustardy yellow ones!

Parma Violet sweets

Jamboree bags

Seeing policemen walking the beat (and feeling guilty!)

25th April 2008 13:30
Clackers, spacehoppers and chopper bikes

25th April 2008 13:37
the first time I rode a two wheel bike,
pulling legs off grasshoppers then tell to jump,
riding billy cart through large bullant nest,
big red fire truck for xmas,
my first girlfreind at age 7.

25th April 2008 13:40
I too loved the yellow mustard coloured spangles. Buying a bag of crips for 10p and it was a larger bag than now - or my hands were smaller :)

Old pound notes ! it was paper not coin you felt rich some how!


25th April 2008 13:40
OMG Virol,
When I saw that name just my stomach went quite peculiar.
Yuk.Mil Par.I was obviously a constipated child and had many a spoonful of that.Gripe Water was a favourite of mine.I used to climb up to the bathroom cabinet for a quick swig!!Think that's where my liking for alchohol came from.
Yes Pan Yan Pickle.
Oh you have got me started,I'm going to have to have a good think about this.I do remember with my thruppence pocket money I bought barleysugar sticks with chocolate down through the middle.I always look if I come across an oldstyle sweet shop but have never found them.
Junket if I was ill again Yuk,but my sister loved it.
This is fun I will try and make list of things
Helen



25th April 2008 13:41
Doc...age 7!!!...blimey you started young lol x

DD....I had some clackers lmao....bruised wrists as well!!!



25th April 2008 14:00
Jill in East Kent Thats one I had forgotton. Yes Spangles. But you must be talking about the OLD ENGLISH ones that came in black paper with the mustardy yellow one in.

As to Parma violets you can still get those today and yes I do still buy them. My mum 84 likes them too.

Jamborie Bags yes 3d each always with a little toy in it with the sweets. We used to have a good feel of the bags to see wich we thought would be the best.



25th April 2008 14:07
Devon Dweller

My son had those things.



25th April 2008 14:15
Aahh Doc you an old softy!!! \My first boyfriend was Phil Bull and I was 9. Did'nt have my own two wheeler byke but learnt to ride one at my cousins. I can remember haveing my first three wheeler byke . It was red with huge mud guards that covered most of the back wheels. these had a silver wing pattern on them.

My first walkie talkie doll one Christmas sticking out of my stocking at the top. Called her peggy.

My dad made me a trolly when I was about 11 or 12. we lived on quite a nice soft hill then and we used to ride our carts down the road. Not that much traffic then!!

In fact when I walked to school with my friend Terry he would always bring two racing cars with him and we would play races, once again in the road all the way to school.



25th April 2008 14:15
I GOT MY GRANDCHILDREN CLACKERS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO.
WE HAD A VAN IT WAS BLUE THAT CAME AROUND OUR STREETS WE USE TO GET ARE SWEETS AND LEMO OF IT WITH ARE POCKET MONEY. THEN THE WAS THE FRUIT VAN CAME OF A NIGHT WE GOTG OUR POMEGRANETS OFF HIM. IT WAS 7PM AND 9PM THE BLUE VAN WOULD COME EVERY NIGHT THIS WAS IN LIVERPOOL 25



25th April 2008 14:18
Sarah I think the mustardy Spangle was the only one I liked in those packets. Did'nt eat many sweets when I was young.

But your 10p packet of crisp..............We could have had 3 packets of Smith's and an arrowroot biscuit for that amount!!!!



25th April 2008 14:28
Helen you are really lovely!! I did'nt like Virol much I preferred the other one.

I gave my son Mil Par because he was bound up a lot as a baby.

My mum asked me for some of that the other day.

I too would buy that twisted stick with the choc centre................................now what was it called. It was more like the sweets you get today called Choc Eclairs.

My grandfather Beech would always have a white paper bag of sweets in his pocket and they were pink fondant with a hazel nut on top called something about madelanes...............His wife, my gran always had a pocket in her apron with White mint toffees in it.



25th April 2008 14:33
T O B

The clackers
They were vicious things were'nt they!!

Son had those too.



25th April 2008 14:35
blimey
I had a chopper (bike) big an orange it had a cb radio
taped between them big ool handle bars and a car
battery on the back rack
peddled for miles on that old bike
I think its still in my mothers garage in london
had a nasty accident on it as well biy did that make
my eyes water cryed for days.


25th April 2008 14:43
Legs of Liverpool.

WE had a green grocser van that came round once a week on a Friday I think, and the man that ran it was called Len. He used to let me go up the road in the van and help him wiegh out his orders. He sometimes gave me a carrot to eat. Skin and all!! Lovely.

We also had the Bread cart come when I was young and the man would come to the door with a HUGE basket on his arm filled with breads of all sorts and cakes and biscuits.

Then there was the milkcart with Jo the milkman at the reigns of a lovely bay horse. When he came I would go out with a carrot or apple for the horse and then Jo would give him his nosebag which always hung under the milk cart at the back.

The rag and bone man came round the streets too. He would sometimes give us a 1/- or a goldfish for giving him rags and things.

Nearly every year the gipsey's would call selling lace doilies and pegs and flowers made out of wood like big Chrysanths. In the spring it would be little baskets made from ash twgs with a primrose planted in it. They were my favorite.



25th April 2008 14:46
Surf

eaten all that cake you baked yesterday yet??



25th April 2008 14:49
no not yet it came out nice and fluffy
hi mel
just reading the above post then

we had every sunday lunch time about 2.00pm every week a man with a barrow come around street it was the winkle and cocckle man
how I loved them jellied ells yem yum
tried to get them down here but there not the same.
how I miss the good old days



25th April 2008 14:55
collecting up all the R Whites bottles to get the money back lol



25th April 2008 14:58
ddweller
when I was young had a good scam with them
use to get them from around back of shop
take in front for the 10p refund
shhhhh



25th April 2008 15:03
lol Yes so did we ! the lady at the off licence was about 100 years old so she never noticed lol



25th April 2008 15:03
snap lol

we also spent the 40p refund in the shop

on sweets so shop keeper never really lost out



25th April 2008 15:09
Surf
We used to have a man come round on a byke with strings of onions handing on the handbars. My mum would buy a string.

My nan and grandad Beech would aways had kippers for tea on a Saturday and their children had winkles and bread and butter. I never liked shellfish of any kind except at Southend when down there with my mum and uncle Les onday mum gave me some of her cockles from a small white dish. These I liked because they were covered in vinigar.