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Didn't they use gravey browing too ash too?
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Didn't they use gravey browing too ash too? only for tanning i think
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Is it true that in world war 2 that the women used to draw a line up the back of there legs so it looked like they were wearing stockings! Yes they did, but they also used to darn their stockings with silk thread. My mum carried on doing that for years afterwards. Patience is a virtue.
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Is it true that in world war 2 that the women used to draw a line up the back of there legs so it looked like they were wearing stockings! Yes they did, but they also used to darn their stockings with silk thread. My mum carried on doing that for years afterwards. Patience is a virtue. what did they use to draw the line Granny?
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Must admit granny saw some pics and loved the fashion and haistyles also red lippy was in then same as today.
love the pencil skirts and box jackets
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Is it true that in world war 2 that the women used to draw a line up the back of there legs so it looked like they were wearing stockings! Yes they did, but they also used to darn their stockings with silk thread. My mum carried on doing that for years afterwards. Patience is a virtue. what did they use to draw the line Granny? They used to stain their legs with tea and draw a line with pencil. I imagine that would have been a very soft pencil or even an eye liner pencil, but I'm not sure. The clothes were great. They all seemed to have very trim figures but no doubt lived on a very low fat diet at that time and the fashions made them look so smart. They even managed their hair really well too, they didn't go to hairdressers. I still have my mothers coat which she went on her honeymoon in. It's 70 plus years old and lovely. Cream fake fur with padded shoulders,a small stand up collar, cuffs on the sleeves, one hook to fasten mid way and the bottom draped around to the back from midthigh level.All fully lined. I could never give it away as she had kept it all those years. Lovely designs then.
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Off topic posts removed. The title of this thread is " Was it really better?" please try and stay on topic. This is the original post for you guidance: Reading through so many posts in the Wirral History section brings back so many happy memories of childhood, but I am thinking....were things really better back then or was it just because we were children and didn't know all the evil in the world? We had no internet or mobile phones to google things, plus you never watched the news anyway because it was boring. Once the magic roundabout was over you didn't wait to watch Robert Dougal reading the news.
People who were old when we were kids would talk of the good old days and say things were better back in their day.
Is it our memory that makes us think things were better and also what will todays children say when they're in their 40's and 50's about how their life was back in the 2000's?
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Thanks, uptoncx, I was about do that myself, but I had to go out.
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Was it a straight Advocaat, or a 'Snowball'? I reckon people only ever drink 'Snowballs' at Christmas!
And what about you granny, when you were going out in the Sixties? Bet you were more of a 'Babycham' kind of girl. There seemed to be far less choice for lady drinkers back then. Could be wrong but apart from Babycham the only other ones I can remember were 'Cherry B', and 'Pony'. Yep, straight Advocaat with a cherry on a stick. I don't think they'd heard of snowballs-- as a drink. Rum and black in the very late 60's. So sweet it took the taste of the rum away but we had to look cool didn't we? Then things deteriorated for a little while after that, tried everything! We were drinking rum & black early/mid 60s.
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I remember one teacher used to hit you with a plimsoll. I am convinced to this day that he got his jollies by doing it.
Personally I brought my children up properly and if any teacher had hit one of mine, they would have been hit right back by me and sod the consequences. Which ever way you look at it, it is violence and has no place in modern society.
I know it has been repeated many times but one only has to look at old school punishment logs to see that the same names kept cropping up thus proving it wasn't a deterent.
I truly pity teachers these days but it all boils down to parents in the end. ????
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Was it a straight Advocaat, or a 'Snowball'? I reckon people only ever drink 'Snowballs' at Christmas!
And what about you granny, when you were going out in the Sixties? Bet you were more of a 'Babycham' kind of girl. There seemed to be far less choice for lady drinkers back then. Could be wrong but apart from Babycham the only other ones I can remember were 'Cherry B', and 'Pony'. Yep, straight Advocaat with a cherry on a stick. I don't think they'd heard of snowballs-- as a drink. Rum and black in the very late 60's. So sweet it took the taste of the rum away but we had to look cool didn't we? Then things deteriorated for a little while after that, tried everything! We were drinking rum & black early/mid 60s. Well Spellbinder, either you're loads older than I am, or I was a good girl!!!
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Or you were a naughty girl!!
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I remember one teacher used to hit you with a plimsoll. I am convinced to this day that he got his jollies by doing it.
Personally I brought my children up properly and if any teacher had hit one of mine, they would have been hit right back by me and sod the consequences. Which ever way you look at it, it is violence and has no place in modern society.
I know it has been repeated many times but one only has to look at old school punishment logs to see that the same names kept cropping up thus proving it wasn't a deterent.
I truly pity teachers these days but it all boils down to parents in the end. ???? You are very slow. Already said whoops or words to that effect. Read the full thread please!
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I remember one teacher used to hit you with a plimsoll. I am convinced to this day that he got his jollies by doing it.
Personally I brought my children up properly and if any teacher had hit one of mine, they would have been hit right back by me and sod the consequences. Which ever way you look at it, it is violence and has no place in modern society.
I know it has been repeated many times but one only has to look at old school punishment logs to see that the same names kept cropping up thus proving it wasn't a deterent.
I truly pity teachers these days but it all boils down to parents in the end. ???? You are very slow. Already said whoops or words to that effect. Read the full thread please! Sorry about that. But I have a (less than) perfect excuse. Through my own lack of attention to detail I managed to blow up the motherboard on my PC on Christmas Eve. My new PC was installed, set up & commissioned only yesterday. So when I called into this site some of the threads (like this one) were quite long and I didn't notice the follow-up to your faux pas. I have mixed feelings about use of the cane in schools. Yes - it is barbaric but maybe it serves some purpose. I was caned only once - when I was 10 (or maybe just 11). I deserved it. But I told my parents I was a victim of a miscarriage of justice.
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To answer the last part of Elizabeth's question about what today's children will think about how their life was in the 2000's.
S..t! is the answer.
My son has informed me today, that our generation are responsible for making life a misery for his generation.
We had parties on beaches
We could listen to pirate radio
We could smoke in pubs and other public places
We had raves (well some of us did maybe)
We could afford holidays
We could walk freely
We had no-hastle bank accounts
We weren't bothered by finance companies (earning their millions)
The list goes on. All our fault!
Although I think he is trying to get across that present younger generation are virtually house-trapped now, apart from going to the gym etc. Every way that we enjoyed ourselves has been clearly clamped down on, including the music we listen to being controlled by the BBC and others.
I do agree with him a bit. So maybe it was better then
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