Good thread granny .. I`ve thought of something else to go with the Betamax video player, party sevens who remembers them ..remeber the party 7s had to drink it all on the night as it would be flat next day
Good thread granny .. I`ve thought of something else to go with the Betamax video player, party sevens who remembers them ..remeber the party 7s had to drink it all on the night as it would be flat next day
That was my dylemma was glad to see the bottom of it star
Good thread granny .. I`ve thought of something else to go with the Betamax video player, party sevens who remembers them ..remeber the party 7s had to drink it all on the night as it would be flat next day
That was my dylemma was glad when it was all gone star
they were in the day before I was legally old enough to drink but still did van
For those who thought they were posh . Cocktail bar and one of those bloody pineapples. The flying ducks usually in close proximity.
my Mum & Dad had one of those pineapples we used to stash our fags in there it never got used.Didn't have a bar though,a boy I was going out with,his parents had one
Lol. When we were clearing my Grandads house he said ' I have Lawnmowers there.At the house. Take them- you can have them'! Umm, thanks but no thanks. Bless him.
I remember most of the things that have been posted from my childhood during the 1960s in Warwick street .Also so many pubs still have horse brasses and flying ducks in their bars, an example is The Fox and Hounds in Barnston Who also had a Washing Pulley,stone hot water bottles and black leaded range in their main Lounge area, which looked just like our Kitchen in Warwick street even down to the red tiled floor by the bar
I can remember this tv in a house.He had 2 of them.[put one tv ontop of the other]one had no sound but had a picture.the other had a picture but no sound.Was really funny. Worst bit was the tvs took 20 mins to come alive. Great thread Granny
I can remember this tv in a house.He had 2 of them.[put one tv ontop of the other]one had no sound but had a picture.the other had a picture but no sound.Was really funny. Worst bit was the tvs took 20 mins to come alive. Great thread Granny
Hi Granny, wasn't there a story about that painting being cursed? Houses burning down etc?
It was the painting of a child that was supposed to be spooked. The Chinese woman one was the world's most reproduced painting and sold for $1.5 million at Bonham's ,London.
And the never forgotten 'school cane'. In our school it was usually administered at the end of assembly on the stage in full view of the whole school. After we finished our hymns and prayers, hitting our consciences to make us better girls and boys. (In more ways than one)
And the never forgotten 'school cane'. In our school it was usually administered at the end of assembly on the stage in full view of the whole school. After we finished our hymns and prayers, hitting our consciences to make us better girls and boys. (In more ways than one)
I got that twice in junior school.boys got the headmaster girls got deputy headmitress
I know they're so expensive now mine was passed on to me by a friend, couldn't get on buses with them had to walk everywhere but baby looked so comfy and the weather seemed better then usually had my fringed sun shade on with it , lovely.
good job you dont want a pram now just seen this one for £1,450 new still made in yorkshire
I loved my silver cross pram mine was late 70's early 80's had it for my 6 &my sister borrowed it then used it for my Grandaughter,ended up going to her day nursery didn't want to give it away though & I would of still had it but my ex made me give it away
I've still got my silver cross tandem pushchair.bought it 2nd hand from Runcorn,she had hardly used it but I had it for my 4th & 5th then 5th & 6th then 6th & grandaughter
They just go on for ever I passed mine on to a relative don't know where it is now probably still going ha. Funny I love to hear of baby things going through the family like yours Star and being used but I find the young ones just want brand new all the time, it's a shame.
good job you dont want a pram now just seen this one for £1,450 new still made in yorkshire
I brought one these across the pond about 45 years ago, dismantled of course for my sister in law. That is a storey in itself. Brutal drive from Montreal to Ottawa in a snow storm.
good job you dont want a pram now just seen this one for £1,450 new still made in yorkshire
I brought one these across the pond about 45 years ago, dismantled of course for my sister in law. That is a storey in itself. Brutal drive from Montreal to Ottawa in a snow storm.
We all seem to like them, but the French don't. They banned the sale of them in France. Health and Safety reasons ! What they really meant was, we want to sell our prams and not yours.
"" France has banned Silver Cross prams from being sold in their shops, in what the firm’s owner has described as a blatant example of European Union free trade rules being flouted ""
Old Lord Lever used to sleep in Here and as the story goes one of the servants had to brush the snow off his bed one morning while he was still in it haha .. he called that room "Sanctum" I like him
Remember when we had housewives who cooked, washed, ironed, shopped, hoovered, put the kettle on, made the beds, washed the windows and the doorstep, swept the yard, took kids to school, bandaged knees, smacked bums/legs, attended to husbands needs if she didn't have a headache, managed the budget etc etc.
Hi Granny, yes I washed those pongy items in a twin tub, and strangely enough Sunny I replaced the rubber seal on my pressure cooker only yesterday, surely they're not out of fashion now are they? And even stranger Granny I'm cooking stew for tea tomorrow. Crazy world.
Remember when we had housewives who cooked, washed, ironed, shopped, hoovered, put the kettle on, made the beds, washed the windows and the doorstep, swept the yard, took kids to school, bandaged knees, smacked bums/legs, attended to husbands needs if she didn't have a headache, managed the budget etc etc.
Now (lots of) women do all that and contribute to the family income too.
Ration Books. I don't remember them, although rationing was still around until 1955, hence the malt and vitamin supplied for children. (posted yesterday)
No wonder everyone was slim !
The weekly ration varied from month to month as foods became more or less plentiful.
Sugar: 225g (8oz). Meat: To the value of 1s.2d (one shilling and sixpence per week. That is about 6p today) Milk: 3 pints (1800ml) occasionally dropping to 2 pints (1200ml). Cheese: 2oz (50g) Eggs: 1 fresh egg a week. Tea: 50g (2oz). Jam: 450g (1lb) every two months. Dried eggs 1 packet every four weeks. Sweets: 350g (12oz) every four weeks
Ha I was waiting for that Snowy, think you're younger than me. It's Audie Murphy. I be you're still none the wiser . I went the pictures a lot when I was a kid with my Nan and made sure I never missed any of his movies. Loved him!
Ha I was waiting for that Snowy, think you're younger than me. It's Audie Murphy. I be you're still none the wiser . I went the pictures a lot when I was a kid with my Nan and made sure I never missed any of his movies. Loved him!
Blimey Cools, He was almost the same age as me mother. Did you have a mis-spent youth ?
My pin -up was John Kerr ( who wasn't much younger) after seeing him in South Pacific.
Younger than springtime are you, gayer than laughter are you... He sang those words to me you know.
Taught how to iron... Pretty dangerous, we had to use square padded cloths like oven gloves to hold them. The contraption they were heated up on was also extremely hot. No health and safety then.
Pop Group The Beatles July 1964 Paul McCartney Ringo Starr John Lennon George Harrison The Beatles arrive at Liverpool Airport . (this is the official synopsis , but it looks more like Liverpool city centre than the airport )They could have been passing through.
Maybe the reason for re-naming it John Lennon Airport ?
These old patterns still useable. Being sent to Africa along with old sewing machines and tools. Me mum was always sewing and pins would always find there way down the back or side of couch and chairs which was painful when you went rummaging for money
I remember these, don't think we called them Go Carts though something else but can't remember what. The really good ones had an orange box crate for the seat ,good days.
I remember these, don't think we called them Go Carts though something else but can't remember what. The really good ones had an orange box crate for the seat ,good days.
I remember these, don't think we called them Go Carts though something else but can't remember what. The really good ones had an orange box crate for the seat ,good days.
They were just called trolleys when I used to make them
These old square climbing frames seem so much more interesting to climb than some of the modern globes etc where theres either not much choice of what to do on them, and half the footholds are uncomfortable 45 degrees V shape. (Mind I really should keep off them at my age )
These old square climbing frames seem so much more interesting to climb than some of the modern globes etc where theres either not much choice of what to do on them, and half the footholds are uncomfortable 45 degrees V shape. (Mind I really should keep off them at my age )
Venice you need a walking frame,not a climbing frame.
I remember these, don't think we called them Go Carts though something else but can't remember what. The really good ones had an orange box crate for the seat ,good days.
They were just called trolleys when I used to make them
Do you still take orders, Dilly. One or two of us might be interested. With brakes , of course.
That's a super sized one to mine, but yea everything goes in the loft I can't even get into it now , my son has to do it for me. Got to admit I am abit of a hoarder , my son goes mad at me.
You were never to far away from one of these,FS1E "Fizzy" my brother had one in purple,I borrowed it once,came off it on charing cross roundabout right in front of a police car
I remember these, don't think we called them Go Carts though something else but can't remember what. The really good ones had an orange box crate for the seat ,good days.
They were just called trolleys when I used to make them
Do you still take orders, Dilly. One or two of us might be interested. With brakes , of course.
I remember New Ferry Baths Sunny, never away from it and the weather was so much better then. No use for outdoor swimming pools now with our grotty weather although today has been lovely.
What I find so baffling, is that these baths (all of them) were kept, maintained and managed so very well for how ever many years. probably about 50 on average. We had parks and gardens, managed and well maintained. There had been two world wars in the last century, and times where hard, but hey everything managed to keep going and build upon what they had, without funding from the EU. Then, all of a sudden, councils can't afford to keep anything managed or running, not even their buildings or pruning the bloody trees. Why not ? We pay higher and higher rates and getting less and less. Don't give the austerity package, because that is so recent it doesn't even equate to what I am talking about. It is a great shame, and when other areas still have their outdoor pools, we've lost out and so have the kids who no longer know not what to do during their summer hols. Rant over....
Not many people were brave enough to dive from the top in new ferry baths Sunny. Everybody watched if someone was on the top. I remember being pushed into the deep end ,thought I was never going to get to the top. Think it was 16 ft or maybe more.
You look at these old pictures and videos of years gone by and I always think how innocent and gentile life seemed, we didn't have much but there was no worrying about madman attacking you on the train or driving into you with trucks and all the other horrible things. Happy days.
You look at these old pictures and videos of years gone by and I always think how innocent and gentile life seemed, we didn't have much but there was no worrying about madman attacking you on the train or driving into you with trucks and all the other horrible things. Happy days.
We had one of these. I think our model was pre-war. 1 bar. Eventually it was updated to 2 bars. We thought it was great because we could turn one bar off !?
Stop please.... Hairstyles giving me nightmares .dont recall vitalis but brill cream and brut. Remember as kid getting haircut at barbers and wondering what durex gossamer were. Sold next to plastic combs, razor blades and those little tubes for putting on your face when cut shaving
When I was nought but a lad I was sent to Stubb's barbers on Old Chester Road in Tranmere, he used to put a little plank across the arms of the chair for little ones to sit on, when he had finished he used to run a lighted taper across the back of your neck to burn off all the little hairs and I can still remember the smell today. Happy days.
Thanks Granny and everyone for posting, I've enjoyed looking at all of the posts and remember most things. I did have one of those haircuts and a purple afghan coat too lol.
Thanks Granny and everyone for posting, I've enjoyed looking at all of the posts and remember most things. I did have one of those haircuts and a purple afghan coat too lol.
Ha ha, Longnails. It's a bit of fun isn't it ? What can you remember that we don't ? There must be absolutely loads.
Many people had these in the late 1950's. Seeing it as a child had no impact, only that it was a cute bit of equipment. Looking at it now, pretty horrendous.
You can get micro Simons now. Hand held. Wouldn't be the same thought would it ? A great game for a family, no one could fall out .
There was one of these glass feeding bottles in our house, which we used to play with for our dollies. I assume mum used it for us as babes. A teat on both ends. Maybe less wind. I bet Beethoven remembers them !
You can get micro Simons now. Hand held. Wouldn't be the same thought would it ? A great game for a family, no one could fall out .
There was one of these glass feeding bottles in our house, which we used to play with for our dollies. I assume mum used it for us as babes. A teat on both ends. Maybe less wind. I bet Beethoven remembers them !
No Granny, that's the first thing posted that I can't remember seeing before. My mam used to cut the end off one of the fingers in a Marigold glove to feed us.
Many people had these in the late 1950's. Seeing it as a child had no impact, only that it was a cute bit of equipment. Looking at it now, pretty horrendous.
we had one of these in our infant school bet it would be worth something now
Many people had these in the late 1950's. Seeing it as a child had no impact, only that it was a cute bit of equipment. Looking at it now, pretty horrendous.
we had one of these in our infant school bet it would be worth something now
Not sure about that Star, I think the market might be limited. The whole concept of it is quite awful really. For those who do not know, it was a money box. Put the money in his hand, turn the ears and then the arm is raised and the money goes into his mouth.
Shudder.....
Magic Robot; My sister still has hers. Hidden in a cupboard! For what ?
I can only remember the teacher putting a penny on the hand can't remember twisting the ear but the arm went up & the penny went in the mouth we must of only been 5 or 6 at the time
Who remembers the Bakelite cups we had at school dinners always had that plastic taste to them .. think ours came in Blue&Pink
Don't remember them but do remember milk bottles and then cartons and straws. Used to be a tadge creamy on a hot day. The water glasses we had were made in France by a company called Duralex--read it so many times as you got to the bottom of the glass.
milk bottles and then cartons and straws. Used to be a tadge creamy on a hot day. The water glasses we had were made in France by a company called Duralex--read it so many times as you got to the bottom of the glass.
10 o'clock break .. We were made to drink all of our milk warm an all,dont forget the chocolate biscuit haha,
I used to love radio Caroline. Love the film ,The boat that rocks too. I think it is loosely based on Caroline.
I've watched that film so many times. Always makes me laugh. And not sure about 'loosely based ' , they were probably a lot more closer to the truth. (which was possibly a lot worse !)
Who remembers Kathy Kirby? She came second in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.
I think she had quite a sad life.
I had to google her after reading that granny ..
Personal life Kirby met Ambrose in her teens and, despite the 42-year age gap and his having an estranged wife at the time, began a relationship with him that lasted until his death in 1971 In the 2009 interview, she said she had had an affair with Bruce Forsyth during this time.
Kirby was married briefly to writer and former London policeman Frederick Pye in the 1970s. Following her bankruptcy in 1975 and a court case following an arrest over an unpaid hotel bill, she was referred to St Luke's psychiatric hospital in London in 1979. Following her discharge, she lived with a female fan, Laraine McKay, and said that they intended to marry. McKay was imprisoned for fraud and forgery. In the early 1980s Kirby had relationships with musician David Cross and lawyer Alan Porter.
Kirby was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was in poor physical and mental health for much of her life. After her retirement she lived in a series of apartments and hotels in west London, settling in an apartment in Emperor's Gate, South Kensington, surviving on state benefits and some royalties, and maintaining what has been called a "Garbo-esque" seclusion. Shortly before her death Kirby moved to Brinsworth House in Twickenham at the insistence of her niece Sarah, Lady Thatcher, wife of Mark Thatcher. Another niece, Claudia, became Lady Rothermere after marrying Viscount Rothermere.
Kirby died on 19 May 2011, a few days after moving to Brinsworth House. According to a message posted by a relative on a fan website, she suffered a heart attack. She was survived by her sister Pat and her brother Douglas.
I can remember going to the Essoldo to see Marty Wilde, Joe Brown, Susan Maugham and a few others, that would have been about 1962, I think Bill Haley was on as well, the Essoldo used to have good stage acts on regularly.
Life wasn't worth living for a woman if she didn't scrub her step every week.
Strange communal pastime. Often it would be that neighbours seemed to scrub their steps on the same day in a week, around the same time of day and chatting away whilst they did .
A job that never went away. Womb to the tomb everyone kept on scrubbing ! Note the mop bucket, Star
Life wasn't worth living for a woman if she didn't scrub her step every week.
Strange communal pastime. Often it would be that neighbours seemed to scrub their steps on the same day in a week, around the same time of day and chatting away whilst they did .
A job that never went away. Womb to the tomb everyone kept on scrubbing ! Note the mop bucket, Star
scrubbing the pub steps
Communal scrubbing of church steps.
I got myself one of those mop buckets 2 weeks ago,£5.99 in home bargain,nomore pushing the mop through the wringer on the cheap plastic ones
used to go here quite a bit when my 2 oldest kids were small.We used to go on the playgroup outing as well,it was all going well till I went down the slide & ripped my cozzie,my cousin's went see through & one of the other mums got stuck on the elephant slide
Star, I think it was a mixture of pulverised stone ,cement and other stuff from what I can find. Probably of a hard gritty composition. My mum used a piece of sandstone which did the same job.
Rhyl Sun Centre, we went once with the children . Not much impressed back in the 80's. Jam packed andall bins overflowing everywhere with old cup, food and nappies. Never again.
Star, I think it was a mixture of pulverised stone ,cement and other stuff from what I can find. Probably of a hard gritty composition. My mum used a piece of sandstone which did the same job.
Rhyl Sun Centre, we went once with the children . Not much impressed back in the 80's. Jam packed andall bins overflowing everywhere with old cup, food and nappies. Never again.
my mum said her gran used it just wondered what it was,was never a big fan of the sun centre one time someone's baby pooed in the water & just left it,that was it we got out & left
used to go here quite a bit when my 2 oldest kids were small.We used to go on the playgroup outing as well,it was all going well till I went down the slide & ripped my cozzie,my cousin's went see through & one of the other mums got stuck on the elephant slide
This little chap. Discontinued, due to fall in demand. Kids didn't know about him,and nothing to do with political pressure.
As a child,it was a great thrill waiting for the next one to drop through the letter box. No idea where mine went to, but they fetch a lot of dosh now, considering they were only a couple of shillings at the most.
This little chap. Discontinued, due to fall in demand. Kids didn't know about him,and nothing to do with political pressure.
As a child,it was a great thrill waiting for the next one to drop through the letter box. No idea where mine went to, but they fetch a lot of dosh now, considering they were only a couple of shillings at the most.I had one of these badges,don't know what happened to it though
Oh Ye Gods, Memory Lane... I used 4711 - in the cute little bottles and the cologne stick (to rub over one's fevered brow) - also Lentheric's Tweed, which was a bit strange to be honest. I seem to recall some scent called Kiku as well, in a yellow container. For sheer knock-yer-socks-off perfume, Estee Lauder's Youth Dew was very popular for a while (in the 70s I think?)
Greenwood, You remind me about Kiku,by Faberge . That was a real favourite, although I can't remember what it smelt like. The 4711 and tweed were my mums' stuff. The pong lingers on.
Kiku came out around the same time as Brut for Men.
Love Charlie (perfume I may add ) always have from when it first came out. I always have a bottle in, nice and cheap but it always reminds me of happy times of things in the past .
Backtracking to the game SIMON. It's been re-introduced and on ebay £13.99
There are also hand held version now too. Saw them on John Lewis. about £7 (I think)
I have just ordered the large one off ebay for a little girl with autism. I think the 'pattern' to the game might be something she can enjoy and develop from, whilst playing with other family members.
My favorite ads were the rollo one where the elephant smacks the obnoxious lad with its trunk, and the Fosters one with croc Dundee at the ballet, covering the ladies eyes, "strewth he's got no strides on"
do you remember this, the birds used to peck through the tops.
Yes, often wondered why it doesn't happen any longer. No cream on the top anymore , maybe.
Hopscotch.. a great favourite. Chalk all over the paving slabs and SWALK, oh so many , i.e. sending, never receiving .
i don't think many people have milk delivered nowadays do they????
Probably not. Birds have to adapt I suppose. I can also remember when it was really cold the bottle tops being pushed off because of the ice that formed.
Love the prams Granny and the way you could leave babies outside shop without fear, and outside your house to get fresh air, different now you can't let them out of your sight .
I had a silver cross pram,mine was a bit more modern.Still had the hard body but the wheels were all the same size,loved that pram could walk for miles with it but the body came off the chassis so I could put it in the car.
Better than the modern prams,room for the baby to lie down flat on their back.I used to have shopping in the pram,under the pram & hanging off the handles
Were you one of those babies ? Jackson's, King Street
Love the signs in the windows "Girdles £4/6D". Friend used to have a ladies underwear store in the market--may have sold mens as well. Didn't do him any good though--he is still single at 70.. Wanted to marry all his life-doesn't realise he couldn't have done half the things he has done in life when shackled!
24th January 1974, 81% of NUM members voted to strike
January to March. (Winter months, of course) Worked by candle light, tele closed down early. At least we had coal fires with back boiler, so we had hot water to get washed with.
The Andy Williams Show . Guess what ?? It's on tonight at 10.30 pm BBC 4 if you want to watch it. What cheek. It finished in about 1971 , when the licence fee was £1.5.0d (£1.25p) Now what are we paying for the same old crap.
Bbc must be scraping the bottom of the barrel now that harris saville and others cant be shown any more.trying to play safe with andy. Any more misdeamenours coming to light with tv stars and it will just be andy pandy and looby loo.
Bbc must be scraping the bottom of the barrel now that harris saville and others cant be shown any more.trying to play safe with andy. Any more misdeamenours coming to light with tv stars and it will just be andy pandy and looby loo.
They'd have to re-invent and get the ratio's right. Far too many Christian guidlines ?
remember it well and wish we could have those days again.........
Checking out at the supermarket, the young cashier suggested to the much older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
The woman apologised and explained, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days."
The young cashier responded, "That's our problem today - your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
She was right -- our generation didn't have the 'green thing' in its day.
Back then, we returned milk bottles, lemonade bottles and beer bottles to the shop. The shop sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.
But we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day.
Grocery shops bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we re-used for numerous things, most memorable besides household bags for rubbish, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property (the books provided for our use by the school), was not defaced by our scribbling. Then we were able to personalise our books on the brown paper bags.
But too bad we didn't do the "green thing" back then.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have a lift in every supermarket, shop and office building. We walked to the local shop and didn't climb into a 300 horsepower machine every time we had to go half a mile.
But she was right. We didn't have the "green thing" in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's terry towel nappies because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 3 kilowatts – wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids had hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day.
Back then, we had one radio or TV in the house - not a TV in every room and the TV had a small screen the size of a big handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of Scotland in the kitchen. We blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We pushed the mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back then.
We drank from a tap or fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razorblades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But we didn't have the "green thing" back then.
Back then, people took the bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their Mums into a 24-hour taxi service in the family's £40,000 ‘people carrier’ which costs 8 times more than a whole house did before the "green thing." We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances and we didn't need a computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pub!
But isn't it sad that the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?
Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart arse young person.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to piss us off.. especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smartarse who can't work out the change without the cash register telling them how much it is!
AND...another thing. Straight out of the Victorian era.
I got one of these last week. Bloody marvellous! If you've got room it saves a lot of energy on tumble drying, and no need to have the radiators on all day to get it dry .
There you are chaps, a great Christmas present for the wife. Keep your bills down.
AND...another thing. Straight out of the Victorian era.
I got one of these last week. Bloody marvellous! If you've got room it saves a lot of energy on tumble drying, and no need to have the radiators on all day to get it dry .
There you are chaps, a great Christmas present for the wife. Keep your bills down.
Miss our pulley in old house. So that's not a bad idea granny. Risk life and limb fitting it. Gone for the wire racks you hang over radiators. Sheets over the stairs. House like a Chinese laundary with all kids still at home. Whip the knickers and bras off............the radiators when guests call round. Remember the twin tubs that would chase you round the kitchen when the spinner was on. At least we don't get smogs today.
You don't want knickers and bras on when the vicar calls, Fish. For goodness sake !
Was thinking yesterday, about how 'green' we were , how few cars there were on the roads, how old the Liver building is (100 years)and how flipping filthy it was before it was cleaned, which must be about 15 years ago at the same time they changed the lighting on it and made it look like a dolls house. (I hope that didn't come out of the tax payers money. Bloody hell ! ) How did it and St. Georges Hall get so filthy ?
AND...another thing. Straight out of the Victorian era.
I got one of these last week. Bloody marvellous! If you've got room it saves a lot of energy on tumble drying, and no need to have the radiators on all day to get it dry .
There you are chaps, a great Christmas present for the wife. Keep your bills down.
Miss our pulley in old house. So that's not a bad idea granny. Risk life and limb fitting it. Gone for the wire racks you hang over radiators. Sheets over the stairs. House like a Chinese laundary with all kids still at home. Whip the knickers and bras off............the radiators when guests call round. Remember the twin tubs that would chase you round the kitchen when the spinner was on. At least we don't get smogs today.
Still got one-had it 20 odd years and would be lost without it.