Genealogy Chat

Im 55 and have a work mate of 21...... He was mortified when I told him we diddnt have fridges. He asked...."so you cooked the meat straight from the freezer? "....lololol A very old Gerri lol

Open ended buses that everyone would pile on and go upstairs as the bus was full and only 8 were allowed to stand downstairs. When the bus started we'd come down standing on the platform or stairs and hanging on for dear life when it went around corners. Then jumping off (and on) between stops especially as the bus turned a corner and you'd go flying. Last week was actually in the post office and they were selling cards of an old corporation bus and it was mine (well the number I used everyday to school 29A in 50's and 60's. Memories so I had to buy it.

does anyone remember Choc Sticks a long Hard Toffee Stick with Chocolate down the centre yum , I used to love Saturday Mornings off to the pictures and Pie and Mash from Kellys when we came out , what bliss I often wish I still lived in the East End, and what about Beigals?? I feel hungry now ,age a young 61

Who remembers School milk ughhh,inthe winter it was frozen and pushed the top off the bottle so you had a milk lolly and in the summer it was curdled and smelt like cottage cheese. Yes I remember the 1d bags of crisps,opposite my school was a sweet shop and when a precious delivery of the crisps arrived word went round and the shop was inundated with us bulk buying the crisps,in the end we were limited to 1 pack each. I noticed someone mentioned condensed milk my pals used to put our pennies together and buy a tin which we then ate using 1 spoon strictly one spoonful at a time,which didn't last long between 6 of us. Happy days Mary(1943)

GREAT post Kim..............Reading through all the replies made me chuckle..........I had completely forgotten the*french elastic*!! Oh yes, it brought back lots of Happy memories. I remember .the* big ship sails through the alley alley o* song+game, maybe this was just a yorkshire game. Cheered me up no end folks, thanks. Ann xx ps Peter................I remember the tying the doorknobs together! Good Days they were eh! Harmless fun in those days.

This is a fantastic thread it brings back so many memories. Who remembers Smiths Chips at 3d a bag but every now and then the fish shop had bags of broken chips for 1d they didnt have the little blue bag of salt though. Getting bombed out and going to the relief centre with only the clothes on your back and your brother gets a pair of navy blue knickers to wear because they had no trousers to fit him. Saturday bath night in the tin bath, cleanest in first, dirtiest last and Dad rubbing us dry in front of the fire, roasting chestnuts on a shovel in the fire, wrapping a towel around your hand before you held the toasting fork so you didnt burn yourself, then eating the toast dripping with butter ah those were the days. I was born in 1940 Maureen

How is it that I went to school in the 1930's and during the War ,had classes with 40 plus kids in, half days when the school was damaged etc.etc yet our generation produced many inventions ,life saving drugs and yet the standard of education ain't good enough for today and has TO BE CHANGED!!!(Often)

Anyone remember Tonto and the Lone Ranger and Wells Fargo, all in black and white TV

Them Daleks used to frighten me half to death!!! Lol Kimx

Joan mentiond Tuffty. What about the Woodentop, Bill and Ben ( the origanel ones not todays), Andy Panddy ( just what did he, Teddy and Looppy loo get up to in that bascket??) Torchy, Fire Ball XL5, The first Dr Who. and all the rest. I remember wetching all the (Boy) puppet Progs and thinking "I wounder what it will be like in 2000 when I'm old and passed it" Well I do'nt feel old and I an't past it, and its nothing like they thought it would be.

Love that and remember it well...Nitty nora! lol Not that I ever had them!!! Kim x Andrea....I do!! Peter...We still have some pre fab bungalows near us... Leeds city council want to pull them down and build a new council estate but no one wants to shift!!

I still have my mother-in-law send me licorice sticks with sherbet inside. I also remember opal mints. One thing that my Mum used to do was use Kellogs tokens to take us on outings during the summer holidays. Does anybody remember getting one leg from an old pair of tights and putting a ball in the bottom and swinging it from side to side against the wall and between your knees and over your head. Andrea

Excellent I have emailed this to everyone I know Linda

seperate enterances/playgrounds for boys and girls, in school . The smell of hot water, (yes i know now that it was probably the lead pipes), TUFFTY (bring him back), baggy blue P.E.Knickers, treacle tins to catch bees, a bag 'o'chips an' pennoth 'o' scraps, (lashings of salt 'n'vinegar). rubarb and sugar, grandmas baking, doing dares so i could play with my elder brother and his mates, spice/spogs, bunny wooding, backies/crogs, scrumping, the dreaded NIT NURSE a.k.a NITTY NORA BUG EXPLORER. could go on for ever and i'm still not 45!!

Who remebers the old pre-fab houses. Just heard on the News they whant to bring them back. My list of things I did and are not PC today would fill a book. Playing with Fireworks, catching frogs and other reptiles, poaching (to us it was just fishing) Playing hide and seek on reed beds (ended up stuck in the mud doing that, Up to my chest in water and slime), playing hide and seek in a wood yard (4 or 5 ton tree trunks Ahggg), building your own home out of bricks on a building site. The list is endless, and I lived to tell the tale.

OK here we go..... Who remembers..... Whip and top......YEAH! lol Conkers Marbles Black jacks, gobstoppers, Fry's chocolate Lolly sticks and who's was the hardest to break French skipping Bunty 2 balls Hopscotch Handstands (boys liked that cos they hoped they'd see your knickers!) Walking the 'crab'...Gawd, I'd break my back now Going to butchers and getting a 'penny worth o duck' Catching butterflies with a fishing net...Not nice... Collecting rose petals, putting them in water and waiting for them to turn to perfume! Toasting crumpets in front of the fire Outside toilets and the newspaper on a nail Standing outside the classroom cos you'd done something bad Tuff shoes Tressy doll Climbing the tip hills then being told to stay off them as they'd crack and swallow you up Cod liver oil first thing in the morning and LITTLE HEALERS!!!! Back to back houses Whitsey clothes Your nan sitting up all night knitting clothes for your dolls for Christmas (I loved my nan!!!) Christmas....Orange, new 1d, selection box, Annual and compendium of games...GUARANTEED!!! lol I could go on.....Best time of my life!!! Kim x age 48 nearly 49

I love Hearts.... Braised with onions...Mmmmmm As an aside I had Liver, Bacon, Onion and Mash and sprouts tonight .....YUM! (everyone,apart from me, linked to this household was out!!!......... 1 Veggie, 1 Kosher and 1 just plain fussy!! :) ) And I'm looking forward to Pie, Eel and Mash next week at my parents!!!!

Jubblies....My dear mum blamed them for my Ezcema swollen lips!! Mackeson Stout.....Given a 'nip' every sunday lunchtime by Nan as it would 'Do you good' !! Vintage 1957 :)

An enjoyable thread this, lovely to take a trip down Memory Lane! :)

What memories we all have .. were'nt they wonderful! My memories are of mum rubbing lard on my legs to get the tar off them. If you had a bump on your head it was rubbed with butter. My nan cooking breakfast on a sunday Salt fish with bacon and the bacon fat poured over it (couldnt do that now bad for you!) You mum saying "if you get killed dont come crying to me" Getting a bath in front of the fire in a old tin bath, then someone else would get in it after you. (that would be classed as unhygenic!). Rolling the paper up and lighting it and running down the yard to the loo, burning your hands if you didnt get there before it reach the end. Putting the shovel on the fire and putting the paper over it to get it going, 9-10 times the paper went up in flames. (health and safety now think of the children they shouldnt be playing with fire) Wonderful days and we were all very very happy Im glad I lived through them. Yvonne