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Or did you not have one ?

Didn't have one but in the 50s money was scarce getting married cost enough. ;-)

Went to Il Parmigiano for dinner in Kemp Town with 12 girlfriends, then onto Kings Club and then I ended the evening being rather poorly over the railings on the sea-front by Brighton Pier. Can't remember any more :-D

Mine was going to be a meal with my pals at an Indian restaurant in Sunderland in 1979, but was cancelled because of heavy snow - not safe to drive.
Today's Hen nights, and Stag do's can be really OTT. It must be a nightmare for some venues, both home and abroad.

they weren't around in 1959

i never had one :-( :-(

went into town with a bunch of friends, and got wasted lol,


im feeling the effects of this weekends hen party weekend in blackpool mind lol

yes went to a Northern Soul all nighter at Station Road in Wigan,,,,stone cold sober as they didnt sell booze! but could buy soft drinks or a glass of milk...... :-D

My first was sat in the police station
My second was at home making my flowers with friends
My third was in Brighton doing what hens should do.....having fun sadly one of my customers was also having her hen night in the same place so I bowed out for her.

Good old Uzzi - but you got your best man third time around didn't you and that's all that matters :-D

Am still waiting for mine, Uzzi :-D I hear St Lucia is a nice place for a hen party :-D

Yes please, BC, I'll come :-D :-D :-D

Your'e on Wend....now all I have to do is find a fella :-D

I don't think they'd been invented in 1961!

(Hen nights, not fellas)

I did Wend and BC I will be there for yours also ..

Didn't have one, that was back in 1960.

Emma :-)

Didn't they used to be called a "show of presents"? Happened over two evenings, the first for Grannies and Aunties and the second for pals and workmates. Tea and sandwiches followed a small sherry. On the second night the bride to be was dressed up and taken around the local streets armed with a chamber pot to collect donations in exchange for kisses from the local guys - unless, of course, you lived in a posh area! Ah, for the good old days when "hen nights" didn't cost an arm and a leg......... and a hangover!!!!

I was talking to my own kids just the other day about the "show of presents".
My 22yrs old is still laughing, and thinks the concept is hilarious.
I only told them about the 2 nights and all the gifts being laid out.
I never even mentioned the chamber pot, or... the banging of old pots and pans.

I'm an old maid.

I remember it well.......

I went out for a meal with three girlfriends.

Was a bit weird, because they didn't know I was getting married. They thought it was a get-together before I went overseas.

After dinner we went to a casino, we all won a little bit (whoopee!).

On the walk back to the car a loony jumped out of a doorway and flashed us :-P. Two of the girls walked to the other side of the road, the other one and I laughed at him.

We had a stripper and didn't have to pay him :-D

;-)