Yesteryear

[laurence2]

People moan in todays society about being poor etc, surely they've never had so good compared to previous generations.

Who ever ate Bread & Dripping then, i believe this is still quite common up north.

Who waited for the jelly to set on the window seal {no fridge} in the height of the summer {it took 4 days to set lol}

Who had advertising logos on the bottom of their footwear { ie cardboard from the weetabix box to cover the worn out sole}


You can't beat the good old days, what memories to you recall of your earlier years, thats if you have any memories

[warpig3]

Making stilts out of empty bean cans and lengths of string.

Homemade ice lollies made from Quash were a real treat.

[warpig3]

Having patches sewn on the elbows of my blazers and thinking nothing of it.

Your mums home-made clothes & handknitted jumpers.

[Doc Spock]

UP NORTH !!!

I presume you are a sanctimonious southern tw@t.

If not I apologise.

[B00]

Watching snooker with my grandma on her black and white TV.

Proper seasons- in summer it was sunny, and in winter we had snow, not the namby pamby pavement dust we occasionally get now, but the proper covering your wellies white stuff.

PS
We do not still eat bread and dripping here in the Norffff either, infact I've never seen the stuff never mind eaten it.

[4getmenot]

seeing white dog poo on the pavement :-)

[laurence2]

I'm from London Doc spock, but now reside in the west midlands.

In regards to my comment about B&D still being eaten up north etc, i'm not saying everyone still eats this up north, i'm told it is still popular up their.

I'm only basing this on people i know from the north-east and yorkshire i work with, my apologies if i toughed a raw nerve, but southern tw@t i'm not thankyou very much.

[warpig3]

LOL B00, that reminds me - watching the wrestling on Saturdays with my Gran (Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and Mick McManus, those were the days)

[RATTER15]

Black Jacks 4 for an old penny. Wearing a balaclava to school!!!

I started work in 1974 my first 40 hour week wage packet was net �10.34 and I thought I was rolling in it!! I bought my first motorbike
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within 2 weeks on HP, it cost �180 I paid it off at �4.00 a month

[laurence2]

The majority of butchers and supermarkets still sell Dripping Boo.

lol at snooker with the B&W TV. i remember the commentry still, and for those watching in B&W the blue ball is.............

[RATTER15]

Doc Spock, are we feeling a bit touchy today?

[B00]

Yeah Warpig, my grandma watched that too- the change in her was unbelievable when the prgoramme started. All you could hear her saying was "GO 'ARNNNN, KILLLLL 'IMMMM" and the making fist actions. Was hysterical to watch her.

[AlBaal]

Polio Boots were everywhere.

[Doc Spock]

Hi Ratty, not realy, just thought the expression " up North" to be a tad condescending.

[Hellyon]

Always wore handme down shoes and clothes - along with everyone else.
Frozen school milk in the winter
Spam Fritters and pilchards with mash (ugh) for school dinners - Jamie Oliver would spin if he were dead!
Being given thru'pence (1 1/4 new pence) to spend on sweets and having a bag full
Pint of Stella or vodka and orange being 26p
Complaining about petrol going up to 52p a GALLON which is about 17p a litre

[johnlambert]

Sitting at my Gradad's feet asking him about the 1st world war for a school history project and wishing I hadn't.

Ice on the INSIDE of the window pane

Building a cart from an old wooden box, some wheels and a huge amount of string

The old rag + bone man who walked around Lieth in Edinburgh wi a Spider monkey on his shoulder

Waggon Wheel biscuits that were bigger than yer heid

McGowans penny toffees that took all day to eat

Getting the strap every day at Lieth Links primary school

[ELVIS68]

Strap on ^^^^

[johnlambert]

lol @ elvis
very droll

[PatriciaH]

Lol dont we all sound like old f4rts! lol... i remember coats on me bed to keep warm! and ice on the inside windows...3 in a bed etc.... ahhh good memories of my childhood...

[johnlambert]

Old???
PatriciaH, that all happeneed yesterday!!!!

[Ethel]

I eat dripping on toast. Luverly grub.

I grew up with no telephone, no television, no bathroom and just an outside loo. Washing at the kitchen sink, the soap covered in old tea leaves from the tea pot being slopped down the sink.
A potty under the bed as the house was so well bolted at night it was impossible to get out to use the loo.

No fridge - a meat safe on the cellar stairs to keep the flies off.

Humping coal up steep cellar steps for the fire - no central heating, ice box bedrooms and jack frost on the windows.

Girls still playing with dolls at 12 - and in full time work at 14, helping to support the family.

Washday taking ALL day - hard manual work with a dolly tub, a mangle and a heavy iron.

Chapped hands and corned beef legs, from sitting in front of the fire.

50 year olds being old in mind and body.

Little children with candles under their noses - who knows what I mean? Huge prams with fat babies wearing pixie hats and matinee coats that granny had knitted.