Nostalgia

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

It concentrated a greater air flow at the base of the fire.

Cooking a full English breakfast over a coal fire during the power cuts.
Eiderdowns.

My eiderdown had 2 arm holes in it

 

[-dabz-]

My eiderdown had 2 arm holes in it

You should have sewn a hood and some buttons on it...Would have doubled up as a great coat...I bet you are kicking yourself?
Upstairs for thinking, downstairs for dancing....

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

You should have sewn a hood and some buttons on it...Would have doubled up as a great coat...I bet you are kicking yourself?
Upstairs for thinking, downstairs for dancing....

No money for hoods and buttons mate, times were hard in them days

 

[-dabz-]

No money for hoods and buttons mate, times were hard in them days

Christ!....You were that impoverished you couldn't think straight...you could have swapped crown bottle caps for buttons (assuming your father was alcoholic) and an old duffle bag for a hood,(usually found under hedges stuffed full of porn featuring sailors)

 

[crublue1]

No money for hoods and buttons mate, times were hard in them days

Bollocks, you could buy hoods for buttons back then.
Hang on, I've not thought this through have I.

 

[HorlocksWalk]

Dogs being everywhere, people just used to let them out. And they were all mongrels and would fight and form big wandering packs at some points in the year.

Dog shite everywhere, nothing funnier that watching someone do the dance to wipe the dog turd off their shoes, especially if they had a deep tread but when it happened to you, you wanted to identify the culprit and get the bastard castrated.

 

[mosssideblue]

Green Shield Stamps

 

[mosssideblue]

Youth Clubs

 

[crublue1]

Youth Clubs

Toc h they were called round my way. No idea why.
Where we were taught to smoke and swear by the bigger boys.
And looking back, how to avoid getting changed for boxing in front of the slightly Pervy bloke who ran it.

 

[crublue1]

Bob a job week