Genealogy Chat

OK Merry... I lied!!! .I do remember them - Honestly!! I do!! I even remember the belts?? and the safety pins?? and the...oh I think that was it....and I tell you something else..my mum told me that she used to cut up a bed sheet and....... eh, just one more thing my hip is really playing me up today!!! LOL Deb

Ooooh, my Mum used torn-up bed sheets as well - but I don't think they could afford cotton wool, just used several thicknesses of cloth. She lived in a house with no running water, so on wash day all the water had to be drawn up from the well and put into a boiler in the wash house with a fire underneath to heat it (no electricity or gas either). Just imagine what an awful job it must have been washing them! Ugh. Makes our loops, belts and pins seem positively luxurious. Tina

Oh dear, I remember the belts and loops, too. We had to go into the chemist's and ask for a packet of Dr. White's in hushed tones. No supermarkets in those days. (This was in the early 1960s, not the 18th century.)

Oh Debs, that's even worse!!!!!!! Must think of some suitable punishment - it's not the lying, it's that you made us all feel REALLY old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember when I was about 5 or 6 (50 ish years ago - I hate to admit) - my dad was a night watchman in some sort of cotton mill - anyway, I and my brother went to spend some time with him while he was at work. I went to the toilet and in there was a machine which said 'towels - 4d' - I thought my mum would like some new towels so asked my older brother if he had any pennies to add to mine so I could buy her some. SSSooo disappointing - - they had LOOPS - not the sort of nice 'hand-towels' that I had imagined. - My dad was distraught and made us promise we would not tell our mum - I didn't understand at the time, but wonder now if he ever told her the tale? Dea x

Oh Dear!!! If it's any consolation none of you sound old at all!!! and I would not say I was a spring chicken myself!!! lol Please don't be too hard on me....I have already c****ed my lines up!!

Oh, Debs, lol! Reminds me - my mum shoved a packet at me and said out of the side of her mouth - put one of these on. Some little time later I had managed to tie the loops to the SIDES of my knickers...... OC

♥Deb N Air♥ , You can go off people you know! What good are wings? AND i never got the pack with the free skaeboard! All the doors that having ST's with wings was supposed to open...Didn't mean i could ballet dance any the better either. Sorry Glen, what did you just say then? Jess x

Jess What does this mean?? ♥Deb N Air&#9829 Deb

I cant believe there is a thread about womens things on tips board.....dear me.......I think we'll rename this board ' son of gen' pmsl.......:~))

Oh, gone has it. Did the other one - the comp one go aswell. Never mind, we can still have fun.

Heather The Comp ones still there. Margaret