Genealogy Chat

Heather The Comp ones still there. Margaret

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

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.......:~))

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

♥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

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

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!!

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 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.)

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

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

It's not that you don't remember your mum having them, but you are supposed to lie and say YOU remember them yourself!! The rest of us are OLD! I remember loops, belts and safety pins. My mum remembers her mum tearing an old bed sheet into strips (these were laundered each month)....filled with cotton wool from the chemist. Merry

Sorry Snowdrops I do not remember my mum having them I do not remember my mum having them I do not remember my mum having them I do not remember my mum having them I do not remember my mum having them.......... Can I finish my lines later?

Debs, you are NOT supposed to say 'I remember my mum having them' - that is NOT good for morale!!!! 1,000 lines for you my girl! Snowdrops

Oh Jess....can you imagine in years to come....the conversation will be 'oh, do you remember the ones with the dry weave top sheet and wings' LOL I remember my mum having the loopy ones...I think they were 'DR Whites' Deb

Unfortunately I too must raise my hand to this!! Snowdrops PS Always felt very sorry for a friend of mine who had the initials ST - wont mention her name, you never know!!

Me Jess And the stupid belts. My 2 daughters looked very oddly at me when I told them Margaret

Actually, joking apart - it was not only funny but a lesson is social history for the mere babes that frequent this site! We need to ED ucate them ( you know, like those that wonder what on earth i am on about saying ST's had loops!) Shall i start another thread? [hands up anyone who remembers ST's with loops!] jess x

Think we should defo have the meeting - don't tell you know who, but let's all meet round the back of the bike sheds - what time anyone? Snowdrops