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Thornberry Thursday
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MotownGal | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:34 |
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We cannot have an open fire or log burners around here. Although I dont know how they can check up on one. :-S |
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**Ann** | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:35 |
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Tis wonder we did not set ourselves alight….using the newspaper to draw the chimney |
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LondonBelle | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:35 |
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How about the ice on the inside of the single glazed windows too Ann :-D :-D |
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**Ann** | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:35 |
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They might see the smoke coming out of yer chimney :-D :-D |
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Fly | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:36 |
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Maddie put it on when it's dark :-D |
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**Ann** | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:36 |
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Single glazed metal windows…even worse :-0 :-0 |
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LondonBelle | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:36 |
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Small give away ;-) :-D :-D :-D |
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MotownGal | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:36 |
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Not wanting to use the loo in the night, cos it was too cold to get out of bed. :-D :-D :-D |
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**Ann** | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:37 |
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If you left a bowl of dishes in to soak..by the morning they would be a block of ice :-D :-D :-D |
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LondonBelle | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:37 |
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There was definitely a knack to drawing a fire :-D :-D |
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MotownGal | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:37 |
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We havent got either. :-D :-D |
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Von | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:37 |
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I used to dress and undress in our airing cupboard ;-) ;-) ;-) |
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LondonBelle | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:37 |
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Ah those were the days :-D :-D |
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**Ann** | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:37 |
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You should be so lucky MG…Twas a trip down the garden for us :-D :-D |
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MotownGal | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:38 |
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You had to be a matador with the paper to do it proper! :-D |
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LondonBelle | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:38 |
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That would be known as child cruelty nowadays Von :-D :-D :-D |
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**Ann** | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:39 |
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Could job you are tiny Von :-D :-D |
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Von | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:39 |
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That’s what chamber pots under the bed were for Maddie ;-) ;-) |
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MotownGal | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:40 |
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Our loo was off the scullery. Great porcelain throne with a wooden seat. Just ripe for catching fingers if you stood up too soon. :-D :-D |
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Von | Report | 11 Jan 2024 19:40 |
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We didn’t have central heating when our boys were growing up :-0 :-0 :-0 |
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