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nanna, just googled it was the yardley english lavendar one he used to use and its still in the same glass jar amazing xxLynnxx

when we were kids money was tight and my dad was very carefull with his money (tight) the chimney needed sweeping and when told how much it would cost decided that he could save money by buying the brushes and doing it himself well he got the brushes and set about cleaning it only to realise they werent long enough, but rather than spend any more money he decided to take a few bricks out of the chimney breast and squeeze himself into the hole to reach next thing we heard was dad shouting he had got himself stuck half way up the chimney, his feet were dangling out of the whole where he had removed the bricks we all had to pull him out, he was as black as a sweep coughing and spluttering, and he hadnt even moved mums rug from the hearth, there was soot everywhere and a big hole in the wall next time the chimney needed sweeping mum got the sweep round without telling dad bless him he was a darlin my dad xxLynnxx

You can get a t-shirt with this printed on it-'Brilliantine-a pomade to make the hair manageable and lustrous.' lol Nanna-M ;))

Lynn, I still cringe when I think of it... Spring in the teeth.......Thats another story!!

pmsl-Rosi My kids had one of those rattles they were brilliant, but once they stuck, oh dear!! Nanna-M :)

it smelt lovely nanna i just might see if i can get a jar of it and sniff it when im missing him xxLynnxx

oh rosi thats brilliant nearly peed my pants laughing if i ever meet you i wont be able to look at you without laughing xxLynnxx

Just googled it Lynn, yes it was, still going too! lol Nanna-M :)

This happened when I was 16...... Was asked by a neighbour to babysit during the day as she was going to a church wedding. A couple of hours past and baby began to get ratty, I checked nappy gave a bottle etc and baby still upset.... I found a rattle to amuse the baby with (one of those that have suckers on the bottom so that you can stick to a smooth surface like a highchair tray) It worked for a while.... I then stuck it over my eye, baby was happy and smiling, Yep, you guessed. I couldnt get the thing off, It felt like I was going to pull my eye out (baby loved the Idea) I had to walk down the street with baby under my arm, looking like a Dalek to my Dad. The street was full of my brothers friends and the neighbourhood kids and BOY DID I GET SOME STICK. My dad had to remove the Rattle from my eye by sliding a knife underneath the rubber, I had a red ring around my eye all evening and was too embarrased to go out to face my friends... Rosi

my dad always used brylcream but for special occasions he used something else, it was in a glass jar and was green in colour and when he had run out i remember seeing him put a bit of butter in his hands, rub them together then put it on his hair lol lol lol was it called brillianteene or something ? xxLynnxx

I've probably done a few I have conveniently forgot!! Thought of one, I had very long black hair as a child and wanted it to look like my dads. So I crept off to the larder and used a whole tub of Brylcreme on my hair. My mother had a fit when she found me and my dad fell about laughing, she was not amused! Nanna-M :))

Lynn, funny how you see people in a different light when you grow up. I am sure your regard for her more than made up for the kipper and stuff!

still am nanna when i want to be lol lol xxLynnxx

if my kids did that to anyone p p id throttle them i really was a little s*d funny tho, as i grew older, i got to know this woman really well and grew to love her never did let on about the kipper tho !!! she died earlier this year and it really upset me she wasnt the wicked witch i always thort she was xxLynnxx

pmsl-Lynn and Rosie! Ooo, Lynn, you were a little minx!! Nanna-M ;))

Glad you didn't live near me Lynn, you little devil!!! pmsl

that same woman got a really nasty shock from me one year at haloween we couldnt be bothered to make a guy so a friend got her dads wheelbarrow i got some straw and shoved it up the arms of my coat and the legs of my trousers i put a mask on and pulled my hood up and sat outside her house in the wheelbarrow several people came past and gave us pennies not realising it was a child not a guy, she came out of her house to see what was going on and stood there lecturing my friend about begging, she poked me and was just saying it waswnt even a good attempt at making a guy when i jumped out of the wheelbarrow whailing like a banshee she nearly had a heart attack i scared the living daylights out of her i got such a good hiding for that but it was well worth it he he he he

Another one from my past..... On the first day of our holiday abroad arrived at a restraunt starving hungry, ordered Chicken soup for starters, and a pasta dish for the main course, the waiters brought out the Chicken soup a few mins later and I was just so hungry, with spoon in hand I got stuck in (as you do) I thought the soup was a little cold but ate it anyway because I thought, Oh well do as the romans do...... A few mins later I was presented a larger bowl of Chicken soup? Excuse me, I says to the waiter, I have had the soup already.... No Madam you have just eaten the bowl of Garlic dip!! I couldnt speak to anyone that night, my hubby wouldnt come near me and the kids kept running away.........lol

just remembered something i did when i was a teenager i was a bit of a tom boy and always getting up to mischeif there was a neighbour that loved getting me into trouble with my mum didnt matter what i did somehow she saw me and told, she went on holiday for a week, so i bort a kipper out of my pocket money and posted it thru her letter box, it was there for the whole week it must have stunk her house out you should have heard the comotion when she got home she was furious i never did get found out served her right silly old woman lol lol xxLynnxx

i once rang a child minder who was advertising vacancies - i thought she meant jobs - i was only 16 at the time