General Chat

walking down the lane,with a basket,picking blackberries...one for me,two for the basket lol. going to chapel on a sunday,knowing if i was good,i would get a mint to suck during the sermon. looking down to the rhondda valley at night,and seeing thousands of street lights in the distance. and the best memory...seeing a steam train puffing away,knowing it's got my rellies on board,coming home from the pits...and the thought,that my gran would be putting the chip pan on lol bryan.

Bay City Rollers,salad cream sarnie's long hot summers when I could wonder up Elloughton dales with my friend when our parents didn't need to worry about where we were. All my rellies were still alive to ask them stuff I should have untill leaving it too late!!!!!!. angie

hiya everyone, thanks for your replies. ohhhhhhhhh i have been laughing my head off. guess what i saw on weds a donkey stone, didnt think people still used them, i wore a hoop under my skirt, you had to be careful sitting down or it would flick up and people could see what you had for your breccy lol x

Glazed Cotton dresses with big flared skirts ,bought from Dorothy Perkins. White with huge green roses!! Film 'Harvey' a giant imaginary Rabbit. All boys went round muttering at their invisible 'friend' !! Can't believe that these kids were 15 and 16 yrs'!! Jane

my mum and dad.. miss them so much xxxx

The Dandy comic and the story of Black Bob the collie birlliant Howardxx

I had a purple maxi coat wore a rubber roll-on to school I used to spray my hair with a mixture of sugar and water

Crisps with the blue twist of paper with salt in it. Taking old news paper to the chippy van and getting a bag of free chips for them. Ice cream vans that would fill up large dish/bowl with ice cream, mobil shop..oh the list is endless... Bev

Ooh Kay & Gwyneth we must be the same age LOL I'd forgotten about the American Tan stockings from the market - you were very lucky to get two the same size in the pack! I had a shocking pink circular skirt that Mum & I made from a complete circle of material. I wore layers and layers of paper nylon and net petticoats underneath and though I looked fantastic in my white stillettos! LOL Did you lift the record changing arm on your Dansette so that the same record played over and over again automatically? My Dad threatened to 'throw it out of the window unless I stopped that infernal noise'. Still sounded better than the 'rubbish' my kids played on their boom boxes! LOL Sue xx

My crisp white dress with large bow on the back, only worn for special days and Sunday School. Heather

Gwyneth, Thanks for the memory jog,,,,Paper nylon ,yes Mother used to go nuts for using the sugar,,and for making hair spray with,in warm water,,,,,and petticoats with hoops in them,,,embordering all the singers names on your skirt,and blouse,,,and the iron on trasnfers you got free in ''Valentine''',and our old Dansette record player which drove my dad crazy,with its blaring 'Jungle Music'' kay,

spangles and aztec bars

Those horrible brushed nylon sheets on the bed. You either got a static shock from them or got your toenails caught in them. Thank goodness they are in the past!!! Dianne xx

Hitler

The days when a 'Tranny' wasn't a cross dresser, but something you listened to the chart run-down on every Tuesday! LOL Ecru coloured tights, platform shoes, love beads, 'Purdie' haircut, Fab 208 and The Jackie magazines, Smitty perfume, blue mascara and Baby Doll pj's! Christine

Bunty and Judy magazines, Flowered bell bottom trousers edged with small bells. Susan

Yes, I had one of those skirts too, lol

I used to go in M&S children's department to find a skirt short enough for me to wear also avoid paying VAT.

Anyone have a 'paper nylon' petticoat which you could stiffen by rinsing in sugar water?

Mascara in a block which you had to spit on, pair ,stockings off the market for 1/- american tan,and took the risk you got two matching legs,,,midi jumpers,,and hair styles,a bee hive .then feather cut,with pepper and salt streaks,,,, Oh my god!!!!!!!!!I'm never that old??????????? Kay,