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Have you ever wondered what your clutter could be worth?
A major UK TV Broadcaster is looking for hoarders and clutterers who feel their life has been taken over by their compulsion to collect stuff. The aim of the show is to help people realise how much money they could have lying around their house, by selling their clutter with the help from our experts, experienced in the…
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O/S Daily thread Friday 6th November
This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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walk down memory lane TB hospital
my mum recently died and I have been sorting through all the old photos. Brings back so many memories. Back in the 1950s I contracted Tuberculosis - now I am not exactly sure of what age I entered hospital, but I spent my third birthday in Glan Ely Hospital, Cardiff. and I was there about a year and half.as my birthday…
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Hard water and making tea :(
We live in a hard water area--most comes from the chalky Downs--& it plays havoc with me muvva's favourite hot beverage. She has tried so many teapots but they all end up caked in dark, slate-like covering within a few days even though we rinse every time, & the kettle has one of those metal balls in it. The tea often has…
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replacing a much loved bread maker
I love making bread myself the traditional way; but also find my breadmaker very useful if I'm out for the day / overnight etc. I have had a basic Panasonic for about 20 years, and the pan is no longer "non-stick" leading to problems - and of course, the replacement pan is almost as much as a new breadmaker (in fact, more…
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O/S Daily Thread Thursday 5th November
This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Cheap Vinegar for cleaning
If you plan on using Vinegar for cleaning, getting rid of weeds or whatever. If you can get to a Chinese shop. They have pretty strong stuff in gallon containers. It will need diluting. Be sure to keep it out of reach of children. It will work out a lot cheaper than our British stores. You might be able to check online.
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Removing pink dye run from my daughters multicoloured garment
Hi all, My wife has spent ages knitting a red, white and blue cardigan for my daughter. I put it in a 40 wash and the red has run into the white. Is there ANYTHING I can do to get rid of the pink and return the white section to white? My wife is absolutely distraught. Thanks in advance, hopefully!
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Has anyone made red velvet cake without adding red colouring or beets?
Hi, I would like to make a red velvet cake but don't care what it looks like. Every recipe has food colouring or beetroot juice, has anyone made it without? Thank you :)
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Limescale remover
Sorry I did search to try and find a thread on this but couldn't find much - please point me in the right direction if there is one I've missed! We get absolutely terrible limescale where we live in the south. So much so that after cleaning the shower, removing all limescale, 1 shower shows up limescale marks again. I am a…
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Tasteless pumpkin
Using the cash back shopping apps I duly went and got a pumpkin for -65p from sains. I made pumpkin and orange soup. It tasted like sick! Honestly! That was a few days ago and I can still taste it. I tried to rescue it by putting in the SC overnight with spices and some sugar but next day it still tasted terrible. I did…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 4th November 2015
O/S Daily Wednesday 4th November 2015 This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s…
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How to make carvery beef at home?
Hello all, Does anyone know how I would make carvery beef like the type of beef you get a Toby Carvery or the carvery beef you get with Sunday Pub Lunches? ie what type of beef, how to cook etc? Hope someone can help!
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Can I freeze these?
Hi all, impulsively to brought some of these this evening then when I got them home remembered my grand plan to have jacket potatoes and salad for dinners this week. What's the best way to freeze or preserve them? Or is it a lost cause?
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Cooking smells in jacket!
Hello! I'm a bit more of a lurker on the forums, but I'm in desperate need of some Old Style Moneysaving advice (hoping this is the right place to post). I work in a small tearooms that isn't well ventilated. I do a lot of food prep and there's no door on the kitchen either so all the smells linger about the tearooms.…
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Best non dairy spread for cake/buttercream?
I'm sure this must have been asked and answered, but I can't find the answer :) I've been asked to bake a dairy free Victoria sponge with jam & buttercream. The recipient is ok with eggs, it's just butter/milk they can't eat. So, my research (Google!) tells me that Vitalite is a good butter substitute as far as cake…
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Velux windows
When we moved into our house the wooden frames on our velux windows had black mould stains on them from condensation. I've bought the maintenance and repair kits from Velux, but how do I get rid of the black staining before varnishing? I've got Astonish Mould and Mildew spray which isn't strong enough, so if anyone has any…
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O/S Daily 3rd November 2015
O/S Daily Tuesday 3rd November 2015 This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s…
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Simply Nigella
Anyone going to be watching this? It's on tonight on BBC2 at 8.30. I got the book the other day, looks like some nice recipes. The sweet potato mac and cheese is very popular with her Twitter followers.
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Have i given myself food poisoning?
I bought a packet of Sainsbury's precooked muscles and ate them cold. Even though there was no cooking instructions with them. Thanks.
