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  • emerald21
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    mhoc wrote: »
    We had Bratt and Dykes in Stafford but my mother never took us there, too expensive.
    She took us to C&As in Wolverhampton and I am assuming we went on the train - I never knew why we never went to Birmingham
    She didn't like escalators and passed this fear onto me

    My mum used to take us to C&A s in Liverpool . She also had a fear of escalators mind you there are some cracking ones there. Don't bother me though :)
  • TrulyMadly
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    LANGO1966 wrote: »
    Ratners, Telefusion and Saxone:beer:

    Ratners earrings that turned your lobes green:o
    To do is to be. Rousseau
    To be is to do. Sartre
    Do be do be do. Sinatra
  • bubbs
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    mhoc here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=142
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • mhoc
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    TrulyMadly wrote: »
    How lovely mhoc.....well if anyone can do it, it will be you with a little elite help
    Fabulous news:T

    I still think £5k is just going to be the tip of the iceberg but at least if we have made her life easier and at least she has a pot of money to start her off

    I've put in a request for no over the top wildly extravagant hen and buck weekends - I seem to think eldest son went to Edinburgh for his mates and it cost hundreds in train tickets, hotel etc
    “Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.”
  • TrulyMadly
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    emerald21 wrote: »
    My mum used to take us to C&A s in Liverpool . She also had a fear of escalators mind you there are some cracking ones there. Don't bother me though :)

    Weren't the clothes branded Canda or something like that?
    To do is to be. Rousseau
    To be is to do. Sartre
    Do be do be do. Sinatra
  • emerald21
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    chocaholics wrote: »
    Yes, remember it well,also Owen Owens and Lewises store. Haha, bet you dont remember Bon Marche - not the little ladies store of today, it was a posh department store on Church Street next to George Henry Lees,


    My nan used a phrase " you must think I'm one of Lewis s" lol
  • Mrs_stinkface
    Mrs_stinkface Posts: 3,415 Forumite
    bargainqueen8 wrote: »
    my dad used to manage the furniture depts in owen owens and tj`s,i used to love going to work with him in school hols and going shopping in liverpool.:).there was something on the local news this week about a huge father christmas that used to be in blacklers or binns being restored.
    still no sign of my £160 worth of genuine points that boots have nicked.:(

    Give it a few more days hun then give them a ring x
    Snap-ant wrote: »
    :)

    My first Saturday job was in Bolloms Dry Cleaners

    Remember SNOB?

    I loved snob!
    My 1st proper miniskirt (belt:D) came from there
    Life is not about learning to avoid the storms - it's about learning to dance in the rain.
  • TrulyMadly
    TrulyMadly Posts: 39,754 Forumite
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    mhoc wrote: »
    I still think £5k is just going to be the tip of the iceberg but at least if we have made her life easier and at least she has a pot of money to start her off

    I've put in a request for no over the top wildly extravagant hen and buck weekends - I seem to think eldest son went to Edinburgh for his mates and it cost hundreds in train tickets, hotel etc

    You are right mhoc....some people spend that on a dress:eek:

    But she sounds a sensible girl:T
    To do is to be. Rousseau
    To be is to do. Sartre
    Do be do be do. Sinatra
  • mhoc
    mhoc Posts: 19,313 Forumite
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    bubbs wrote: »
    mhoc here
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=142

    Thanks for this, I've sent her the link and I've subscribed to it myself

    I am dreading this taking over our entire lives over the next year and Squeezy out any sane and rational thoughts
    “Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.”
  • bubbs
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    TrulyMadly wrote: »
    Weren't the clothes branded Canda or something like that?

    Yes and the younger generation (my age at the time:p)was clockhouse if i rem correctly
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
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