Childhood & Sentimental memories

Iguana

Newgirl wrote: »

Oh, what a fab thread...let me see...

-Nutty bars
Mellow birds coffee

Caramac bars
Chocolate sponge pudding with pink custard
- Only having a black and white telly
Always having a tortoise as a pet

- Spending all my pocket money on collecting scented ink cartridges and scented erasers

Getting a Lucky Bag on a Saturday

- Coke in glass bottles (the first time around) and collecting tokens to get some glasses.

Making toast on a fork over the gas ring or fire

- electronic game for the telly which only had tennis

- Telly that didn't go on all day and Suzy the test card

- Half day closing in our town

- A perfume from Avon -

- Mum drinking Lift lemon tea - yuck

Newgirl

Nutty bars: now Mr Tom.

Caramac - you can still buy them but they are smaller
Chocolate pudding with pink custard - at school.
Never had enough pocket money for the scented erasers!
Don't remember Lucky bags, remember Jamboree bags.
Deposit on bottles can't remeber coke!
The first computer game ! Tennis!!
The test card!!
The Avon Lady!!!!!
Lift was a treat!

Bobbykins

Spirit mentioned orange syrup from the baby clinic.....OMG, I use to LOVE that stuff. Tried to get it for my daughter when she was a baby but they'd stopped doing it. You could buy an imitation of it from Boots but it just wasn't the same.

Cod liver oil from the clinic - EUGHHHHHHHHHH

Rosehip syrup from the clinic - YUM YUM

Soft boiled egg chopped up in a cup with salt/pepper and loads of butter as a little treat if we were feeling poorly. Lucozade in the cellphone wrapper if we were REALLY ill!

Hula hoops (the toy, not the crisps) - there was a real craze for this where we lived....and my daft dad coming out in the street to have a go with all us kids.....and being really good at it too!

Long bike rides with a picnic consisting of a bottle of water and a few biscuits, and thinking we were rich beyond measure.

Playing out all day in the summer, and summer lasting for months, if not years!

Chips from the chippy were a special treat, we very rarely could afford fish with it, but chips and peas and a plate of bread and butter was posh nosh!

Mum and Dad doing without meat on their plates so that we kids could have some.......uh oh, here we go again, I love this thread but always end up getting emotional when I start remembering my dear Mum and Dad.....wish they were here so I could thank them for a wonderful childhood!!

Right, that's it, I'm off before I start snivelling again

SPARKY16

i wrote about the rag and bone man earlier he used to give you a goldfish for a few rags
does anyone remember (gension violet not sure how its spelt) my nana used to put it on your skin for any complaint from a spot to a graze or a cut it stained your skin purple and took days to wash off
where she got it from or what it was i dont know we often went to school with a purple stain my mam used to say not to tell her when we had anything wrong with us lol
i would love to know what it was

Bobbykins

Hi sparky....it was gentian violet.....I remember it too.....no idea what it was, think I might go away and try and find out about that one....it's got me intigued!

Will report back..watch this space!

Iguana

SPARKY16 wrote: »

i wrote about the rag and bone man earlier he used to give you a goldfish for a few rags
does anyone remember (gension violet not sure how its spelt) my nana used to put it on your skin for any complaint from a spot to a graze or a cut it stained your skin purple and took days to wash off
where she got it from or what it was i dont know we often went to school with a purple stain my mam used to say not to tell her when we had anything wrong with us lol
i would love to know what it was

Would it be 'Gentian Violet'?

Bobbykins

Gentian violet
aka/or
Methylrosanilinium chloride

antibacterial, antifungal, and anthelmintic properties, applied topically in the treatment of infections of the skin and muscous membranes associated with gram-positive bacteria and molds, and administered orally in pinworm and liver fluke infections.

There you are, aren't you glad you know that now?

Iguana

SPARKY16 wrote: »

I remember rosehip syrup and Farley's rusks?
I still buy Farleys rusks now they are not very high in calories so fit in great with my diet lol they take a lot longer to eat than a biscuit

They don't taste the same though!!!!

SPARKY16

Bobbykins wrote: »

Gentian violet
aka/or
Methylrosanilinium chloride

antibacterial, antifungal, and anthelmintic properties, applied topically in the treatment of infections of the skin and muscous membranes associated with gram-positive bacteria and molds, and administered orally in pinworm and liver fluke infections.

There you are, aren't you glad you know that now?

im so glad i know that now lol
my nana used to keep it in a very old bottle i didnt think to look it up i thought it was something she made lol

glendam

What about cod liver oil and malt 2 teaspoons every morning it made getting out of bed worthwhile.

Glenda

madoldbat

This thread is a danger I spend sooooooooo much time reading and remembering:o
Walking every were,school,freinds,relatives miles and miles
Playing out from breakfast till tea time.
Not enough money for fish and chips only chips Mum would send a supply of news papers over and ask for any cold fish for the cat in exchange.That just ment cold fish left over from earlier in the day.Nice chap always had one.
Sitting in candle light learning to knit due to 3 day week.
Sittin on sofa under a blanket to keep warm to watch telly only had enough money for either the gas meter or telly meter.So saved gas fo cooking only.
Getting chocolate Easter eggs from family and nighbers biggest haul 20.
Fire work party in the street same neighbers adding to collection we were the only kids in our street it had lots of old people who thought we were sweet:rolleyes:
Going to birthday parties because mum was freinds with the childs mum.Still dont like parties.
Princess Tina,Bunty,Judy,Topper and the Eagle comics .
Oooooooo yes getting up half an hour early to go to bakers and get warm bread cakes for breakfast.
See Im off again. Sorry !!!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: