Childhood & Sentimental memories

susank

Creamola foam and nylon sheets (ugh)

wannabe_a_mum

johanne wrote: »

does anyone else remember "playdays" every day with different but stops each day...my fave was the "why bird stop" with peggy patch etc and the worst and most boring was "dotty lady" stop with all the dominos things.

I loved the WHY BIRD STOP!!! It was the only one!

Okay, so talking of TV...who remembers any of the following (i'm sure I didn't dream them!!)

POB (C4)
Ramona (C4 - American)
Rosie and Jim
Raggy Dolls
Shoe People

and then there was one kids programme which had a theme song that when "I'm a tot, je suis une tot, tilly tom and tiny..." what was that called??

Oh and Wizadora was great!!!

We also watched some grown up programmes with mum....."Thats Life" with Esther Rantzen and Surprise Surprise...i always cried when she reunited people...and loved her novelty phones!! Who remembers them???

sallyk07

wannabe a mum
thats tots tv its still on cbeebies my little girl has just watched it
love sally

willow_girl

I remember going to birthday parties in my long party dress! We used to take them to school (if the party was on a week night) so we could change at the birthday girls house.
And it was always a homemade birthday cake in shape of your age. And warm spring evenings playing statues and musical bumps and of course pass the parcel outside :rolleyes: .

Iguana

glendam wrote: »

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

Glenda

I rememmber the malt extract!

bommer

Hi, just thinking never had a thred nominated for the "one of the month" any chances?????

If not some more nostolger. Can't spell either. failed childhood!!!!

Playing out until called in by mom.
Mom's first front loading washing machine.
My mom still cooking on a gas stove as old as my sister (39).
Old gas fridge which we use to play with in our den.
Nan and grandad babysitting for us on a saturday and watching Dallas.

FAME>>>>>>>
I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER - SORRY GOT CARRIED AWAY
Legwarmers
Duran Duran -SWOON#
WHAM- tHE GROUP and not the sweetiee bar.
Nik Kershaw
Limal - Kagagoogoo
Animal Maginic - Welcome to the Monkey HOuse
FGTH = Relax (0oh so banned)

Luv Bommer

Olliebeak

Sometimes when I lay in bed at night, I could absolutely cry with the pain in my legs. Grandmother ALWAYS put it down to 'growing pains' - it did honestly feel as though my legs were being stretched lengthways. I was THEN given a dose of 'Angier's Junior Aspirin' - the orange flavour ones. They got banned sometime when my own kids were young - wonder why? Then I found our that there's supposed to be no such thing as Growing Pains. Wonder what the heck those pains were then - they seemed to go on for a few years. Maybe just the aches and pains of a child who was constantly on the go! Funnily enough I stopped growing at the age of 13 - but had reached 5ft 10ins - thank God I stopped THEN!

Another of Grandmother's favourite things for dosing with was 'Syrup of Figs' for when you 'couldn't go'! If there was no SoF, then it was a glass of cabbage water - that worked as well! If I had the 'tummy gripes' (almost opposite of 'couldn't go') it was a dose of 'Indian Brandee' or that disgusting concoction called 'Milk of Magnesia' - white, chalky and gloopy!

Like everybody else of my generation (post-war baby boom), in the winter there was a daily dose of cod liver oil - either from the spoon (yuk!) or in capsule form - either way you got a 'fishy burp' half way through maths EVERY morning!

But the real treat was reserved for when you were 'proper ill' - and you got bought a bottle of 'Lucozade' in an orange cellophane wrapper - and got told that it wasn't pop so don't drink it too quickly. Just when did the taste of Lucozade change to orange? The original stuff was a sort of Glucose taste - gorgeous.

Bobbykins

Hi All

just thought I'd let you know that I've nominated this thread for post of the month......I've been meaning to do it for a few days but only just got around to it.

Cheers
:beer:

Happy_shopper

wannabe_a_mum wrote: »

Ramona (C4 - American)

I don't remember the TV programme but I loved the books.

MRSMCAWBER

OLLIEBEAK
angie aspirins - i was just about to mention them,:T
and you are right about lucozade... the stuff in proper bottles with squeeky cellophane wrapping was stunning...its awful stuff now.

What about those toys where you had 2 people holding a pair of handles and you were joined together by cord, and you had to pull your hand apart realy fast to make the big plastic rugby ball hit the other end.... endless hours of agony as your knuckles got battered:rotfl: