Childhood & Sentimental memories

passion8

noonesperfect wrote: »

Depends how old you were in the early 1970's

I was married in the early 70's

noonesperfect

FEE_100 wrote: »

Loving this thread some of the stuff just sends me straight back to my childhood. 10p mix ups rag and bone man bon accord juice van etc etc. The one thing I truly miss from my youth and early teens though is TEXAN bars.. they were truly fantastic covererd in choclate with chewy stuff in the middle, I can still taste it if I close my eyes!!!! hope they come back like the wispa!!!

Texan are still made! I bought an outer for a friend not that long ago (in the last 18 months anyway) from Costco.

noonesperfect

passion8 wrote: »

I was married in the early 70's

I was nobbut a bairn!

Perhaps that's why you don't remember crispy cod balls. I think they were made to appeal to children, they were made by Birds Eye. There wasn't nearly so much choice in the freezer in those days.........

They were a rare "treat" though, same as chips or anything deep-fried. I'm sure it did me no harm:rolleyes: .

This isn't my memory, but my ex husband's Nan always had a mystery box. It contained an endless supply of choc, biscuits and crisps and was kept in the fridge for her 2 grandsons (and me when I married one of them). She kept her mystery box going until they were well into their 30's! Sadly she died in January 2000.

passion8

noonesperfect wrote: »

I was nobbut a bairn!

Perhaps that's why you don't remember crispy cod balls. I think they were made to appeal to children, they were made by Birds Eye. There wasn't nearly so much choice in the freezer in those days.........

They were a rare "treat" though, same as chips or anything deep-fried. I'm sure it did me no harm:rolleyes: .

This isn't my memory, but my ex husband's Nan always had a mystery box. It contained an endless supply of choc, biscuits and crisps and was kept in the fridge for her 2 grandsons (and me when I married one of them). She kept her mystery box going until they were well into their 30's! Sadly she died in January 2000.

That reminded me of Nobbut a Lad by Alan Titchmarsh

Considering where cod balls were made, I really should remember them

As for the frozen foods available in those days, it reminded me of a two hour round trip to get to an Asda that sold crispy pancakes, and as far as I know, they haven't done me any harm either lol.

My uncle worked at Rowntrees, and as him and his family used to stay with us for a week each year, (can't think where we put them all rofl), he'd bring us a huge supply of chocolates and biscuits. I remember him bringing Club biscuits, my favourite being the orange ones.

When I Googled to remind myself what Rowntrees actually made, I couldn't spot Club biscuits, but I found a great site for all of us nostalgics

Check this out: http://www.headington.org.uk/adverts/chocolate_sweets.htm

it's a real memory-jogger

Tuttifruitty_Theresa

positivelymummy wrote: »

ooh did you dip the bread in?:D

ooooh yes, the only way to have it mmmmm, may have to go and have some now lol


xx

Georgiabay

At last I've got to the end of this great thread so I can add my two penn'th.

If we asked what there was to eat it was "A run round the table and a kick at the pantry door".

My mum never swore but when riled would say "Blood and stomach pills!"

We were also told "There and back to see how far it is"

When there was a power cut (which was everytime there was a thunderstorm) we always played cards in the candlelight.

I had a Rosebud doll and named her Rosebud. I remember I decided to wash her clothes and one of her dresses was blue with white spots on - all the spots came off in the water and floated on top.

We used to watch Sunday Night at the London Palladium and my favourite act was Topo Gigo - a gorgeous mouse puppet.

Reading about the nylon nighties and sheets made me laugh so much. My Mum used to iron everything and when nylon came in she melted loads of things with the iron. My school blouses were nylon and I had two with a shrivelled up collars but couldn't have new ones because I got my uniform free twice a year as my Mum was a single parent (but it wasn't called that in those days) as my Dad died when I was five. Plastic presstuds (or poppers) had the same fate when she ironed straight over them and melted them flat so they were unusable.

rosieben

I remember the rosebud dolls, Georgiabay! We lived not far from the Rosedales factory, and I remember the pastic buckets and stuff, as well as dolls etc. I still have some of the christmas decorations!

I remember the mouse too - anyone else remember Shirley Abacaire playing the zither?

or Shari Lewis and Lamb chop?

positivelymummy

pounds_and_pensive wrote: »

The nightie story reminded me of how I was forever being told not to sit with my back to the coal fire. "Don't sit with your back to the fire - it'll make you sick!". I suspect this was a fictitious piece of wisdom invented just to make me get out of the way so everyone else could get a bit of heat too, but even almost thirty years later, I'm still not allowed to forget the time I ignored it yet again and melted the back of my new school jumper. I didn't feel a thing and didn't even notice until someone else smelt it scorching

Incidentally, my mum and dad were originally from Leeds and both used the expression 'there and back to see how far it is', and as a result, so do I. I've only just realised having caught up on the thread (one of my faves on here at the moment )that I don't think I've ever heard anyone one else around here (Bristol) say it before either. Another mum-and-dad-ism was, when asked 'why?' to a question they couldn't or didn't want to answer, 'because there's holes in tripe!' I've DEFINITELY never heard anyone else say that one

i'm sooo loving this thread, my grandfolk always said, "there and back to see how far it is" which of course i now say to my kids! i was brought up in Lancashire, another one of our families sayings was when you said you thought something, someone always said "you know what thought did? followed a dust cart and thought it were a wedding"!!! er me as a 8 year old would stnad and look confused for a long time!!!:D i think that was the intention!

positivelymummy

oooh an while a remember, i vaguely remember the rag and bone man down my grans back alley! (eccles, manchester) but growing up in rochdale, we had the pop man, the potatoe man (he sold small hot new potatoes in a brown bag with salt) and my very fave...the black pea man! sold cups of hot black peas with salt and vinegar....think its a northern thing!:D

noonesperfect

passion8 wrote: »

That reminded me of Nobbut a Lad by Alan Titchmarsh

Considering where cod balls were made, I really should remember them

As for the frozen foods available in those days, it reminded me of a two hour round trip to get to an Asda that sold crispy pancakes, and as far as I know, they haven't done me any harm either lol.

My uncle worked at Rowntrees, and as him and his family used to stay with us for a week each year, (can't think where we put them all rofl), he'd bring us a huge supply of chocolates and biscuits. I remember him bringing Club biscuits, my favourite being the orange ones.

When I Googled to remind myself what Rowntrees actually made, I couldn't spot Club biscuits, but I found a great site for all of us nostalgics

Check this out: http://www.headington.org.uk/adverts/chocolate_sweets.htm

it's a real memory-jogger

My friend has a card for the Nestle factory shop so I go there from time to time, but they never have Texan bars oddly enough.
That website is certainlly a memory-jogger, I'd forgotten all about Bandits amongst others

Club biscuits were (are?) made by Jacobs, i stopped buying them when I realised they have the dread hydrogenated fats amongst the ingredients.I like the fruit ones, orange then mint - in that order!

I don't know where crispy cod balls were made but wouldn't be surprised if it was on the east coast of Yorkshire....