Childhood & Sentimental memories

positivelymummy

rosieben wrote: »

Is that what you call Carlin peas positivelymummy? I worked with a yorkshireman who raved about them, he said they were a favourite 'bar snack' in his local too

yep thems the ones! called carlin peas in yorkshire cos they were eaten on carlin sunday after church (dont know what carlin sunday was!) but in lancs we ate them on bonfire night and at fairs! and we had a black pea man who sold them in the town centre from a wheel barrow thingy! also known as pigeon peas and parched peas too, yum!:D

gb57

JUST like my lovely mum! Resisted getting an auto wm for years, insisted her twin tub was better. She had to drag it across the room, including up a small step to get it to the sink to use it! Finally when she was about 76 we persuaded her to get an auto as her twin tub had died. She always complained about how long the auto took "much quicker with my twin tub" - no matter how many times we said, well, with the auto you stick it on and go and do something else.

She died 2 1/2 years ago, I miss her terribly - she was an original old style money saver par excellence, coming from the generation that always "made do and mend", never threw anything away

positivelymummy

gb57 wrote: »

JUST like my lovely mum! Resisted getting an auto wm for years, insisted her twin tub was better. She had to drag it across the room, including up a small step to get it to the sink to use it! Finally when she was about 76 we persuaded her to get an auto as her twin tub had died. She always complained about how long the auto took "much quicker with my twin tub" - no matter how many times we said, well, with the auto you stick it on and go and do something else.

She died 2 1/2 years ago, I miss her terribly - she was an original old style money saver par excellence, coming from the generation that always "made do and mend", never threw anything away

i have great memories of the twin tub, my mum too was reluctant to use a new auto w/m but when we did get the new w/m there was no longer the room for the twin tub, she used to wheel it out into the middle of the kitchen floor and have her piles of washing ready (looked like a bomb site) and spend hours over the twin tub, with those wooden tongs poking it about, i still remember the smell of the twin tub, like boiling rubber! and how it used to move around the kitchen!

gb57

Oh, Georgiabay, I did not want to admit to liking Liqufruta, cos I didn't want everyone thinking I was weird (my siblings thought I was totally weird because I liked it)

I had forgotten about starting handles on cars - they used to overheat all the time in hot weather, too. There was a hill, in Kent or East Sussex I think, that we used to use coming back from the "seaside", and on hot days it used to be lined with steaming cars with bonnets up with people trudging up the hill with containers to get water from the tap at the top.

Olliebeak - the witches hats were great - the boys used to make them go as fast as they could then "bump" them from one side to the other. Some naughty children (what, me?) used to grease the (very high) slide with candle wax. There was tarmac under the swings, and I was always in trouble for scuffing the toes of my shoes when stopping the swing. Kids used to fall off the swings when we were trying to get them higher than the bar - character-building!:eek: I was a tomboy and always trying to compete with the boys.

None of this namby-pamby kiddy stuff in our playground!:D

Provident Cheques - the only form of "credit" my mum would countenance - twice a year to buy us all new shoes - sensible lace-ups for winter, Clarks sandals for summer, and woe betide the child who ruined their shoes at the playground (see above). Shoes had to be polished every Sunday, and as Dad had been a Sargeant Major in the Army during the war, that meant a proper shine, including the bit between the heel and sole:rolleyes: . Plimsolls (daps in our house, Dad was Welsh), had to be whitened, with white stuff from a jar and an old toothbrush. Oh, stoppit, you lot, I have other stuff I should be doing.....

rev229

Olliebeak wrote: »

I can remember getting some ST's in 1964 called 'Nikini' which consisted of 'supposedly leak-proof panties' with press-stud fasteners inside that were used to keep the pad (with two little holes to take the press-studs) in place - no belts and no loops). They worked fine as long as you weren't too active!

Only problem was the actual pads were nearly twice the price of good old

Dr.Whites.

Yes I had those special pants to with the pads they did tend to flop about in PE. The pads where like sheets of loo roll bound together with gauze. Perhaps that way we had to wear those school Knickers you know the ones with the 10in wide gusset reinforsed up to the waistband Everytime I hear the line from the Sound of Music 'brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favourite things" I see myself skipping home with the package from the ladies shop I was send to get:rotfl: :rotfl:
Does anyone remember galaxey counters like chocolate buttons or tiger tots (mini allsorts) and some tiny tots (mini dolly mixtures), and spangles. Great thread!

Bobbykins

positivelymummy..........no, strangely enough black peas wasn't something we had, although lots of other families did......don't know why, maybe Mum and Dad didn't like them?

No, bonfire night round our house was treacle toffee, parkin, roast chestnuts with half a ton of salt on them, and baked potatoes, again with loads of salt!

The one northern "delicacy" that really sticks in my mind is tripe and onions! YEEEUUUUCK! Mum and Dad used to love that, just thinking about it makes me heave! Fortunately, they never tried to make me eat it:T :T . They always used to joke about having "half a pound of honeycomb tripe, with vinegar in every hole!"

Oooooh, just thought of another one.....buttered malt loaf! We used to take that with us to school for break time. Used to stick your teeth together but how yummy! Or toasted crumpets, trying to eat them "one hole at a time" :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: .

rosieben.......thanks for the tip about the raspberry ruffles.....don't fancy a round trip to Gloucester, so will have to try Woollies!!:rotfl:

Bobbykins

Oh, I'm off again....this thread is toooo addictive......what about eating pomegranates (sp?) with a pin?

When I was a nipper, my brother and I would be given half each, and a pin each......we'd then use the pin to pick the seeds out one by one and eat them. Used to take about an hour to eat half a fruit! It's only just occured to me that this was probably one of Mum's cunning ploys to keep us busy and quiet for a while!

rev229

raspberry rufflle bars are still sold in some tescos in packs of five usually tucked away on the top shelf. they also sell them at cadburys world/ the big tesco at kingston milton keynes had them recently.
Just had a quick look at tesco delivery and yes they do still sell them 98p for five bars, might have to go to tescos shortly!!!

positivelymummy

oh yum, i used to love (and still do) buttered malt loaf, oooh and parkin too! we too had that at bonfire night. does anyone here remember the power cuts in the 70's i was only a lass, but i think it was something to do with the 3 day week or something? maybe it was just in our town? i seem to think it was planned power cuts, maybe there was a strike on? just seemed a lot of my childhood memories are of being with other families in the dark with lots of candles! god that sounds a bit wierd doesn;t it:rotfl: maybe we just didn;t have electric!!!!

diddydiddydondon

Rhubarb dipped in sugar, yes I remeber now. The young shoots were the best!!!