it used to be posh but now it ain't

Jay-Jay_4

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

You were rich then?

yeah! ...... if you count 'rich' as having plenty of character building experiences in clapped out old motors

Sofa_Sogood

Jay-Jay wrote:

yeah! ...... if you count 'rich' as having plenty of character building experiences in clapped out old motors

We only had a sidecar.

But when we were rich it had a motorbike attached to it

And as C-Q (?) said about candlewick bedspreads ... chenille table cloths were pretty extravagant too , especially considering our dog sleeps on them now

coolbreezes

showing my age now but I thought colour tv was dead posh. I was 8 when my neighbour got one. The whole street lined up to go in and see it lol. Oh and I remember being allowed a drink of advocaat yukky egg drink topped with lemonade but oh so posh. Mum also made me wear sensible school shoes tuff go girls I think they were called. When I was older and got knee length boots with a heel ! not only did I feel posh I felt dead glamorous.

Gingham_Ribbon

coolbreezes wrote:

showing my age now but I thought colour tv was dead posh. I was 8 when my neighbour got one. The whole street lined up to go in and see it lol.

When I was about 6, I saw the Wizard of Oz at someone else's house. I had NO idea it turned into colour when she got to Oz as I'd only ever seen it on our black and white telly. I was transfixed. It's still my favourite film. (Hence the gingham!)

Glad

I had a few more well off pals when in school and was always impressed when asked to tea by,
dimmer switches
fridge-freezers
breakfast bars
outside plants in pots

pandas66

carol_a wrote:

Talking of vans, my Dad came home with a Bedford van for us all to go on holiday with, us 6, two dogs, my nan, uncle and aunt (to the Isle of Wight) my Mum refused to go in it as it was (you've guessed it...brown and orange) so we hand painted it blue before we went!

Sounds similar to a memory released with reading this post! My Dad 'got' a van fom a 'mate', but as it had only the front seats Dad put the back seat from the last car in the back and away we went.
Another so posh to me was visiting people with colour co-ordinated curtains in lounge and bedrooms, that was swish as my Grandma used to say.

trace-j

Muller fruit corner yogs.

tootles_2

I was born during the war, for me anyone who could afford oranges and bananas, had carpet on the floor, hot running water,clothes brought from a shop, cardigans that were not hand knitted,wore socks instead of lisle stockings for school, wore a bra rather than a liberty bodice, had bought vests, not hand knitted ones, had more than two sets of clothes,had shoes for best, went on holiday,had a telephone,had a TV, bought food from M & S, had a car and so many other things were sooooooooooooo posh.........really the list is endless........ I was a child living with mother and grandmother, father killed in the war, money was very tight, mother worked to support my grandmother and me.

Sofa_Sogood

tootles wrote:

.........wore a bra rather than a liberty bodice,

Hi tootles.

As a someone that's a bit younger , I always thought liberty bodices were for posh people?

Unless we were poorer than I thought?

Gingham_Ribbon

Hi tootles! As someone who has trouble getting the clothes dry after I've washed them (when it's too damp outside and too cold inside,) How DID people do it with only 2 sets of clothes?

Great thread!