Common words from your childhood,that woukd have to be explained to your Grandchild.

Belt and braces. (A mystery to my adult DC until recently)

Dog licence

Whoopsie Daisy, that's the cat's meow, and for some reason our house always had a Kibosh (spelling? ky-bosh) - meaning "behave yourself or you will get the kibosh".

Belt, braces and a piece of string here farnorth, always greeted with hoots of laughter.

Crimplene

Talking of counterpanes what about eiderdowns? Remember candy striped sheets?

I bet some of the younger grans haven't heard of half of the stuff on here, never mind the GCs!

Ration books. Mine was blue.

Leg warmers (fashionable with my girls in the 80s)

Bell bottoms....

I was in a trendy cafe with the family recently where one of the tables was made from the base from an old Singer sewing machine with the treadle still in place - had to really explain that one

14 yo GD of a friend had never heard of cheques

Cold cream
Vanishing cream
Corn plasters
Music Centre

Crooners who made up the rat pack.
Teddy boys.

Cold, those old Singers were almost obsolete when I was a child 70 years ago. My mum had an electric one.

Annodomini I laughed at your mention of "vanishing cream." I remember watching my grandmother put it on and wondering what on earth was going to happen to her face!!!

I got really confused then, when I saw judypark ‘s reference to crooners and then annodomini ‘s “those old Singers were almost obsolete when I was a child”.

Chilblains
These were mentioned a lot, but I don't remember ever having them or being sure what they were.

Racing carts made out of a wooden box and a set of old pram wheels. Much coveted, a set of pram wheels!

Crackerjacks
Nasty little fireworks that jumped about and could get into your welly - hence them being banned, I believe.

Five stones (maybe also called jacks)

Far north -I had chilblanes frequently as a child from putting freezing cold feet on hot radiators (at school) or by the fire at home . My toes swelled up and were red and shiny and itchy and painful. Horrid things.

That does sound horrid, polly.

Treatment for chilblains was to bathe them in your own urine. I wonder if others' urine was effective?

Wow, what a lot of memories. When visiting my son, he said to the children “let Nanny sit in the one and nines”. This meant the best armchair/seat. A very long explanation followed that one.

Also did any one else “Go tats”.Meaning going out.