Oh gillybob, the Not Showing off, just jumped out at me, I was constantly told to stop showing off.
I too was one of the kids from the council estate, but there seemed to be a whole class system within the estate. Some children were alright to play with, some weren’t too bad, but we weren’t allowed to go in their houses, and some had to be avoided like the plague!
I wasn’t allowed to talk about periods.
I wasn’t allowed white knee socks, always a nice shade of faun (not sure about the spelling)
Only allowed to watch the BBC, putting me at a distinct disadvantage at school when favourite programmes were discussed.
I never owned a pair of trousers till I bought some with money from my Saturday job.
Never allowed to do anything like ballet or brownies, because I’d never stick to it, how could they have known?
Those were the days weren’t they?