I cannot believe I used to…………

Not at the same time? <sharp intake of breath> ????

Paint on bottom eyelashes (think Twiggy). I hate to think what they would look like if I tried now!

I can't believe I used to hitch hike on my own, London to Edinburgh. Late 1960s. It was mostly fine and the people were nice. I had a couple of incidents but I was so dismissive when they tried anything, and it somehow worked. At that age you think you're invincible.

That I used to clean my own oven until I discovered a lovely local man who does it better ??

I was a size 8! I still wear blue eyeshadow sometimes.

Chestnut

I can't believe I used to hitch hike on my own, London to Edinburgh. Late 1960s. It was mostly fine and the people were nice. I had a couple of incidents but I was so dismissive when they tried anything, and it somehow worked. At that age you think you're invincible.

Yes, hitch hike and pillion ride without a helmet.

Wear micro skirts!

Yes, hitchhike all over the country between the ages of 15 and 16. I even hitched in the area that Fred and Rose West were picking up girls and I know if they had stopped to give me a lift I would’ve got in because it was a man and a woman ?‍♀️?‍♀️

Backcomb my hair!

Drive too fast, window down, music blaring, look at me.
Now when that person whizzes past I mutter something to do with a person who throws the caber.

Ate margarine because mum couldn't afford butter. Did wear glittery blue eye shadow and blue mascara too so wrong!

Be a size 10, paint on those Twiggy bottom lashes like Lexis did, also wear false eyelashes and paint on that crease line thing like Twiggy, wear Mary Quant ‘bare’ foundation when now I can’t bear the look and feel of foundation, have the legs to wear short skirts... Were the 60s really so long ago?

Wear a bell around my neck and paint on freckles!

I cannot believe I accepted a lift home ( about 25 miles ) from a boy I danced with at a student union dance ! It never crossed my mind that he could have been an axe murderer !

go to work and spend nine hours there (including lunch break) five days every week (except for holidays) for many years!

Take at least 8 inches off my skirts when I got away from home.
Wear purple tights and a suede midi skirt.
Have clothes for home and clothes for college.
Use peel-off eyeliner that came off on my boyfriend's jumper.
Wear pink suede boots in summer with a mini dress.
Oh and hotpants.

I used to rub my skin with lemons to try and rid myself of freckles never worked. Now I eat whole lemons and limes to keep cholesterol down with some success.

Wore hot pants and mini skirts, too much bright blue or green eyeshadow, seemed to like unsuitable boys, travelled around London alone on buses etc and never seemed to get lost - I can get lost in my own town now I have no sense of direction!

I use to lie in the sun covered in oil to get a tan!!!!
Now i hide away and wear factor 50.
Alas the damage is done i fear.

care what other people think

Coconut oil!

Take off my shoes to walk home from the bus in my stockinged feet in case the neighbours started saying to my Mum "My word, your Call was a bit late home last night!"

Never wore a seatbelt because they hadn't been invented.

eat food without first checking the ingredients list!

Wear a full slap of make up - foundation, blusher, powder, mascara, eyeshadow and lipstick. Now it's just eyebrow pencil (or something more substantial - hardly any brows) and lip gloss. Lipstick only on special nights out and there hasn't been one of those for ages.

Do aerobics which was quite energetic in a leotard.

Worry about what other people thought of me.

receive prescribed medication simply labelled as "THE TABLETS"