A bit of nostalgia. Remember these!

I blame ‘Horse of the Year Show’ which was on the Tele!

Waterfall Ring Toss
Pantograph
Lite Brite
French skipping
Weaving Loom
Spirograph
Punch kit that I can’t remember the name of! - had a special tool to punch wool into a polystyrene board to make pictures?

Building an obstacle course in the garden /then running round like a mad thing and jumping and pretending
1) I was riding a horse and / or
2) I was a horse!

#goodjobthisthreadisanonymous!

H1954, not Readi-cut rug kits, my mother made her own from scratch. I regularly had to make my way around a large frame with sacking stretched over it, whilst she "pegged" the pieces into it. We loved the job of cutting up old clothes when she was ready to make another rug. They also lasted for many years.

“Shut your mouth and eat your dinner!!”
I had to clean my plate as was not allowed to leave any food.
I became an expert at feeding it to the dog under the table.
Food was rationed and wasting it was a crime.

Coming home from school after my mother went back to work, and rolling up newspapers before twisting them into zigzags, before laying the coal fire.
I’m still a dab hand at newspaper zigzags - son in law was impressed when I made some for their log burner!

White dog poo - I thought bones were the reason, too.
A former dog of ours (Bonkers, RIP) once demolished a big leg of lamb bone in about 20 minutes. I thought he must have buried it - we only had a verandah with very limited bury-ing space - but no, he’d evidently scoffed the lot.

Bread and dripping
Sugar sandwiches

Granmarda thanks for the explanation of white poo.
I’m still afraid of dogs after the 60’s free range ones.

Anyone remember Aquamanda and Citramanda perfume in a squat little brown glass bottle with a stopper like an old fashioned apothecary’s bottle?

Mary Quant Grease Pot eye shadows. I still have some, 15th birthday present from my best friend.

The mention of Bel Air hair lacquer casts me back to my weekend job aged 14 in the local corner shop. They stocked large containers of it and customers came in with their squeezy refill bottles. I dreaded being asked to fill their bottles as I found it impossible to do without trickling it over my fingers and ending up a sticky mess.

Does anyone remember Askit headache powders? They came in folded paper sachets. They could be bought in packs of 5. Customers came into the shop where I worked and bought them as singles.

Mentioning single purchases has now just reminded me that the shop owner had open packets of cigarettes under the counter and sold single cigarettes.

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Gabrielle56 “How Now Brown Cow, How Do You Do??

Around the rugged rock th ragged rascal ran!
New shoes new shoes , red and pink and blue shoes ! - that poem kick started my shoe fetish...........

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Bel-Air hair lacquer. I can still smell it.
Sun silk shampoo
Amami setting lotion

"Friday night's Amani night"!! Then the glow in the dark toxic nuclear waste version in 70s - Dippety-Doo!!!!!

Gabrielle56 “How Now Brown Cow, How Do You Do??

I remember my dad had lots of screws and washers in a dried egg tin and never knew what they were?! Also he had a radio
he'd actually made which I baked mud pies in , using the coal bunker as an oven! He went bonkers (another smacking....) he taught me touch typing but I couldn't master Morse of semaphor, or electrics! (He was in Royal Signals in war) he also taught me shadow boxing, and I got REALLY good at dodging smacks which has stood me in good stead on occasion! Only ever one boyfriend slapped me, and he definitely came of worse!

hf59 yes! Pelham puppets; I had two they spent a good deal of time badly tangled in a cupboard with various one-legged/one eyed/usually naked dolls .

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Flip side of coin:
No penny for guy (Catholics)
No margarine always butter on table to help yourself (mum Scots!)
No Playing "in the front" on sundays
Getting heartily smacked for saying "shut up" to someone at a bonfire and for asking for a lolly in a shop!
No rolling stones records (bad lads)
No fish and chips(common)
No mother's pride bread(rubbish, always uncut loaf)
No'pop' (again-common) it was called mineral and toffees called 'sweets'
Elocution lessons, private convent school with lessons in deportment(?) How to curtsey, which cutlery to use for what, and how to address everyone from a bishop to HM The Queen ( cos we were all going to marry either diplomats or minor Aristocratic types,
Did we? NOPE. I still speak propeybut with a norther twang, non descript but deffo. Northern!

anxiousgran I’ve heard that the “white poo” was because dogs were fed more bones then.
And yes our poodle wasn’t walked much in those days, …we had a back garden.
Lots more “57 variety”/ mongrel dogs then but I don’t recall ever being afraid of the free range dogs or them bothering us kids on parks etc.
But they got hit by cars a lot though ?

I actually used to get Minadex for my DS in his teens when he used to 'go off' his food and go all pale and interesting, worked a treat at kick starting his appetite again! In 1990s

Radio Caroline.
Sachets of shampoo and conditioner like engine grease!
Harmony hairspray or Bellair (aka "glue")
Mum deodorant in a squeezee bottle
Suspended belts(that snapped or buttons came off so used a shirt button!)
Second hand fur coat from Bolton market! Imported from Canada where women changed their coats like their knickers!
Fun fur!
Afghan coat that stank to high heaven when wet!
Henna!
Max Factor Mascara in pallette with little brush , wet with spit!!!
Kids today don't know what they're missing?

A compendium of games for Christmas.

Pelham puppets - I had a Scotsman who would remove a hankie from his pocket

Deputy Dawg

Rubbing a pencil over paper laid over coins to take a “rubbing” /make a picture

“magic” books where you would either use a pencil or paint with water to see the pictures appear

I loved my Bunty comic , couldn't wait to read about the four Mary's! Entered a poem I had written and I won!! Was delighted, I won a blue plastic wallet and a red and blue Bunty scarf.
Also remember my sister and I shared a bedroom and my mum made each of us a bedside table from orange boxes. Stood on end the division made a shelf, she then put plastic curtain wire ( remember that!) round the top and made a curtain to hang in front. Happy days. As for sanitary belts - I won't go there !!!!!!☹️

That vile stuff Minadex? Anyone remember that? I loved the Virol and Rosehip Syrup though.

Virol and rose hip syrup.

Small clouds of flies circling the light bulb. No-one cared.

My primary school which provided the PE kit for everyone, and picnic lunch for everyone on school trips.

Navy blue gym knickers, and having them inspected at grammar school, a contrast to the primary.

People just letting their dogs out rather than taking them for a walk, so there were dogs in packs on the estate. Also dog poo that turned in to white chalky stuff on the pavement. Why was that?

PVC macs.

Sharing a bed with my wonderful big sister.

Sorry if these have been mentioned, it’s a long thread.

I made a Readi cut rug H1954. Green with an orange centre. DH took it to keep over the bonnet of the car to stop it freezing, as people did. I wish I still had it.

Did anyone mention Readi-Cut Rug Making kits? Please excuse me if they have, it's a very long thread. It's strange, but I woke up thinking about these kits this morning, I remember them being quite expensive at the time.