A bit of nostalgia. Remember these!

All of it and then some ????

Esther Williams powder shampoo which you dissolved in hot water. Doorstep milk frozen in winter exploding from bottle because of cold.

My dad toasting bread on a fork by the fire.
Listening to the radio in the evenings, all four of us sitting round the table and occupied in various ways while we listened.
Journey into Space with Jet Morgan, Life with the Lions (Lyons?), Workers Playtime, Wilfred Pickles and Mabel at the table.
Dansette Record Player which my dad bought. He also bought a recording of Tammy. We loved it.
Girl comic arrived on Wednesdays. Later my sister had Bunty. My mum always read Woman and my dad Tit-Bits and Reveille.
Playing Snakes and Ladder and Ludo, later Monopoly.
Balloons and crackers at Christmas and real candles on the tree in tiny holders that clipped on the branches.
A tinned roast chicken one Christmas!

i still regularly use a fountain pen, it's so lovely to write with.

welbeck

i saw a big boy aged 17 or 18 stand meekly in front of an elderly woman teacher who administered the tawse on his outstretched hand.
if i had not seen it myself, i would not have believed it.
during a-level history.
she was not a trained teacher and knew little about the course.
it was not the acme of academe.
she also would throw a heavy book, the early stuarts, at any boy who did not answer to the roll. he was probably dozing from lunchtime drinking.
answer when you are called ! she'd say indignantly, and give
me my book back.
as if he'd wrested it off her. he'd apologise and return it to her.
in the normal manner, not thrown.
i was only there for the one year. i wonder why.

I remember at infant school, if our teacher had stepped out of the classroom and we were making too much noise the teacher from the next class would come in. She would tell us to be quiet and then stand there arms folded and with a long red cane hooked over her arm. I don't know if she ever used it on any of her class, but just the thought if it was enough to keep us quiet!!

Me too. I may have several....

A new paintbox for Christmas with all the little squares of paint - crimson lake, viridian, yellow ochre, such lovely names. Mandy comic (Zelda, a girl who skated through time) and Lady Penelope comic ( I still have the pendant that came as a free gift with the second issue. First issue gift was a plastic hairband)

Scary wooden escalators in department stores.
Having to walk to, and queue outside, a phone box.
Blue Grass perfume.
Record booths in WH Smith’s.
Fish man on a Friday - on a bike with fish in a wicker basket on the front.
Going back to school early after lunch to mix the powder paint with water to go in jam jars, I was Mrs Blue and mixed the blue paint (obviously!).
Feather eiderdowns and pillows with sharp, prickly quills that worked their way out so far and then you could pull them out.
White Miners eyeshadow.
Can’t remember the name but some very strong Faberge perfume in a yellow plastic bottle.
Avon Pretty Peach bubble bath in a pink bottle with a plastic peach top.
Instant Whip.
Lovely thread, thanks for the memories!!

Fennings Little Healers which came in a paper container. Not really sure what they were supposed to cure but can remember buying them from our corner shop and licking the paper until all the powder had gone.

I remember American tan and Ecru tights, my mum wore the former and I had the latter.

Navy blue knickers and white vest, then doing PE in them.

Woodworth's, C&A, Saxone (for my size 9 shoes), Littleworth- I miss them all.

I also remember being 4yrs old and my teacher walking round the class with a box of pencils in her left hand and a ruler in her right, offering each pupil the box to take a pencil. At my turn, I reached into the box with my left hand and got a rap across the knuckles with the ruler. Why? Because I'd taken my pencil with my left hand (I'm a southpaw), the teacher was very old fashioned and thought being a leftie was wrong and she saw what she was doing to be "helping me to become right-handed".

Oh - Nottooold, that reminded me of my Dad, too. He used to make toast over the fire with a silver toasting fork which I still keep to this day in his memory. That was before the Clean Air Act when we still had coal fires in London.

Turning on the TV ten minutes before the programme began because the TV had to warm up. No daytime programmers at all. Only two channels, BBC and ITV.
At the end of the evening, at close down, the National Anthem was played.

I too have my dad’s toasting fork which ‘lives’ beside our open fire

The old Hammer Horror films late on a Friday night - complete with coach and horses rattling thru the nighttime fog of Transylvania at top speed and then the announcer coming on at the end and telling us not to have nightmares and to switch off and unplug our TVs, before saying:

“Shall we hear that scream just one more time?” - (blood curdling scream echoes thru the TV set - ? !

White dot disappears from the screen …

Happy days!

what a good thread. I have added some along the way then catch up and am reminded of more... cod liver oil, orange juice etc.
What about Scotts emulsion, a thick white stuff of codliver oil with glycerine...

I loved Scotts Emulsion lemsip - I can still remember what it tasted like!
Porridge for breakfast - with a pinch of salt in it - ?
My dad making delicious popcorn dusted in icing sugar - he also made crisps by putting very thin slices of potato in the chip pan.
Waking up on Christmas morning and feeling the weight of the pillowcase full of presents on the end of my bed.
This thread is so enjoyable - and I realise what a happy childhood I had.

Pigma the perfume may have been Kiku. I remember it well.

yes, my mum made the thin sliced potato fried in frying pan . that was our egg and chips dinner. we were poor.
I hated the scotts emulsion and used to run out of the house when my father got it out of the cupboard to give me....I was one of six but the only skinny one.

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.

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.

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

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 !!!!!!☹️

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

A compendium of games for Christmas.

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?