Remembering life in the 60s as a child...

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I had a white fur hat that my nan bought me, and it had a built in steel band around the hairline.
That was painful, too! I despised that hat!

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I remember those songs Aussiegran they don’t make them like those any more.
I also remember the garters on the socks - ouch!

I remember spending a lot of fun times with my grandparents. First grandchild and spoilt rotten. The inspiration for my relationship with my GC.
Going to Birthday parties and sitting huddled round a table at the parents house eating jelly and ice cream etc.
Walking to school in winter through the snow and sitting in school with wet feet. The ice on the milk at break time.

Almost as bad as wearing the garters was taking them off.
Red, itchy welts with an extra pain where the knot had rested.

I had the elastic garters for round the top of my socks. I also remember having closed in sandals which when my feet grew, had the leather cut out at the toes, creating open-toed sandals so they lasted a bit longer.

These resonate with me. Mum and dad had parties and always put out a selection of Sobrani cigarettes. They were different colours. We didn't have ice cream as we didn't have a freezer.

If my socks went baggy around the tops, my mum made elastic "garters" to put around them, and wow, they hurt!

Weren't the beads called 'poppets/poppits'?

I had knee-length lacy white socks which I hated as they were really uncomfortable. I just thought that was how socks were - so never thought to complain!

I too loved the pop-it beads!