Childhood

mrs_overall | 10:11 Wed 15th Oct 2014 | ChatterBank

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Here are some of my memories - how many of these did you experience?

1. Ice on the inside of the bedroom window in the winter
2. Piling coats on the bed to keep warm
3. Putting cardboard insoles into your shoes
4. Being grateful for one present at Christmas
5. Dentists who didn't give you an injection for a filling
6. Gobstoppers/Waggon Wheels etc were much bigger
7. Everyone over the age of 40 dressed & acted like an old person
8. Teachers could legally throw bits of chalk/blackboard dusters at your head
9. Listen With Mother
10.Vesta curry was the height of sophistication

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mccfluff

possibly 5 & 6 that's it

how's your giant crab?

mrs_overall

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Giant crab?

Svejk

morning mrsO xx. Lovely to see you. Definitely 10 out of 10.(you're not my sister, are you?)

Baldric

6 of them

mrs_overall

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Morning sweaty, great to see you too xx

I could be your sister.....my dad was a bit of a Jack the Lad in his day

SlackAlice

All of them, except 2 wasn't coats it was an exceptionally heavy and smelly horse blanket. Couldn't move when it was on.

8) Additional ammunition was a size 12 plimsoll used by P.E teachers.

11) Large cup of OxO was a decadent luxury.

Baldric

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2792345/crabzilla-verdict-leading-marine-biologist-rules-picture-giant-grab-lurking-shallow-waters-whitstable-hoax.html

mrs_overall

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Morning Baldric - I don't want you to think I am ignoring you lol

Svejk

I can still remember the excitement(and trepidation) as mum cooked our first Vesta Beef Curry, lol. And trying yoghurt for the first time(10 spoons of sugar in it)

Baldric

Who said that?

;-)

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SlackAlice - our luxury drinks were either Bovril or a tablespoon of blackcurrant jam in boiling water

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I can remember my mum buying an avocado - we had never seen one before. She cut in in half for me & her to share and we both hated it.
It wasn't until years later I realised that that avocado had been rotten