Purple Poppy Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 I remember Milk and butter being kept in churns of cold water in the summer in my grans larder. Our larder was more of a large cupboard, very dark. My gran had shelves stacked with homemade pickles and james, and chutneys etc. Wonderful! Quote
poppy Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Big Welcome Slim I remember we didn't get a fridge til 1972 and then I'd already left home so didn't reap the benefits! Up until then we had a larder Gosh PP, my parents didn't have a TV until after I left home (even then it was pretty unusual) but we always had a fridge. Quote
Purple Poppy Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 We had a television when I was about ten, and then none for quite a while as they thought it was bad. We got one again when I was in my teens, but we children were not really allowed to watch it, except for children's programes! We also didn't get a washing machine until quite late. We had a mangle I remeber, which was fascinating, then a spinner dryer, and eventually a twin tub. Those were not the days! Quote
Guest Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 When I was a kid, I had a ten mile walk to school. Uphill. Both ways. Then when I got home, the police used to break our door down, set fire to my gran, make us lick the toilet bowl clean with our teeth and then tie us to a chair while they played Westlife's Greatest Hits on a loop. Quote
poppy Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 When I was a kid, I had a ten mile walk to school. Uphill. Both ways. Then when I got home, the police used to break our door down, set fire to my gran, make us lick the toilet bowl clean with our teeth and then tie us to a chair while they played Westlife's Greatest Hits on a loop. Sounds like you need a psychologist prospero. Therapy might help. Quote
Slim Jenkins Posted March 25, 2008 Author Posted March 25, 2008 Thanks to all who've bothered to welcome me. It's turned into a nostalgia thread! 'Our memories are card indexes consulted, and then put back in disorder by authorities whom we do not control'. - Cyril Connolly Quote
Purple Poppy Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 You shoukd be pleased. People are interested in what you said in your intro. Maybe we should start a separate nostalgia thread. Quote
Slim Jenkins Posted March 25, 2008 Author Posted March 25, 2008 Oh I'm not displeased...hence the Quote
Guest Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Thanks to all who've bothered to welcome me. It's turned into a nostalgia thread! 'Our memories are card indexes consulted, and then put back in disorder by authorities whom we do not control'. - Cyril Connolly "God gave us memories, that we might have roses in December." -J. M. Barrie Quote
Guest ii Posted April 1, 2008 Posted April 1, 2008 Better late than never, eh? Welcome to the forum! You've stirred quite a dicussion with just your introductory post, I can't wait to see what you get up to... *grin* Quote
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