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pam · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:25 am Post subject:

Snot is actually a good discription for the Fairy Snow

Gin and Lime /orange was another of my tipples Annie, but never drank bear drank barley wine a few times though and that was really potent I wonder if it's still around? - Anyone??
I have a memory - makes me blush now to think about it.
We had hired a bus for a womens night out and all got well tanked up.
Back on our bus we noticed another bus which seemed to be all males.
One of the males decided to run around the car park naked (streaker I think he was). My friend and I got up and stood in the doorway of the bus shouting 'come on come round again - lets have another look'!!

What a hussy I was back then.

Pam

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Speeds · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

Oh you two do make me laugh so fondly.

I love and still love Cherry Brandy................especially if you add it to snowballs - yum (the alcoholic ones not wet soggy winter ones :lol)

My mum had a washing machine with a mangle. That was replaced when
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Speeds · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

Oh you two do make me laugh so fondly.

I love and still love Cherry Brandy................especially if you add it to snowballs - yum (the alcoholic ones not wet soggy winter ones :lol)

My mum had a washing machine with a mangle. That was replaced when I was still at junior school.

What about OMO? Where did that go to?
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pam · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject:

We had a washing machine with a mangle when I was a child - proper finger nippers they were.

As for Omo I remember it but haven't seen it around for a long time Speeds.
I have never heard of snowballs and cherry brandy mmm you have me wondering what that would taste like now.
However on holiday in Majorca a few years ago I fancied something different and asked if they had any snowballs - off went the waiter eventually came back and said what are they we laughed and told him a drink - trying to discribe it - then he looked at me and said - you make joke? yeh? which made us laugh even more. I ended up with a glass of wine ahhhhhh well!! Pam
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Annie · Full Member Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 255 Location: kent

My aunt had a machine with a mangel, a little one with rubber rollers, I dont know about Omo but I can remember another early detergent call Oxydol that vanished many years ago.

I haven't thought about snowballs for years, they were very popular in the sixties.

I went on one of the early day trips to France as a teenager, C 1963/4 it was said to be the worst Channel Crossing for fifty years, my Mum saw it on the news while we were out. It was very rough and most of the passengers were seasick, I can remember the smell and the toilets to this day. I was lucky I wasn't but my sister was, she said that all she could think of when we landed was Oh God another two hours of that when we go back. My mate and I stayed on the top deck watching the sea crashing along the sides and chatting up a couple of lads who escaped the dreaded sickness.

It must have been a Saints day as the was a procession through Calais and all the little girls were dressed in white. These days it so is much quicker and easier. It was fun though,

Annie

pam · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject:

Sounds like you had a great time seak sick and all!!

I remember our holidays as children - skegness or blackpool.
There were three of us children and only dad working as mum was the home maker.
First job after unpacking was to buy us all buckets and spades and a ball each.
We spent our days on the beach when possible but I remember being at Blackpool on rainy days and going into one of the shelters on the sea front with a ball and a bag of nuts!

We didn't have a lot of money to spend on amusments during the day that was for the night time and when at blackpool I remember going to the boating pool to catch crabs and to Uncle Toms cabin ( a family pub) for crisps and pop. We all had spending money which we had saved and mum and dad showed us how to split it up so that we had equal amounts to spend each day - and when the days spendo was gone that was it until the next day. Happy days. Pam
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Annie · Full Member Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 255 Location: kent

Most of our holidays were spent with my grandmother or an aunt, think it gave Mum a break, our seaside trips were usually one day events. One year we stayed with my grandmother when Mum had and lost a baby sister . I remember that because she helped us budget our money, my brother went to an aunts.

Granny took us all over the place and we met up with various other family members, her sister in law lived near Lympne airport, I think that has gone now and we were very impressed watching the planes. We stayed with her Coronation year a and went to Canterbury with her, I can still remember the flower beds set out with the Queens coat of arms.

She usually took us to Folkestone as well where her cousins there were fishermen.

A neighbour of hers always dropped us of at Seasalter on his way to work at least once every trip, I am suprised at how little the coast there has changed from when I was a child.

We were always invited to tea at the farm where Mum worked during the war and helped drive the cows in for milking and collected eggs among other things.

Annie

pam · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:53 am Post subject:

Sounds like a wonderful time for you as well Annie, I hope our children will remember their younger days with such fondness.
I remember taking my daughter to Skegness one year and it was very breezy (of course) so we went into a playground just off the beach out of the wind which was blowing the sand.
Nad loved the donkeys so hubby and I took it in turns to take her for rides - she was only around 2years old.
It was hubby's turn so I settled back in my chair for a rest. On his return he was covered in sand and so was Nad. It seems that a group of girls were acting silly and one screamed - it spooked the donkey nad was on - the donkey bolted with hubby in hot pursuit Nad held on for a while - then fell off!!

Luckily she wasn't hurt but hubby had recieved a kick from the donkey. It put Nad off them and she would never go on them again. 12 months later she was bridesmaid to my cousin who had a horse and trap to take her to the church and she wanted Nad to go with her! No Way!! She would not sit in it at all and has never been on a horse since! Pam
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Annie · Full Member Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 255 Location: kent

Ouch I felt that kick, mind you I think I agree with Nad, the landlord of the pub near us had a donkey, it let my brother and sister ride, no problem, my turn and it always tipped me into a nettle patch.

Yes loved my childhood breaks, the first time we went to Seasalter the neighbours next door said we needed swimming costumes, Granny being a needle woman adapted one of my sisters vests for her, the neighbours wife found and old mans costume, obviously prewar , you know like the Edwardian ones, full body with sleeves made of wool, Granny cut that down for me, God knows what I looked like but enjoyed the lovely shallow water any way.

My Julie loved buckets and spades, nowadays age appropiate is in but that never bothered Julie, when she went out with me we always sat on the beach and she had her bucket and spade,if people found it strange then that was their problem, actually I am very proud of the fact that she never gave in to political correctness and did what was her choice, very strong minded lass was my girl. Confounded the experts many times.

Annie

pam · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

I also agree with nad and yourself about - well not just donkeys but horses as well. In the 70's when nad was a twinkle in her dads eye we used to go to Mablethorpe to the Golden Sands caravan park with friends.
On one occassion we decided to ride the horses over the sands. I was given the smallest horse as I was only tiny (ahh those were the days!)

Not sure what happened??

Anyway - back to the post. Off we went all 4 of us with our guide over the sand dunes heading for the beach.
Problem was my horse had a mind of it's own and went a different way to the others - but eventually we ended up back with the group. Unfortunately as our guide was giving us a 'talk' my horse stood on a bottle - which exploded - which in turn spooked my friends horse - and off it galloped across the sands.

Our guide just stayed with us and watched, calling out ' PULL ON THE RANES' to my poor friend who was clinging on for dear life - none of us had ever ridden before. Anyway my friend was unhurt and did manage to stay on the horse but I have never been on one since - too high up off the ground for me folks!!

Pam ps Annie - I bet you looked 'grand' in your cossie. x
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