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What is your favourite memory of the past? The advert, cereal, or toy, what brings the memories flooding back for you?...only good ones...

It's music for me that triggers the memmories if I hear a tune i can tell you where i was and generally what i was doing lol

Mine is the smell of pinks and roses.Also the smell of fires burning on an autumn evening, the smell of creosote. and the whistle and hum of radio luxemburg lol....we are the ovaltinies...

I really enjoy looking back at how we used to live, what we used to eat, what we wore, what we read and what we looked at on the TV.
Thats why I really enjoy looking at my Robert Opie Scrapbooks. Each scrapbook covers a ten year period in time they start at The Edwardian Period and go up to the 70s. Each book is full of the stuff sold in the shops at the time and the pictures are great. They cover what you would buy at the grocers, the different furniture of the times , what cars we drove, what magazines and comics we were reading, what films were showing on the cinema..They really are fantastic, I think i have most of them now. They are really worth the price.

Take a look for yourselves on the Robert Opie Site

http://www.robertopiecollection.com/Application/Products/Opie/books1GB.asp

If you cant get the link to work properly just type Robert Opie into Google

Here's another site you might enjoy, a lot are American, in fact most are but some might jog the memory.
http://www.theimaginaryworld.com/page4.html

I think my favourite memory would be towards the end of the war. My father was in the Army at Bovington Camp and we supplemented our "rations" in whatever way we could, including collecting blackberries and asking for fallers from people who had fruit trees. These occasions were real family occasions. But the best, and most profitable were our faorays to the NAAFI to collect the empty jam and Golden Syrup tins. As the cooks were in a hurry they were never completely empty, particularly the Golden Syrup tins. We would go home loaded down with the tins and put them on top of the range for the contents to soften for removal. The tins collected on a cold night could yield up to a pound of jam or syrup. Old habits are hard to break, and I still do the same, only these days the jars go in the microwave to recover the last of the Marmite and Bovril. Wase not, want not!!

My favourite memory is of a sunday evening just after the war when all my uncles were home,and of course my dad.
We used to go in the "parlour" at grandmas where the piano was and have a good old sing along.
One sunday evening someone shouted " theres bananas in" I didnt know what a banana was but they were of course delicious !!!!

Those Sunday eveningsMac before the war.I am from a big family(12) all the married ones used to come to mums on a sunday,1 played the accordian, so we had a good old sing along,then out would come the cards, the banter that used to go off if anyone lost a halfpenny.
After 83 yrs I have a lot o memories but 1 sticks in my mind and that is VJ night. I was on holiday in Blackpool, in those days u had 2 b in by 11.We had all gone to our beds when the landlady told us the war was over. We got up, men in thier pyjamas, women in their nighties, parading up and down the prom. singing and dancincing, some piled a few forms together and set fire 2 them we danced round em, not vandalism, just relief that the war was over

These memories are priceless. I can just picture it all as you describe it. They are good happy memories, we've heard all about the bad times and a lot of us have lived through them but it does your heart good to hear about comforting happy days. it brings back the Britain we have inside us and should be remembered.

It sounds brilliant William
I have heard the stories of VJ night from my parents and aunts and uncles,and not a moan amongst them.
Bit different to day isnt it ?
Nobody seems to want to listen to stories anymore and thats rather sad becasue I have many to tell as I am sure you all do.!
We had nowt but OMG we were happy  ;D ;D ;D

My earliest memories are of pre-war, 'community singing' on Dover beach on a Saturday night and on Sunday morning, watching the Royal Marine band in their barracks in Deal.
Also the return of our soldiers from Dunkirk. All too many memories that keep on returning over the years. Perhaps that is why I still feel so much for those who gave their lives. It is so hard to forget, but I wonder just what 'they' would have thought about, the way of life Today !!

I guess Phoenix the same as us !

I believe 'They' would be shocked, disgusted and feel -- Was it worth it all !! -- The Ultimate Sacrifice!!

Yes it was phoenix
we still have freedom !

I never heard so much tosh in all my life. of course it was worth it as Mac says we have our freedom. I shudder to think what life would have been like if the jack boot nazi's had have been allowed to enter this country... For those that think that life is so bad here. they should move to parts of the world that have still got dictatorships..

Sorry got no time for all this talk of how bad things are, its not perfect. but its a 100% better than it would have been under Hitler.

Lol sometime times I think this site needs a government health  warning ....something like don't read here ...it'll leave you suicidle ...lighten up guys ..we have a lot to be thankful for

YOU!! Have Your Opinion. I Have Mine.
 Not quite sure just what makes You, so 'Perfect' ??
 Mine is How I feel about those that gave Their ALL. IF?? You Can Understand That!! Why Did So Many Have To Give Lives?? --- If You do not like what I say -- Just Do Not Strain Yourself To Answer!! Keep Our Topics Light!!

I can understand what Pheonix is saying, all those young lives lost in the cause of freedom and a better country.
Is it a better country? its the 1 I want to live in. On the other hand we had np choice but to fight,the alternative doesnt bear thinking about, being ruled by Hitler. I have said so many times, they were good old days because we were young. In 50 yrs time the youngsters of today will be talking about the good old days.

Hello William, Thank you for understanding the point I was making. I most certainly was not, comparing the issue about IF, we had lost the war!!-- Only the reason, relevant to the tragic loss of lives, given FOR the sake of 'Our' freedom --THEN !! Compared to the overall standard and comfort of living -- TODAY!!
 My opinion was absolutely Nothing to do with the 'opposition'of 'those' days!!
To Repeat!! I still have Great feelings for those that gave their lives and every November 11th.(poppy day) I can express those feelings and share with so many othere's!!
One can either share those feelings with so many of us,or completely disregard them!! --- Everybody has their own choice !!

I too will be sharing my thoughts on november 11th
for my friends children who lost their lives not in the 2nd ww,but Faulklands and Irac and even northern ireland.
These boys/girls were very young,the very people,that are moaned about today,the ones that are still fighting for us even today !

Does anyone remember Locust Beans??  Towards the end of the war or just afterwards we had these beans that looked like flat brown broadbeans. They were a bit hard and very sticky with a sweet syrup oozing out of them. We used to suck on them for hours, there not  being many other sweets around.

Hello John,  Locust Beans is a new one to us.Neither of us can recall them, unless they were not avaiable in our (then) area's. Nostalgia is wonderfull, but we both fail on that one!!

never heard of them John

ohhhhhhhh ek .. dont fancy suckin on a  locust yikes! :-X

Hope they are not being held in 'storage'-- Just in case ??

John what are locust beans then ?

Hi Mac, Guess we are not going to find out??
How about just accepting them as, 'Broad Beans' Dipped in something ---- Nice???????

yeh............sounds nicer Phoenix lol

Yer! An yer can 'chose yer own 'DIP' ????
     Gotta be Good fer Something ??

Now pay attention.
Locust Beans,From an eastern Med tree of the pea family(evergreen) having large dark leathery p[ods,
An edible powder or flour made from theseeds and pods, often used as a substitute for chocolate. So there

Oh! William, Could you not have 'painted' a more 'tasty' picture ?? -- I thought 'chocolate' was a substitute for sex ????? -- Glad it's too late for the beans!! Phew !!

LOL
no substitute for chocolate
or sex
in that order lol ;D

Shucks!!  Missed out again ???????

agggghhhh,but sometimes I cheat lol

Mac ?? Yer Gotta tell Us all, your Secret ???
Bet it's all those --- Bug off's ?? -------Yes!!

Favourite Memories??   Still happens to be the 50/60s.
 Way before all those problems of Today !!

Its the same for me Phoenix
My son recieved a book for his 40th birthday and it was newspaper cuttings from the year he was born ! we never had it so good ! Beatles included lol

Now you know just why I prefered the 50/60s.-----
A much better country. A much better society. A better 'class' of people, not wanting to be involved with criminal activities. --Trust! Respect! Disapline! Truth!
People were more happy -- something is terribly wrong!!

Mums were around more too,part time jobs were the norm.
I wonder if the older generation then, moaned like we do about the young of that day ?
I dont remember them if they did do you ?

My mother brought 4 of us up, having lost our father in the war. Mother had to work and we all had to help were possible. All was taken in our stride, with no complaints.
perhaps that is why, my first wife and i worked and worked to ensure there would be less/no problems ??
What a terrible shame that some young people cannot work to provide for their future?????

Many,many people work for their future Phoenix,its just that they cant keep up with the costs of their pensions and the creaming it all off,I think a lot of them are buying property abroad for that reason so they have a sort of nest egg and its not taxable with their pensions.For the ones that dont work it wont make any difference will it ?
but for the poor souls tied up with pensions they will pay tax till the day they die............wish i knew then what I know now !!! dont you ?

Welcome Anwer
Feel free to say your peace,we all try not to fall out but say what we feel anyway.

We learnt from our parent/s about the hard times they had.
The main Idea of our's, was to try to ensure that we brought our children up, with respect for othere's and to Build for the future, in as far as they could see??
In this last Decade,so much has changed and the future does not look rosy, for anyone ??

Phoenix did the future look rosy for the people after WW I or WW II? I think there were always better and less better times.
My grandmother always told me people were poor like church mice after WW I and children often even didn't have shoes.

Hi Teri, Cannot speak for People after WW1. but I do believe that Life was so bad, that people did actually have to go without Shoes and decent clothes and without doubt, Food and Water at times??m --- After WW2 I do recall, clothes became a problem to get hold of -- Our Mother's must have worked Miracles, to take so much care of us - Bless Them!! -- but!! We did 'survive' The Country and The People!! -- The greatest Time!!  Is in re building and starting to live again -- To be a Survivor!!

Knitting Phoenix,nearly all my clothes were knitted !!! and we wore clogs lol and the bedding was crochet blankets,all of which I can still do,and on occasions do,but only when asked.

Phoenix, it's true after WW II people had a common aim, i.e. to build up again their destroyed country. After the fall of the wall many people in Eastern Germany complained that as long as there was the Democratic Republic of Germany they had a common aim, i.e. to queue up to get all kinds of goods, now all is available, you just must have the money to buy it.
Thus the question is - which time is better.
Perhaps you call me a "kill-joy", but as we in Germany say after some time many things get a wreath of rays (are idolized).

Teri,today is best for the convienience
but yesterday was best for the sheer pleasure,and safety,we had our NHS in 1948 and therefore we had security,it was hard work but we got there in the end,all this without the EU..............sorry no offence !
There was affordable housing by the state,and dental treatment,and nursing homes...........what the hell happened ?

Mac ask your MPs, there's no EU involved, that's sure!

Yes I know the EU didnt tell us what to do on that score,but,the cost of the EU MPs has taken from our resources,not to mention all the silly/greedy habits they have accumulated,like second homes and expenses.

Mac on our TV they said some days ago that when we will have an EU treaty and an EU parliamwent, many MPs in the individual countries will no longer be required, i.e. each country will save a lot of money!

Well I`ll second that !

We might save a lot of money Teri, but I wager the man in the street wont see any of it.

It's depending on what you understand by the man in the street William. You know as well as me that schools, roads, inside and outside swimming pools, kindergardens, theatres, sport fields etc. etc. cost a lot of money and perhaps part of this money will be used for such things, we don't think of.
Mac, as long as the Irish say "NO" to Europe, there's no chance of saving money in this respect.

What I mean by the man in the street Teri, is the ordinary working man,Would we see a drop in income tax, a rise in pensions, a highering of the minimum wage,of course we wont

I know Teri about the Irish voters,they have their reasons I guess and we only hear half of them,shall I ask Paddy lol

AH!! To Be Sure ::) ::) There is so much 'Distorsion of The Truth' Today?/  Who actually Knows what is right or wrong anymore ::) ::) The 'Ordinary Person' in the street, has absolutely No Idea, of what the power's to be, will bring out Next?? --- Hope You people Do Not have More Than FIVE HOLES in Your Salt Dispencer ::) ::) ::)
Councils Here!!  Are witholding Large suns of Money and Not Repairing Roads?????  Just in case 'They Get Sued' ??? ??? ??? --- Schools ?? New schools are being Built, but still Does Not raise The Standard of Education for The Pupils ::) ::) ---- A - subsidises B:    B - susidises C: ETC!!  ETC!! so in the end, very little, gets to be 'Made Better' ::) ::) ::) ::)

Hi Teri
I did ask Paddy,and he said the Irish army only want to be like they have always been,a peace keeping army not a war-going army.Ireland doesnt want to buy weapons at great cost to kill.He said this is why they voted no.

PS Poland has just voted is that right ?

Mac, your Paddy is kidding, isn't he? As far as I know the Irish have a "hot blood" as we say.
As to the Polish - they didn't say "no", but they are waiting for the Irish to wake up lol!
To be serious, it's a pity the Irish voted with "no", because in the end it's them who will be the losing party. The EU is already to advanced to be definitively stopped.

I might be wrong here Teri,but did I read the EU want one army for all Europeans ? which will do away with NATO

True!! They want a EC Army and Under 'Their' Command ??
I trust this does not happen!!

Whos `brain wave` was that then ?
will we turn into the `bully boys` of Europe?
its scary !

Apparently, from the Leader?? of France ??
 Well!! We have 'helped' them out --- Twice ?????
and 'they' still criticise us  ::) ::)  This way, they will get their own back ????

We will learn to march backwards then Pheonix

Hello William, I trust that you are well ??

Is that not what one would Call -- A Diplomatic Retreat ::)We might well be, marching/walking one step Forward Now ?? But!! It's the TWO Steps Backwards, that is of must concern??????????   --- OH!! The Brains of Britain Today
 ::) ::) ::) ::)

DIPLOMATIC RETREAT, THATS WHAT THE FRENCH CALLED IT IN WW1 AND WW2. NOT WHAT WE CALLED IT.

my favourite memory is getting ready for the local dance and jiving in those wonderful full skirts with tiers of petticoats underneath and as for the music you can't beat it.What wonderful memories they bring back to me.

Hello Elizabeth
did you wash the net underskirts in sugar water too,we did lol and it made not a lot of difference ! and did you backcombe your hair lol
I agree wonderful memories !  except for having to be in by 10pm and we working too !
Eeee how times have changed.

Hi Elizabeth, Great Times Remembered!! --- Where was You Jiving then ????   "The Best of British"  magazine, tells it ALL!!  -- Helps to Keep those Memories Sweet ::) ::) ::)

How come it never seemed to rain when I was a kid ? !!!!

We lads used to run soap down the inside of trouser creases when we pressed em, made the creases stand out more. 21ins trouser bottoms with turnups. Never found out wether all this attracted the girls or not.

Mac, It did rain!! It's just that we, took no notice of it and just carried on what we was doing????

William, Those were the days of Pride!! with soap on the inside trouser creases. I stated in 1949 when in the forces and just carried on. Same with extra creases on shirts. Took a very long time before I stopped, it was really pride in one's own appearance, not for the women:

Bit before me all that William lol
turnups and soap etc lol
But I bet you looked real smart  ;)

A Coronation street party in 1953, where I watched television for the first time.

One of my favourite memories is chestnuting as a kid.

Ah Val. we called them conkers,spent hours throwing sticks and stone at the tree to knock em down.
I used to take the biggest ones home, soak em in vinegar or put em in the oven to harden them, anything to make them harder than the other kids conkers,all to no avail,some would still shatter to pieces at the first blow of the battle.happy memories tho.

No it was chestnuts, we used to collect them from the woods. We then roasted them by the fire or just ate them as they were after prizing them from their prickly cases. We did also get conkers but I loved the chestnuts, always piggy thats me. ;D

We used to light a fire in the fields and roast the chestnuts on an old shovel. Sat round the fire, burning at the front, frozen at the back. My local has a coal fire and some time ago a man brought some chestnuts in and roasted them, but you know they didnt taste the same somehow.

no they never do, I remember my mum bringing out the jacket potatoes on guy fawkes night, they were wonderful with loads of butter, they just aren't the same when I do them.

Ah! Val, Sounds like a little of "William Shakespere" with 'Great Expectations' ??  Nothing, but Nothing is quite the same as it was. That is why we miss them all and have to rely on our sweet memories.

Hey folks,we are getting our VEGGIES back the way they were,wonder if they will taste as good ?

Hi Mac,  Hum!! can we still be sure that we remember THAT Taste ?? -- Yummy!! could veggies be that Good Again ??
 Must say that we have Homemade Veggie Soup twice a week now, Terrific and right Tasty!! -- Got to be good !!

Only if you grow them yourselves. It took me years to wonder why I loved tomatoes as a kid but hated them in my twenties, the shop bought ones are so bitter, There's nothing as sweet as a sun ripened tom, also sweetcorn, its so different when picked and cooked straight from the garden, the saying is true, stroll down the garden to pick your sweetcorn but run back and put them straight in the boiling water, yum.

Hi Phoenix wouldnt it be nice ? if we could get the original seeds and bulbs back ?

Actually mac you can from the seed heritage site but they cost quite a bit and unless you are a very keen gardener probably not worth it, the newer ones are  bred to be more resistant to pests and diseases.

Yes I know Val,but far less tasty,and probably genetically modified too.

yes you're right. >:(

Yes Val, i think that WE are The pests ?? Well 'they' don't like to sell us what WE actually Prefer do they ??

Some seed companies have been found to sell seeds that aren't viable. that is disgusting especially for new gardeners they could easily give up thinking they couldn't grow anything.

I wish they had left us alone in the first place ! ::)

so do I. (http://www.smileycons.com/img/newyear/23.gif)

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   "A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL"

You are early this year? Let's first celebrate the Advent with its Christmas markets and the smell of ginger bread and spiced wine!

lol Phoenix.


I am actually going to one on sunday Teri  :D
on manchester German French etc
I lonely go for the free wine  ::)

We've got a German market in Canterbury this year. I hate crowds so won't be going but I hope it does well.

In Germany they only open next week - on the 1st Weekend of Advent

We have a big xmas market in Lincoln (not a german one) but i have never been, like you Val i hate crowds.

So do I          so thats 3 of us  ::)

You are funny - if you go in the morning, just when it has opened there won't be any crowds. The crowds come when it gets dark and the lights are on. True, it looks more romatic at that hour.

i love crowds..i have been to TWO..Notting Hill carnivals.

i make my own stew..when Irene visits her daughter in
London..my motto..two of every thing.. + seasoning etc.
marvellous..a large saucepan full..last me..three days.
with dumplings..of course.

Of course Smiler  ::)

This thing about crowds ??  Does it come with age creeping on ?? --- we are the same, people getting in the way and noisy too -- shucks!!  another moan  ::) ::)

It might well do Phoenix,I sometimes get embarrassed when I cant fill my bag  quick enough at check out,or get the payment card out quick,everyone seems to be in a dreadful rush all the time dont they ?

I AGREE MAC, EVERY ONE IN A HURRY EXCEPT THE WOMAN IN FRONT OF ME AT THE CHECK OUT,COUNTING HER CHANGE, PICKING UP HER HANDBAG, TAKING OUT HER PURSE, PUTTING NOTES IN ONE PLACE COINS IN ANOTHER CLOSE PURSE, PUT IN HANDBAGWHICH FOR SOME REASON WONT CLOSE PROPERLY. TODDLES OFF NONCHANTLY, LEAVING A FUMING OLD MAN BEHIND HER.

Why are you fuming, William. Don't you have enough time to wait?

THATS ME !!!!!!!!

Hi William,  If yer see her again in the shops, get in the next queue, 'quick'  -- Just be Happy, in what you do??

Teri, I should hope that i could think of more 'Romantic Places' than to be shopping with too many people around.

My favorite memory was when I was about seven and we lived in a three bed council house, we had a gas meter and of course the Electric meter both of which took a shilling to give you fuel.

The electric had run out in the night, and we were in the darkness of winter. Father (sorry Dad but I have to do this. lol) always had priority in the bathroom as he was away to work at 6am every morning.

Us boys always heard Dad go into the bathroom and waited patiently (crossed legged) until he had completed his ablutions, and you can imagine everything was in darkness, Dad locked the bathroom door, we could hear him singing away quite happily, then all of a sudden the bathroom door bust open and a string of obcenities could be heard coming from my Fathers mouth.

We peeked out of our bedroom, Mother had rushed down stairs and put a shilling in the meter and there stood our Father, towel wrapped round his waist, tooth brush still wedged in his mouth but there was foam ousing from the said orifice. Mother quickly ushered him back to the bathroom and cleaned him up, and went down the stairs to see him off to work.

No nothing really out of the ordinary you might think, but some years later I was chatting with my Mother and brought that memory of my Father standing there with foam ousing from his mouth!!!! "Oh Chris" she said "that was a nightmare for your Father, in the darkness your Dad had mistaken the toothpaste for????
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Dad please forgive me but I have a laugh every time I think of that morning. God Bless you POP.

come on then tell all....who had the piles? ;D

Dad!!!!!! LMAO.... :) :)

If he couldn't zap them one way, he tried the other...lol....

Yeah Val!!!!! But he only had a normal sized tooth brush mate???? ;) :) ;) :)

It could have been worse it could have been the other way round ........ouch!!!!

lol...oh don't I can't stop laughing, I bet you didn't dare laugh at your dad then Chris, parents weren't to be laughed at in those days.(http://www.smileycons.com/img/classic/0257.gif)

Gawd help us if we ever laughed at Dad Val, belt would be out and you would get a thrashing....but when he wernt about it was giggles all the time. ;) :) ;) :) :o

I remember as if it was yesterday,when i was 18 years old, my mate and I were going out fr the night and my father said to us,"dont let me catch you two in a pub,cos if i do, it will cost you a pint"

Now I know where you get your wicked sense of humour William !

My favourite memory was christmas morning when I was 8 years old!..I had been hinting so much for a pram,on the morning I came downstairs and scanned the frontroom I did not see any big parcels,so on opening all the presents I was given which I was grateful for, my parents asked me if I was happy with all that I had got,and naturally I said yes,but inside I was crying as I knew that I had not got my pram!..About 10 minutes later my dad asked me to take the coat that was in the corner upstairs for him,I got the coat,lifted it up and there underneath was the most beautifullest pram I had ever seen,the coat was thrown up in the air,infact it could be still up there somewhere,hehe...I will always remember that christmas!.. :D

was it a silver cross pram marcella,?  i never had the pram but i had a doll every christmas , and leading up to it my mum use to be knitting dolls clothes for ever  ;D

Yes it was Tilly,and I loved it!..I had a walking talking doll and a growling teddy too!.. :D

i bought my daughter the walking doll  out of a news paper one christmas, didnt expect it to be the same size as her though, it was about 2 foot and i think it could say a few words

Mine used to say 'Mama' and I recall that when I walked the doll all I needed to do was slightly tilt it to the left and the right,and as you say it was big,she nearly fit the whole of the pram!. :D

 "Got myself a walking,talking,sleeping Living Doll"
 Sung by Frankie Vaughan, and is my best 'memory' for a very longtime. (a memory of today).

Hi phoenix you are getting to be a stranger on here , hope you and wife are keeping well , and dont spend your pension increase all in one go ..

 i remember Frankie  Vaughn when he use to kick his leg up , all the women use to scream  :)

so did frankie lol

Hello Tilly, We have had a lot of pressure this last couple of weeks (Eve's health). so have been 'snatching' my computer time. -- As for pension increase ?? I only accept that the 'Purchasing Power' is Less, once the first bill comes in, so in practice, we have less money to actually spend. --- Glad you enjoyed our 'frankie' and that Your throat did not get too sore Lol!! Hope You and your's are well.

I remember one year mum was off work with slipped discs (dad was often unable to work as pneumonia had left him with damaged lungs so mum had to work)it was late november and money was tight. One wednesday night mum told me she had won 10 shillings on the football coupons and would I take the letter marked Littlewoods Liverpool straight up to her( she was flat on her back with said discs)I said I would. The letter did not arrive on the Thursday as she had expected it to nor did it arrive on the Friday. but on the Saturday morning it was there so I took it up to her. When she opened it she started whooping and dancing on the bed (despite said disc trouble) she had made a mistake on her coupon and had not won 10 shillings but had won ?192.14.6p
What a christmas we had that year.

Aw!..How lovely and such a nice surprise too!..
I remember finding a purse on the way home from school and I gave it to my dad,he looked inside and saw a name and managed to contact the lady,she naturally was very grateful to get it back and all intact too with her money,she offered my dad some money as a thankyou,he declined and said he was happy that she was,so that was enough for him!..I know that they were having hard times money wise as many did but he never once thought of keeping it,and I was so proud of him,it taught me a lot at that time!..Honesty really is the best policy!..

Nice tale Pauline,bet it made your mothers day !



Marcella you cant buy that kind of upbringing can you.

True and really a lot is in the person without teaching it all!..

Have you had a rest today Cath?..

Sunday is a day of rest. if one can get away with it. Lol!!

Did you get away with it?...hehe :D

Sort of Marcella,but the `rug rats`(g/kids) come on a sunday and want lunch but it stops the rot  ;D

rug rats!..hehe,but you love them though!.. ;D

Not had much rest just lately. I bought a laptop, two days ago and have been busy, finding what it has and putting some of my own Folders into it. So am still playing around. Lol!!

They are so useful!..I use mine at night in bed if I can't sleep,it passes time until my eyes droop!..

Good on you Phoenix.I have a laptop it comes where ever I go !!
I dont have a desk top at all lol

You Ladies, would never believe this, but I was er, persuaded (??) by my partner!!  Then I would be in our lounge with Her more --- and out of our small cupboard.

It's really Great and I must admit, a lot better for me too!!  Slowly copying from main computer, to my Laptop, so that I have a duplicate. As long as my music, does not 'clash' with her wqtching TV   ;D ;D ;D ;D

So thats where you have been Pheonix!!!! ;)

glad you like it phoenix,I use a mouse with mine lol

LOL I have a laptop which I had for my birthday in January,
I use it all the time now, didn,t bother much with the desk-top, this one is Vista, didn,t get on with it at first,  but couldn,t do without it now, when I used the family computer, other half would delete e-mails and dump stuff in the bin, which annoyed me, having your own is brilliant, best present I ever had.

Glad to hear it Starlight
ps
its my  birthday in january too lol

Looks as though you are all happy with your Laptops. Wish I had thought about one, last year when I bought a new desktop.--- It's so mobile!!

I dont know whether its currys or comet but if you sign up for broadband they give you a free pc.
My friend did this and she says it was a good deal.

There was a deal such as that, in The Computer Active magazine, then it was stopped. That was before I gave laptops a thought.

There will be other offers
Phoenix keep your eyes open !

No need now. Here I am in the lounge, with my laptop and watching the birds too, with their antics of getting the fatballs. Oh! life is great!!

Wa hay,Phoenix good on ya lad ! ;D

Thats the beauty of living alone Dave  :D

Hubby doesn't understand computers so I'm left in peace....while he watches the sport  ;D

It would have been the same for me if mine was alive Pauline,are`nt they just a Godsend  ;)

Yes, computers really are, a God send. Not sure what I would do without one/two ?? Great for removing Stress, had more than a fair share just lately. With a computer, one can totally 'switch off' from it all. --  Even if 'it' comes back later ??

I lived in Salford as a child,my aunt lived in whythenshawe occasionally we went to visit her on the bus.This journey took well over 2  hours,we got an apple for the journey !!!
and wait for it we thought it was the country then lots of fields.

Cath, What would we do if we cannot 'remenise' ???
Would our lives become --- dull???? -- perhaps I go back in time, too much, but cannot help thinking just how much better our standards of living was, with so few problems.

I was born in Hope hospital too ! small world.
I lived off Ordsall lane.
Went to Mount Carmel school
then went to live in Southport lol

One of my best memories, was before there was Too many Roads, Houses and People. Life was so much more 'relaxing' and People had time for each other. Do you remember those days ?????? Plenty of work, Respect and Happiness.

I sure do Phoenix,loved it !

Yes Respect has gone out of the window,too many are just out for theirself!..
Today is too fast,and so many getting into debt to keep up with the Jones's,and then they can't sleep well at night as they owe so much,then before they turn around it is christmas,so another loan is needed!...
At least the 'Pinch from Peter to pay Paul' wasn't too bad,at least we would be fairly straight the next pay day!..

Ah! Cath, Those day's that will Never come back, not that this younger generation would understand how Good they were, with Happiness and Respect for all people. I was shopping this morning and met an elderly lady with a three wheeled walker (like mine) and her little Dog in the front basket. We alway's stop and have a chat. Talked about today's change and just how Rude, the youngsters really are, some she said will not move to allow her access and when she 'askes' just receives Abuse ??  I found some will hold doors Open and some, just ignore us. Dam Kids ????

Bad upbringing Phoenix.
Such a shame too,they are all tarred with the same brush because of the naughty few.

True! The differance between our upbringing and todays, is remarkable, so few, seem to care.

One of my favorite memories is my first love, she was a year or two older than me, and I was only 15 at the time.

In January 1963 I left home to join the Army, the love of my life lived next door. I managed to get home in the April of 63 to attend my sisters wedding. My love had moved.

Through the internet though, about a week ago I managed to talk with this lovely lady once again, she has had a hell of a bad life compared with mine.

But we intend meeting up soon, she has such good memories of our childhood, we grew up together. She mentioned my dark black hair and my bright blue eyes, I sent her a picture!!!! No hair but there is still a twinkle in my eye for her. ;)

In the 70's I worked delivering meals with the 'meals on wheels' service.  I was visitng one regular, a man in his 80's, and after I prepared and passed him his food, he handed me a quality street.  It was, as he knew, my favourite (the purple one with the nut in).  As I bit into it he said, "I meant to give it to you last week but I couldn't find it; then I did, I had been sitting on it the whole time!" 
I've never been much of fan of the chocolate since...

Sarah good to have you on board.

I can see why you were put off chocolates  ::) ::)

Hello Sarah,lovely to see you here,and I would have been knocked off choccy for life too after that!.....Bleurgh!...