katyjay

Just say it's modern art, and you'll get away with it.

That dry shampoo made a lot of static in my hair. I used Pompador laquer too, you bought the refills for about a shilling, they came in a soft plastic tube, you snipped off the end and refilled your squeezy bottle. A hurricane could not move your 'do' with Pompador,.

David, I don't think I named my conker! It was a substitute for a dolly in a pram.

I remember as a little kid, getting hold of a shoe box, and using scraps of material etc, making a bed in it. I put a small hole in one end of the box and fixed string in the hole. I then dragged my pet conker around in the box! You had to play with whatever you could lay hands on, ha ha.

There was a big shop in Bulwell Market (Pascoes?) that listed all those owing money, in their window. I remember seeing this in the 60's.

There definitely was a paddling pool along the embankment. Maybe near Mundella school. I paddled in it when staying with a friend in the Meadows.

They say anything more than a handful is a waste?

We have a friend that calls his monkey tits.

Wasn't that a mixture you had to shake before taking? When left afterwards it seperated into 2, white below (chalky looking ) and brown clear above. My mam used to get laudanum to help Chulla sleep as a baby (1939). When youngest brother came along (1955) and she tried to get it for him, it was not available any more.

I think Chaucer St is off Talbot St? Somewhere around there. The dreaded school dentist was there. I think they did tonsils to

When we had the motel, a fella checked in one afternoon and told us he was in the navy and being transferred from San Diego to Norfolk Virginia. He had to drive himself there. He told us he would be leaving very early the next morning, so I told him to leave his key in the box outside. Next morning I am first up, get his key and check him out of the system. Then I saw he had racked up a phone bill of hundreds of dollars. He hadn't paid by credit card so we had no recourse. I called the police and they got it touch with the navy and he sent us the money when he got to Virginia. He had spent all

Sounds like Chaucer Street?

Never bought a single souvenir. Must be a first! Lovely city though, and not one bit of graffiti. Underground trains as clean as a whistle. All streets tree lined.

We were always told that Cow and Gate made babies fat.

Washington DC for a few days. Playing tourist.

My mam always kept J Collis Brown's mixture in for bellyache. You put it in hot water to drink. She kept ginger wine in too. Both horrible. i was bought up on a teaspoon of rose hip syrup, teaspoon of cod liver oil and tablespoon of malt everyday. No wonder I had teeth problems later on. I loved the little bottles of orange juice from the clinic, nothing came near for taste when the commercial variety came out later. As a post-war baby, mam said it was often a different brand of baby milk powder at the clinic, it was whatever they could get, was what I was fed. When I had my babies in the 7

Flying home today!

If it is any consolation David, I find your posts interesting. New blood is always good, us oldies sometimes feel like we've covered everything we can think of over the years. Keep on keeping on.

Nonna. We will be in Messina, Sicily for the day in September. Do you know it, any recommendations of what to see?

I don't think folks in my youth, had many changes of clothes. I know my dad didn't, and if it was warmer, he left off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves. Same thing when we went in holiday. Looking at the photos you see of parents and kids walking along the seafront, mum may have a short sleeved dress on, but dad was still in his suit.

My mother in law taught me a trick to opening a jar lid that refused to budge. Give the side of the lid a quick whack with a rolling pin, and you can hear the vacuum release. Lid turns after that. As for loaded fries, perhaps covered in melted cheese and chopped crispy bacon?

Sorry, can't help you there BK. I only ever went in G & S once. It was not a shop I could afford on my measly wages, plus I wanted cheap trendy clothing, as you did during the 60's. But before I married, I toyed with the idea of renting a wedding dress. It was about £20 to do this. So I decided before renting to look in Griffin's at their selection. Found one I liked at the princely sum of £22. Not a bad price even in those days.

Maybe you could get them on prescription!

Perhaps he's Irish, in that case it would be O'Leary!

Hi Dave. Trevor Stainforth thinks he remembers you and asks if you rode your bike to school every day? Sometimes behind the school bus!