carltongal

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  1. Dolly blue bags used to add them to your whites when washing
  2. Used to have a whip and top, we also used to play The Farmers in his Den i always used to be the bone as i was so small and skinny in those days and it was easy for my mates to throw me up in the air
  3. Have traced my Dads side of the family as far back as 1654 cannot seem to get any further , but my mums side is another matter , oh well i will keep plodding on till i start tearing my hair out in frustation lol
  4. Really must try and find out more about the murderer in my Family but at the moment i am stuck at a dead end i have got so far but most of the records are at Matlock and i cannot afford to go out there at the moment , i have been to Derby as he was executed there i think i will go back to the research library and look in the parish records
  5. First job was on Bridlesmith Street, Wickes Flower Shop making up wreathes wedding boquets and buttonholes i also did all the flower arraingements for the banks when they used to have them on the counter cannot remember how much i got paid but it wasnt much i left soon after a about a year and got a job in a clothing factory where my mum worked, was quite happy there as the pay was good if you were on piece work and you were fast
  6. The Pogues Fairytail of New York anhd Elvis's Christmas album
  7. i was living in Blidworth at the time makes you shiver dunnit
  8. i do lots of crafty stuff did a design for a stand up Christmas tree and made some baulbells for the christmas Tree ( almost 150) which i took down to our local Schoolo for the kids to take home I also make Birthday cards for my local Charity and they send them out to people on their list
  9. Got my Daughters Birthday on the 20th staying at home looking forward to seeing you all on the 28 Katjay it will be nice to see you too
  10. I wonder if Carlton Secondry Girls School will be featured its still standing but its used as a business centre now, the manager was kind enough to let me look around when i last paid a visit to Carlton
  11. Met mine at work , he was in the cutting room i was in the machine room
  12. The laughing Policeman that song used to scare me when i was a kid lol
  13. The siren at Carlton Fire Station, my School was opposite the old station it used to make us all jump when it went off And i aint heard a cuckoo for years
  14. Its chilly wet and dreary here, i'm going to bring my lavender plant in soon as i lost my other one due to the vile weather last year i hate that drizzle rain that wets you through, the leaves are slippery as well you have to watch where you walk or you will be a$$ over t%t if you not careful lol
  15. Gerrup them stairs now or your feet wont touch
  16. Her tongue must be hung in the middle, thats what my Mum used to say if she thought someone was telling porkies
  17. I bet the moth,s smoked em all !jumping!
  18. you woke him up, !rotfl! Mothman strikes again
  19. Yes i sure did, she is a STAR !clapping!
  20. Where else could we go to look for nutters !jumping!
  21. My Hubby bought me a little green house a few weeks ago a wilko special, its just a plastic frame with four shelves and a pklastic cover, i have no garden just a yard , so i have growing Mint, Pinks , Carnations i am going to get some carrots and other winter veg tho i had to tie it down and put the dustbin in front of it ti stop it from blowing away for the last few days
  22. Lol used to work at Meridian when i lived at Calverton was on piece work earned a good wack then in the 70s
  23. I used to make long John's complete with the escape hatch at the back also the vests !rotfl!