carltongal
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Dolly blue bags used to add them to your whites when washing
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Happy Christmas everyone !jumping!
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Christmas songs!
carltongal replied to Pixie's topic in Nick Palmer's Nottstalgia General Music Chat.
The Pogues Fairytail of New York anhd Elvis's Christmas album -
i was living in Blidworth at the time makes you shiver dunnit
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Any other arty farty people in the forum??
carltongal replied to Pixie's topic in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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 -
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
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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
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Met mine at work , he was in the cutting room i was in the machine room
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The laughing Policeman that song used to scare me when i was a kid lol
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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
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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
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Gerrup them stairs now or your feet wont touch
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Her tongue must be hung in the middle, thats what my Mum used to say if she thought someone was telling porkies
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I bet the moth,s smoked em all !jumping!
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you woke him up, !rotfl! Mothman strikes again
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Yes i sure did, she is a STAR !clapping!
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Where else could we go to look for nutters !jumping!
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He stoops to Conker
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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
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Lol used to work at Meridian when i lived at Calverton was on piece work earned a good wack then in the 70s
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I used to make long John's complete with the escape hatch at the back also the vests !rotfl!