... 1,411 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Wouldn't say we were poor but ,birds used to drop bread on our back yard. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,224 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Dad used to put his tong out after sucking a mint,and we sat around it warming our hands. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Ya dad could afford mints,I knew there was rich kids in nottingham,I'll send you a begging letter.Wouldn't say we were poor but ragman supplied our wardrobe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Wouldn't say we were poor but the nit nurse gave us nits cuz we had nuffink. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Sadler 27 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Me mam used to send us runnin after t'dustbin lorry wi a shopping list 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Our community transport was a wheel barrow between us and the neighbours 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Not sayin we were poor but when I was very little, dad kept lots of rabbits in the shed in cages, I used to have lots of rabbits to play with, but when they got so big they used vanish somewhere and a new one would be in the empty cage, funny that cos we ate good stew that night with home made bread sometimes, that gran made ! if we were lucky we got some warm milk on the left over bread for supper too. When the coal man came I used to have to go out after him with a bucket and pick the bits up he'd dropped while lifting the sacks on his back, used to follow him down the street till me bucket was too heavy to carry almost, but knew mum would give me a treat when I got back, also used to collect the poo from the rag and bone mans horse as dad used it to make our plants grow so we could eat them. But we wer'nt poor just thrifty mum said ! Like when she patched me shorts for me cos she said they looked real tuff with a patch on the bum somewhere, and darned the holes in the heels of me socks so they lasted longer. And me and me brother had real rabbit skin slippers to keep our feet warm on cold nights ! they were special cos gran had made them from some rabbit skins she had found somewhere. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 We were so poor that when we were constipated our dad used to tell us ghost stories. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Want in common place to use thread and a slamming door to remove a tooth,I prefer that to gas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 My school uniform came from the ex army stores, I was the only Japanese general in the school. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 I remember you from school.tenko secondary 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 Wouldn't say we see poor but we used to borrow the neighbours tin bath. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted October 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 We were so poor dad used to make us all pinch summut so we could have a few weeks away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 We couldn't afford laxatives, dad told us scary stories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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