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And then on Christmas morning the presents were opened and a careful note of who gave what was made so that a note of thanks could be sent after Christmas.

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To all Nottstalgians in cold climes please spare a thought for those firefighters in Australia that will be working on Christmas Day and throughout the festive season in an effort to control bushfires

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Jill   I just cannot recall those decorations at Berridge, but that just must be my memory. In fact I cannot recall Christmas at all there!    I do recall Christmas at Bobbers Mill

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Indeed! As children, my sister and I were given strict instructions not to wake our parents on Christmas morning before 8 o'clock and we were assured that Santa Claus would leave one present each on the landing that we were quite welcome to open at any time before 8 o'clock in the morning. Of course, we were always scrabbling around to see what Santa had left by about 5 a.m. and we would always find two books wrapped in Christmas paper on the landing with our names on which we took back into our bedroom, unwrapped and then read until it was time to get up. These were sometimes annuals such as a Rupert Bear annual or Bunty, the girls' comic and sometimes they were novels. Either way, they kept us both quiet and ensured that our parents got a bit of shut eye!

After breakfast, we would be allowed to open the rest of our presents and at the bottom of the pillow case there was always a set of stationery for each of us and before Christmas lunch, we sat down at the table and wrote thank you letters to all those people who had been kind enough to send us a present.

Happy memories!

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In my recent experience neither tablets nor laptops keep kids quiet. They play loud games on them all bluddy day, the little boggers!

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I'll swap you a Chinese puzzle, and a minute set of playing cards !

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18 minutes ago, radfordred said:

If anyone needs a pair of cheap nail scissors, mini measuring tape, yo yo, bookmark, golf tees, luggage tag or shoe horn, then I'm your man, happy to do a job lot.

And they’re the expensive LUXURY Crackers.  

I went to a posh do a couple of weeks ago (at Burton Albion FC actually). There were 12 of us around a table in a hospitality box, every single cracker had a GREEN paper hat, same joke and a book-mark.  What a swizz.  

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Oh dear Lizzie. Lower league hospitality. Tut, tut.

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 Seven in our group for dinner at the Newbridge today, must say when it came to the crackers I don't think they are what they used to be. Or are they? The paper hats were so small that if they didn't split whilst attempting to put them on, they would just keep falling off our heads. All seven crackers  just pulled apart with no bang! I ask you....crackers and no bang. What next and I never got the good end once. Humph! One bag of marbles, one luggage tag, one mini notebook, nail  clippers, one black plastic moustache and two little fine plastic red fishes that when on the palm of your hand,  roll up or curl and sometimes spring out of your hand, depending on your temperament. Funny how a little bit of red plastic can cause such laughter?  Just like to say, I am up for swaps, but you can all lay off my red plastic fishes.

PS. Couldn't read the jokes either ......they were in Spanish. Might have a word with the Landlord when we go in again! :biggrin:

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3 hours ago, carni said:

LL, Mwar. Nay not Mwar.:biggrin:

I can assure you I'm sober :biggrin:  but thats a bit of Nottinghamese I have not come across before.  I'm sure I'll kick meself for not getting it if you translate it for me.

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LL, I can't believe it, after all these years of using that word, I have no idea where it came from or if it really is a word . All our family use the expression Mwar often, meaning myself, always used in joke for example 'Are you talking to Mwar'? Could we have made it up? I never thought about it before, and I have just spent time trying to find it on the Internet. No luck? Strange, I would really like to know where it came from. I'm on a mission now, to try to find out where it came from. Ooh Eck as like Loppeh what ya started me on.:wacko:

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Jonab. Thankyou. The first thing I thought of this morning was that my word must be a foreign language? I went on to the Collins translation page, typed in English to French 'ME' and there it was 'Moi'.

 

There we go LL, my spelling in the first instance was wrong. when I thought about it , it actually sounded French. Phew, that was one of those things that I wouldn't have rested until I worked it out. Thanks to Collins, and Jonab it didn't take too long. 

 

A bit of bad spelling from Moi? I think MWAH in crossword clues is the sound of an 'Air Kiss. I think I made up 'Mwar':rolleyes:

 

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What i miss from Christmas

Children now my boys are married with children of their own I miss them.

Grandchildren now grown up I miss the antiks that they use to play on me.

I miss boxing day dinner in a pub, with turkey and sandwich's wrapped in tin foil

Pork farms pies

Christmas eve in the pub having a good old Christmas sing song at the top of your voice.

 

 

There must be things that you miss about Christmas just sit down a rest and  have a cup of tea, then post them.

 

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Christmas was a magical 24 hours in my childhood. The magic disappears as you grow up. That cannot be prevented. The people who made it magical also disappear. That cannot be prevented either.

 

Christmas is no longer a special 24 hours. It's been ruined, over- commercialised, Over-hyped and destroyed. I no longer take any notice of it...but I have my memories.

 

Christmas is, at heart, a religious festival but you would have to look very closely to see that now.

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