Compo 10,328 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Here's a starter for ten. Our house in the 1950s: 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. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,310 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 #151 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! 1 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Today Jill it would probably be a tablet or laptop. They could hope that would keep you quiet for hours! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 In my recent experience neither tablets nor laptops keep kids quiet. They play loud games on them all bluddy day, the little boggers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Always remember the year me Mam put us all in hospital because she didn't know her Celsius from her Fahrenheit or her arse from her elbow. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 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. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 I'll swap you a Chinese puzzle, and a minute set of playing cards ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,514 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 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. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Oh dear Lizzie. Lower league hospitality. Tut, tut. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 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! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Re the hats, Carni. Maybe our heads got bigger. Just kidding. Lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 LL, Mwar. Nay not Mwar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,180 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Send your Spanish jokes to me Carni, and I'll try to interpret them. FELICE NAVIDAD !!!xx 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Felice Navidad Beekay.x. Would send them to you but I imagine they are all in the Pub Rubbish bags now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 3 hours ago, carni said: LL, Mwar. Nay not Mwar. I can assure you I'm sober 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 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. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 I think it must be a genuine 'Carnism' ( is that a word?) Lol I've learnt a new word for Christmas. just when I thought I knew it all. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 I don''t know LL. But I like it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Isn't 'mwar' an interpretation of the French 'moi' - meaning 'me' or 'myself' 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 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' 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Mbwaaaahahaha! Or words to that effect. I should have known that living in Canada for so many years. Thanks Jonab and Carni. we can all relax for boxing day now. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,086 Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,310 Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 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. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,187 Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 A pagan festival ‘stolen’ by the Christians! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,180 Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 Miss my kids. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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