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Volksman
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replied on: 4/17/2007 11:43:03 AM The edited version is better. The pictures in you head are always better than in words. And there were certainly non of the activities referred to in the second set of "speech marks" in the post following the edited post. Who would dare in case her dad walked in! |
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suzard
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replied on: 4/17/2007 1:32:15 PM Are ou referring to my post, Volsman? If so we are talking about different things!! Grandparents left from the parlour to go to their funeral, and a big issue was made of telling the neighbours at what time the coffin lid would be screwed down, so they could come and pay their respects and have their last sight of the deceased person. Quite a frightening event for a child to witness. In later years I was allowed to take a boyfriend into the parlour, but the door was to be left open and Mum kept popping in and out offering cups of tea, sandwiches, cake etc! |
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Volksman
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replied on: 4/17/2007 3:07:32 PM I am sure mum's forays were carefully timed to ensure that neither the teapot became too cold or youthful passions got too hot! |
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frontcentre
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replied on: 4/17/2007 7:08:19 PM What about the curlers that stuck out at the front of the headscarf? |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 4/17/2007 9:21:57 PM i certainly remember those curlers LOL like a permanent fixture underneath those headscarf's or something like a turban i mentioned earlier. and i also remember that lavender wax you speak about suz...lovely smell..even the fireplace was spotless and paper and sticks already put in its place ready for a fire...i wonder why the parlour was such a no go area in those days...bit of waste |
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stanley
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replied on: 4/17/2007 11:27:07 PM We lived in mums parlour for two years when we married for two years from 1947 until our first son was born in 1949 STANLEY. |
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suzard
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replied on: 4/18/2007 1:54:31 PM Another use of the parlour! very often the parlour was let to a young married couple to begin their new life together. it was known as "living in rooms!" Stanley, you have so many memories of how life used to be - you are an inspiration. Let's have some more |
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stanley
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replied on: 4/18/2007 6:26:10 PM I wonder if any one can rember how cold the bedrooms used to be in the old days,we had an oven heated by a coal fire,mum use to take the iron shelf out,wrap it in a blanket and put it in our bed for an hour before we went to bed.STANLEY |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 4/18/2007 7:46:35 PM same method stanley...but we used bricks. |
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porkpiebaby
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replied on: 4/18/2007 10:01:39 PM When my mum and dad moved into this, their first house after leaving the RAF, they bought the house and inherited a lodger who lived in the front room! Can you imagine that happening nowadays?! |
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frontcentre
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replied on: 4/19/2007 5:56:21 AM Drivers Christmas Catalogue ariving in July. |
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germanrockstar
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replied on: 4/19/2007 7:54:43 AM Can you remember when women weren't allowed to go into some of the pubs in Heamor? In others they couldn't go into the "tap room" and had to sit in the "snug" or lounge. |
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Volksman
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replied on: 4/19/2007 10:50:51 AM Re: not letting women into the tap room. When I see chucking out time on the country's town centres, and see some young women falling out of the pub, out of their low tops and into the gutters, I wonder if we have made progress or reverted to the "gin mothers" of the 19 century. Bring back "Men only Taprooms!" Or am I just a Grumpy Old Man. V |
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stanley
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replied on: 4/19/2007 5:32:45 PM Can any one remember the winter of 1947.It started snowing in the middle of january and there was still snow on the ground at easter.I remember delivering milk up woodlinkin;the snow was piled up as high as my cart on the down road I seem to remember it being closed for a few weeks. |
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frontcentre
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replied on: 4/20/2007 2:16:56 PM Those little 1/3 pint milk bottles at school? They used to freeze up in winter which was great as it took longer to drink! |
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