Santa looks more like an extra from Aladdin on this photo, and the rest, the nurses from the carry on movies
Like you Gerry, I feel modern children have had their childhood stolen, purely a generational thing I suspect, but to my generation totally sad.Paul
Totally agree, the joy of Christmas has definitely changed now, kid's are just bombarded with toy adverts then on top of that the peer pressure of having the "cool" gift or toy and who's had the most.Totally agree, it is sad. But then I guess they would call me a dinosaur, with old fashioned views. I remember the absolute excitement of lining up in Lewis's, the anticipation that I would meet the great man, and get a present! The journey in on the bus was exciting enough, let alone meeting Father Christmas! OMG! (as they would say today...... ha-ha.
Check out my post #153Totally agree, the joy of Christmas has definitely changed now, kid's are just bombarded with toy adverts then on top of that the peer pressure of having the "cool" gift or toy and who's had the most.
I loved the build up to Christmas, the first thing was early December getting your radio and TV times magazine and sitting there on the night planning your Xmas viewing on only 3 channels, putting up the tree writing your cards for school , and, like you say that all important trip to see the big fella. Happy days, where did it all go wrong
You didn't avail your selves of the lifts then, or were you unaccompanied by adults.Remember all those stairs we had to climb to see Father Christmas
My recollection is that the queue stretched all the way down the five flights of stairs. Living some distance out of Birmingham at that time, it was not possible for my mother to take me there for when the shop openedYou didn't avail your selves of the lifts then, or were you unaccompanied by adults.
Sometimes the Father Christmas queue extended down all the flights of stairs so the lift was no advantage.You didn't avail your selves of the lifts then, or were you unaccompanied by adults.
It sure did but well worth the climbMy recollection is that the queue stretched all the way down the five flights of stairs. Living some distance out of Birmingham at that time, it was not possible for my mother to take me there for when the shop opened
Where is the “ go to page “ function .pleaseI've just discovered the "go to page" function! Only took me 5 years. What else is hidden away. #153 ?????
Where is the “ go to page “ function .please
Thank you, took me a while but got there in the end.lol thanks again DavidIn the list of page numbers. If there are more than 5 pages you will see a couple of dots. Click on that and the Go To Page will come up