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Gosh Carolina that made me have to think. This was all in an old back to back house just off Icknield St., I seem to remember two chrome vases, which all sort's of old rubbish got dropped in, two brass candlesticks, and always dad's old specs. I can remember being told that when they had the old...

Remember all that Carolina, our companion set was chrome, and the brush was always wearing out.

Rupert, I agree with you, as I have also done my share of standing outside pubs and just getting by on a bottle of Vimto and a packet of crisps, I hated it, as you did. Not the best of memories.

Ok Ray, we will enjoy the carvery too and look forward to seeing you., so no problem about the bread and butter and a bun. Yes Jean, you can come too if you wish. Clicked have we Carolina?

Yes Carolina we did used to sing that one at school, again I had forgotten all about it.

I think it used to go 'Will you come to my party, will you come? Bring your own bread and butter and a bun, (your name here) will be there, kissing (boyfriend) on a chair, Will you come to my party will you come...

We also sang 'Lord dismiss us from thy presence'. It seemed particularly sad on the day we left school though. It eended with 'Those returning, Those returning, make more failthful than before.

I remember bolster's too, they were in the house where I grew up. Plus the mattress was a big old feather thing, that was a nightmare to turn or shake. I wonder if they were more comfortable than todays memory foam topper's?

Yes Sylvia, I do remember Fablon, but I had forgotten about it until you mentioned it. It had squares on the back so that you could cut it in a straight line. It was OK for shelves, as it was wipeable.

Can someone help me please? I am trying to find out where Sun Street and Alfred Street were in Birmingham. They appear to no longer exist, but have found them on a census.

Definitely remember the chimney breast being one colour and the other walls something else. It was also a fashion to have one wall done in a synthetic wood look, I think that was called Lincrusta. Also about the same time they brought in what was called contemporary wall paper, which was usually...

The Pallisades doesn't look like the sort of place that would have a Brentford Nylons shop these days does it? Their sheets were cheap, and they dried so quickly, you could almost put them back on the bed straight after washing, that was the only good thing about them. They crackled when you...

Oh glad that was the name you were looking for Vivienne. I can't remember where they were in Brum. Could it have been the Coventry Road?

I remember Nylon sheets right up to the 1970's, in fact I had some from Brentford Nylons. It was so comical when you got out of bed in the dark the sparks lit the room up.

There was quite a few shops in Ladywood that sold broken biscuits, unwrapped tins places around the floor of the shop. Also we had a pub outdoor in the same area that sold broken crisps, with the bag choc a bloc full, but by golly the grease in them was horrendous. Mind you, I used to buy a...

Well Macca they obviously didn't. I thought the 60's was a time of anything goes.

I vaguely remember my brother working at 'The Hunter's Moon' as a barman in the early 60's. He told me that they had topless barmaids, does anyone else know if this might be true?

Alberta & Carolina, What a shame Alberta that you never got the chance to have the frilly rubber pants, having got a boy. There must have been a knack in keeping those things soft, because no matter how carefully I washed them, they inevitably went hard and scratchy. Like you Alberta, I also...

We didn't have a Co-op number when I was a child because my step mother had a dislike of the Co-op, but we did have a customer number at Baines the bakers. So when I fetched the bread, I had to remember the number which was 65867, otherwise I would have been in trouble. However, I did join the...

Hello Carolina, I think the swaddling of the baby was also to make them feel secure, but I couldn't wait to untangle my baby, as it seemed so tight and restriciting. However, of course, the midwife soon wrapped him up again. Your granddaughter Daisy was swaddled even in this day and age then? My...