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jennyann, no the Royal was actually in Dawlish. I went on holiday to Dawlish Warren in 1968 and there were life guards on the beach then, i should know because my friend Jenny, who had come on holiday with my family went with them for the week if that is the write expression :wink: I felt it...

The black swans i believe are the only ones of it's type in the country. When you leave Dawlish there is or was a very worn sign on the wall that says Exeter. I also remember the Royal Hotel very posh back in the 60s is it still there?

Jennyann, so sad to hear how neglected Dawlish station has become :( I am not surprised though the last time we were there it looked run down, we always like to stop and have a drink at the Smugglers Inn just up the hill from the station i love the view from the car park of the hills and the...

We always went to Dawlish, it used to take us ten hours to get there in the Morris Minor :( we stayed at the Golden Sands Caravan Park in Dawlish Warren, at night there was a club house we went in to the games room whilst Mum and Dad sat and had a quiet drink, every evening finished with a...

Yes i still have some tupperware containers that i still use :) Yes it was also a time to spend time with your friends away from the children :wink: Does any one remember Pippa Dee parties? The clothes seemed to last for ever i was able to pass the pyjamas from one son to the other and then...

We still use the Arther Price cutlery set that my OH Grandfather gave us for a wp :lol: Also siting on our very 70s looking Welshdresser is a very 70s looking brown coffee set also a wg from my brother, the wd was the first item of furniture we ever bought it needs replacing as it looks tatty...

Thanks John, that will keep me amused for a while :lol:

Thanks for the help so far John, both johns :lol: Can you advise me on the most straight forward web site to use for family research. Thanks.

I see on the 1920 list that my great grandparents lived at 55 Holte Road where do i go now to find more information? Thanks Pam.

How it used to be on Sunday Sounds wonderful :) Sue can we come next week? only joking. :lol: It is a sad fact that since the loss of both sets off parents Sundays are just not the same :cry: We just do not seem to meet up as a family that often, we used to go to one or other parents each...

Co-OP 155562 :o When we had our groceries delivered on a Friday afternoon we used to help Mum check that all the items were there by ticking them off in a little blue book (i think) and then use the box to push each other up and down the lino in the hall it kept us happy for ages till it...

My hubby is very good at ironing :lol: he can turn his hand to most household chores mind you he does't know one end of a paint brush from the other :wink:

Yes my mum always made two Yorkshire puddings one to go with the beef and another sprinkled with sugar to go with the pud, afters, sweet, or what ever we used to call it. :lol:

My brother who is 2 years older than me treated me to a pair of Levis with his first wage packet bless :D They were the type you had to sit in the bath to shrink to fit :lol: I still have them cut down as shorts unfortunately they are about 3 sizes to small :cry: but i shall never throw them...

Yes very sad to hear the news poor man he was only 61. I remember seeing him live when they were Carl Wayne and The Vikings.

It was actually called Brentfords Nylons i think :lol: I remember the sheets i thought thery were vile, when i got married i reverted to cotton i used have them laundered at a shop on Rookery Road we collected them every Friday and they were folded in a recangle shape and tied up in paper. I...

I like to occasionally buy Plumrose chopped ham with pork it reminds me of when mum used to pack my school sandwiches :lol:

All i can remember about Christmas partys is choas and the fact that you had to take your own spoon and dish with your name on :lol: mine was written on to plaster and stuck on to the dish and spoon :lol:

Nipper that has brought back memories curried chips and peas at the China garden :D we used to do exactly the same thing after goung out in Brum in the late 60s, but what we always laugh about is the little Chinese waitress with her grey dish cloth cleaning the table she would come round to...

Sylvia the Rajdoot is now in Warstone Lane Hockley it is still very much the same posh up market Indian, we went only last Thursday and it was still very good. The original one opened in 1966 so yes it was the late 60s but if you don't like Indian there is no use me recommending it :lol: But...