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    Memories : Essence Of The 50s And 60s

    One morning my mother dried a pair of my ankle socks under the grill. They were just a bit damp, but of course no tumble dryer!
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    Memories : Essence Of The 50s And 60s

    Bunty, with the cut-out wardrobe on the back every week.
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    Memories : Essence Of The 50s And 60s

    I can remember making milk shakes with Delrosa rosehip syrup.
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    Memories : Essence Of The 50s And 60s

    Liberty bodices. It's a hazy memory, but I'm sure the bodice was in addition to a vest. They had rubber buttons...
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    Christmas gifts of the past

    And we also remember the words of hymns!
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    Memories : Essence Of The 50s And 60s

    First and second post, yes. And around Christmas they used to happen at odd times of day, more than twice? There was a horrible thick pink medicine, but I don't know what it was.
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    Christmas gifts of the past

    One year I had one of these, but it was blue. The slides were Huckleberry Hound.
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    Christmas gifts of the past

    Also one of these, at around the same time. The Postal Orders and other bits of paper were especially interesting!
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    Christmas gifts of the past

    One of my favourites was a toy telephone exchange. Can't remember the year, maybe early '60s?
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    City Centre Photographs

    Thank you!
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    Bette & Joan

    No, don't worry, you haven't! I think I've seen clips from it at various times; certainly Bette Davis doing "I've Written a Letter to Daddy."
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    City Centre Photographs

    This picture was on Twitter today: Town centre, looking down Albert Street. The building on the right with the rounded frontage was always interesting becasue of its shape, and the decorative top part. I can't remember if it was a carpet shop in the late 1960s, which is when my memories start...
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    Bette & Joan

    We've also been watching it and found it very entertaining. (They were two of my father's favourite actresses). I've been reading a bit about Joan Crawford, who was very troubled and contradictory, even more so than is shown in the series, perhaps. We also recorded the film, but haven't seen it...
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    Billy Bouncer books

    Thanks! It's strange how things stick in your mind. I haven't been able to find out anything about Leslie M. Oyler.
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    Sweets We Used To Have

    I can't remember exactly what they were like, but I did like them!
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    Sweets We Used To Have

    Anyone remember something called Coffee Crisp? I googled it, and apparently it's made in Canada, and not available here. Is it the same thing? I'm not sure. It seems to be a wafery type of thing. Also there was Bliss, which was nuts in a kind of marshmallow covered in chocolate, and Nux, which...
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    Sweets We Used To Have

    Fry's Five Centres, I think, which I used to like. You can get get some of these old-fashioned sweets from places online. (I bought some white chocolate mice - they were horrible!)
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    Sweets We Used To Have

    Coffee creme is my favourite centre in any box!
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    Garrison Lane Pubs

    It is a good photo. I lived in Witton Street, and it was part of my "landscape." It's weird to think of it having a boxing ring. The little shop next door was Rene's when I lived there, and I think later it became a small supermarket. The bus stop was just outside.
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