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THOSE NEW ESTATE PAVEMENTS. ( Exercise and Art for the kids ). It would be seen on occassions, the Girls using the pavement slab staggered joints to do a sort of ' Hopscotch ' journey sequence as they made their way to school. Picking out the pavement slab patterns they would Hop, Spread, Hop...

THE CAST IRON MANGLE. Every Monday morning all around Brum. Up early, Copper boiler filled with water and lit. After the water came to the boil it was delivered by pipe work or carried by bucket to the sink or the downstairs bath. The weeks washing was then dropped in and Carbolic soap, the...

JUST THE SOUND OF THAT WORD. Something came up the other day on the TV which mentioned ' BORSTAL' and that brought back some thoughts from our days as kids. in our early years there was a line fed to us, for a misbehave, that went something like " If you keep on doing that, the Bogey man will...

Old Boy ( post #446 on this thread ). Absorbing your post ' Old Boy ' , I'm thinking that many of us might recall those occasions , as kids, whereby in the Empathy category, we didn't score too high. I guess it partly comes down to the fast ' adventure / activity ' learning curve that presented...

THAT FIRST PANTOMIME. A Brummie kids diary type reflection.

WHAT'S THE CHANCES ? Could these be some of the Media Headlines for 2015 - 2016 ? (1) All Gas and Electricity prices to be reduced by 48%. ( Daily Impress, front page ). (2) Food unwrapping, Tin and Bottle opening to be made easier for the elderly. House of Commons all party agreement ( Side...

" COUNTING SHEEP " ( Christmas Eve ). Dads just told us that Father Xmas will have already started to deliver his presents in some of the places far away. So it's off to bed for us. Problem is I'm not in the least bit tired and it's like that thing, like it was last year, where even though I...

I really enjoyed reading that one Eddie. Well done to John too. Puts it all in a nutshell for me.

" APPLES TO EAT AND NUTS TO CRACK, HERE WE COME WITH A RAT- TAT - TAT ". ( Have'nt heard this one for a while ). Sometimes this was the final vocal bit to the kids going round the houses after singing a Xmas carol and hoping for a penny or two to be given at the front door.

" MUST TRY AND CATCH THE POST MAN " Going back a bit I reckon quite a few Mums had this thought cross their minds as Xmas approached. It was pretty wide spread I think that households would reward the Postman, the Breadman, the Milkman and the Dustman with a few pence as thanks for the delivery...

Another possible use those discarded Xmas present boxes. Done it ourselves and it came out good. Great for the kids to join in as well. THE XMAS FAIRY CASTLE.

Some of those earlier ' come and go' activities and antics of the kids. THE TIN CAN PHONES : Two small empty Tin Cans connected to one another by a ' stretched ' length of string. A communication experiment for two kids at a time, one talking into one tin can and the other listening on the...

OLD XMAS FAVOURITES FOR THE KIDS. PERIOD : 1940's - 1950's. A Balsa Wood Aeroplane model kit, a DANDY or BEANO annual, a pocket Pen Knife and an extra ration of sweets. Here was a selection of SOME of the boys favourite Xmas presents of the period. You can imagine the recipient of a model...

The Christmas Cards have now been completed and the Vicar can now send out his greetings and invitations. ( Ref Post #391 on this thread ).

A BONUS FROM THE XMAS RUBBISH. ( The 1960,s ). Xmas morning. The children have finished unwrapping their Xmas presents and the little conservatory is getting pretty full up with discarded Cardboared boxes and torn up wrapping paper. ( Size of presents and packaging has been noticeably increasing...

THE TRUSTY OLD PRAM. ( Pre Pushchair and Car ownership times ). The all can do baby and grocery carrier. Side line uses have been known to include carrying pieces of furniture, planks of wood,bags of coal, wireless batteries and many other items that would otherwise be difficult to carry and...

Yep, got you pictured now Smudger. The ' Marathon Boy ' with long arms and a good heart.

Didn't forget carolina. That comes under the " Don't kiss and Tell " territory.

THE " ENTRY " ( The rainy day retreat for the kids ). Pre-war new estates around Birmingham had numerous Terrace type house builds which basically might be described as four joined houses in each block with the two inner houses having a single shared tunnel like entrance to their back gardens...

Where has Mom put me best shirt? A young chaps story of the period. Sorry folks. Read period for perood.