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A Kelly doll had no legs they were a figure on top of a weighted ball, like the budgie's toy, Nan called them Kelly dolls.

Having trouble editing my post the dead bit keeps appearing. No body died I can assure.

Some things we just don't remember or didn't have. I never knew what Subuteo was really, were they a bit like Kelly dolls.? If so I never saw the point. Never heard of new footy. I wasn't sure about Totopoly either or Cluedo. I liked Twister but as an only, it wasn't practical. I played a lot...

I wanted one of those little tin horses that bob up & down till I saw circus chimps on them

I bought something like that called craft sticks in the 60s, they were coloured pipe cleaners.

0 So then I wanted to be a farmer till I realised you had to kill or have animals killed.

I thought I was going crackers I am not that cleaver. Are they after my/ the Forum details?

Scary stuff, it looked like I was promoting a site. Thank you.

I loved mine I like the ratchet ticket machine the noise it made . They used to ask us what we wanted to be when we grew up, at school. it was jobs like a bus conductor, a nurse, a train driver, lorry driver, maybe what your dad did, I wanted to be a vet, me who can't stand blood & was afraid...

Someone has taken what I posted..... (when I was posting as Nico before I had problems which the Forum rectified), and have added to it. I posted "When I was renovating my place" etc to....."in English as you probably know." Last word know is on the fourth line down. The post that carries on...

Was Cattel a famous Brummie? I ask as I worked with a Joyce Cattel. Never heard it before or since. We never saw it written down we thought it was Kettle made to sound posh, like Mrs Bucket.

Always confused Ludgate & Lidgate hills. Probably down to Nan. Eventually realised it was a hill. An 'ill. Lidgutill.

Some were not sadly Lyn. They were sent to work like slaves. I was surprised as it was in WW2 also. The late Jim Highland who was a researcher for period films and books told me. He helped me in my family research. Anyway, one of his relatives was. One of my half sisters in laws was sent to...

There is a special presence or smell or something about allotments. I can't explain it. They have a stillness especially big ones. and wildlife. We never had one but our neighbours did. They were always there. Sometimes I went along with their children. There was a goose too. On the 'lotments.

Dad did, he was accident prone. Mum drove. She parked outside a building and he was sitting behind her, he opened the door and disappeared.

My dad fell in to a pit which housed floodlights. Our ancient garage has a pit

I remember the tripe woman she had a stall in the market, just tripe, I used to run past.

Slipper Bath Attendant. Do Slipper Baths exist?

On my phone feed a Historical American subject came up, a lady, looks like 1930s had a a small bookcase strapped to her back she was a mobile Library. Did we have those here.?

I forgot the word, thank you., Did it spark?