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It went, now he's only got one leg , got one leg , got one leg, now he's only got one leg, four blind faaaathuuuurs. Nowhe's only got one eye etc till there was nothing left

I was in love with Maria, Aqua Maria. What was the name of that game it was a cloth you wiggled? To make the horses race. I never had one

I love Gracie Fields. Navy League of Canada? My great great Aunt Alice used to do a Gracie Tribute act in and around Birmingham, Alice Sutton, she bleached her hair blonde. I discovered she played Muss Marple but am unable to find any film footage. I would love to see that. I just saw a still.

Thanks so much I am sure she wrote the park was a cemetery. I had forgotten about Kunzle Cakes, for some reason we called them Nuzzle Cakes. You know it was wrong but you still said it. Like Air [Heir] 'Unters.And 'ome 'elp. And even more recently, Lindykin.

I suppose I am off topic.? but does anyone know where Titty Bottle park was? Featured in Kathleen Dayus's book, Her People. Also a churchyard where the latch key kids played in safety till their parents came home from work.

You can almost here the quiet

What is the square box towards the bottom.? The sign is to show Vivienne the way to come & see me.

Your post made me remember the old bus stops, a round sign, brown here, on a pole, with a promenade type barrier.

I had forgotten we could get stamps from wall dispensers . I am thinking about the Cadbury's chocolate ones were navy blue.

I have some info on the home itself. Plus my Birth Mother's account. However if you scroll back to Louisa's post in 2011 she advises how you might obtain a copy.

Is that a music venue & do you know the line up?

There was a really good play in April which I couldn't get to see called the Fighting Irish about an Irish boxer living here,. going there & the search finding his identity in both countries. By Coventry Playwright, Jamie McGough. If it ever comes your way

Blind I meant.

There was a macabre rhyming game played by older girls not sure about boys, that escaped me, called Four Blibd Fathers It was the girls who were caught in Kiss Catch, only the boys did the chasing.

When someone thought they were not tigged, or on, we would chant, "On or not playin!'

They never heard of Cat's Cradle either , Or Two Little Dickie Birds. Girls at school made intricate patterns jumping and turning with a long loop of say knicker elastic.The Little one likes the hand games, Here's' The Church Here's The Steeple etc, Here's The Lady's Knives & Forks.Here's The...

Was that when you all got on a mound & pushed all the other kids off?

Grandson was given one. 5 quid! Mine came free with cornflakes sometimes, I loved the cornflakes paper they were wrapped in. You weighted the nose with a penny in some.

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I have just taught our granddaughter, My Mother Said, I last did it circ 1964. I can't remember the clapping sequence. I also performed The Clapping Song. Stepdaughter found an updated version of both. The woke brigade changed Gypsies to fairies. Stepdaughter taught her A Sailor Went To Sea Sea...