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You will never get me buying cod liver oil Lyn :joy: but I do buy jars of malt as I use it when I make malt loaves...can't get them here in Oz and I do love a slice of buttered malt loaf now and again :yum Wendy

You never forget it do you Lyn haha :rolleyes:

Hi Sugar, my mum made us take Virol it tasted disgusting I just looked up ingredients......refined fats, sugar, orange vitamins etc....doesnt sound too bad ....but why did it last like iron when I had to take it ! Ughhh can still taste it ! I loved a glass of andrews haha

It sounds like my childhood Bob, dad always bought a crab from the market on saturdays, he would pull the legs off it and i would enjoy them pulling out the meat with a hair grip haha, neither of my sisters would bother but I loved it.We often had penny winks and cockles too, dad often had a...

I grow all sorts of veggies but I have never had any luck growing parsnips either! At the moment it is Spring here in Australia and I have spinach, mustard greens in my veggie garden and my broad beans are as tall as me and full of flowers , its one of the veggies that always do well. One thing...

I have happy memories of dads veggie garden he always had peas and my 2 sisters and I always shelled them, usually on the grass in the sunshine, quite a few peas were eaten during that process. I remember dad always put up his frames for his runner beans which I loved and there was always...

at the smogs we The smog was quite eerie, things never looked quite the same when the smog came down! Sorry about your face;)

Ooooops :oops: haha

I enjoyed reading your post, it brought back so many memories, it sounded like you were writing my childhood. We were privileged, we were the lucky ones. We lived outdoors and were always busy, always had something to do or somewhere to go, we made our own fun. A simple skipping rope, a pogo...

Hi Maurice, I sadly can hardly recognise the birmingham of my earlier life, it has changed so much in 36 years, its what they call progress I guess Wendy:(

I much prefer the older photo ...

My mum kept my dads dinner warm like that, we had already eaten ours. We would sit and talk to dad when he got home and was eating his tea and he often asked would you like some? We would go and get a sandwich plate and he would share his meal and I dont know why but it always tasted better...

I think its so sad when I read the posts on our forum and realise there are so many photos that have been lost. I hope like you Lyn some may be reposted as time goes by, Wendy

What a lovely picture and yes I can see the letters on the road.

My Mum or dad never spoke about bombs in Sheldon however mum used to complain none of our doors shut properly after the war. She never ever told us they had been so close. Wendy

They did it hard didnt they ? I hope she lived a happy life in her cottage even though it would have been hard with no running water. Wendy

Is it just me or have I have a bad memory ? I cant remember veggies all packaged up like that when I was young. Mind you mum always went to a little veggie shop that sold out of a bungalow just round the corner off coventry rd in Sheaf lane sheldon and it was all fresh veg. Wendy

Hi JohnO Yes I still say forrid :D

:( Hi Radleys, It brings back so many memories, we lived half way up Common Lane opposite the pub originally called The Chelmsley which was built when I was a kid. The phone box at the bottom on the right was used a lot as we didnt have a home phone as a lot of people in the 50'2 We loved...

I loved the caramac chocolate :yum