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I am so glad my families talked about their childhoods, not dad sadly much but everyone else did. Nan used to name all the locks down to Bridgnorth, and all her old neighbours. The nice and the not so nice. her house interiors, her wedding night in the depression, wartime memories, food...

I like the song

I always wanted a big irregular garden wall with things climbing on, Some areas here in Coventry have your coping stones. I have some but they are blue. (Black) they came from an old house. We also have sandstone stones used as edging stones we were told they came from Stoneleigh Abbey? We used...

Chap at work a Coventry kid called me bab. It made a change from cock and duck. Had a Wallasey colleague called me me little love.

I had 2 ex colleagues said me baby

My dad called everyone Darlin, everyone!

Oh the wall. !!!!

When toys looked like the real thing. I see Britains Farm animals on eBay. I saw some in a Charity shop I was very tempted. £1 a bagfull!. I bought some in a toy shop about10 years ago for the grandson and a donkey for our crib.

I think I remember all the adverts as there were not many and you knew what they were trying to flog!

I worked out how to get the cage to work I would put the base a bit wonky.

I will look now

What are the leaves like Janice?

Yes I bought a pot of Verbena and Yarrow. It spreads fast. The butterflies head for the laurel flowers but they don't last long. Getting a lot of vines there are 3 now, one is a Virginia Creeper two wild and next door has a grape vine, queue the music, and it has escaped.

I had a stencil set. I think that is what they were called. Stiff card with cut outs and you put ink or paint over them and lifted them off to reveal the design. I always got more on me I still do when painting and I have to check my shoe soles s now!

Aunty found my little Ted in a tree in Cheltenham in a park.Dad got it down and she washed it, I had it in to my teens.

'Real tough toys for real tough boys, Tonka!' I was bigger though past the toy age then. A Kid I was at school with ended up working with mum. He used to call her Tonka. She loved that, not. And the locomotive that would run in a straight line I thought that was a swiz, Gran bought me one I have...

I had a rocket launcher it looked like a gun it had a blue lattice 'cradle' a red launcher base and it was yellow the size of a cucumber. We put it on the floor at my birthday party and it shot up in the air and everyone tried to catch it. I couldn't see what all the fuss was about but the party...

There was a bicycle shop sold fireworks but sometimes they wouldn't sell bangers or jumping jacks to boys, or younger children or if they didn't like the look of you, or your banger amount was limited. Saying that I never saw girls buying fireworks. I always got a box for my birthday from nan...

I was spoilt. A grandad and Nan. A granny and great Gran and a great great aunt, my favourite aunt.

I found the the triggers too stiff