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Could this be your family...????
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Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
yes polly we can rabbit on a bit...i think its greatlol rob i recall the singed jumpers and cardies very well....if i had to wear one i would always leave me coat on so no one could see it
froth.....:headhit::headhit:
lyn
Well what is it then:confused2:
pollypops
master brummie
I noticed that - must have gone up in the world as soon as he got that poker thing!
Polly
Arkrite
master brummie
Our house normaly had two of everything. One worked the other didn't. Looking around my house I think I may have inherited alot of my fathers genes.
I bet the kid watching the TV had sore eyes from watching a 425 line picture that close up. Remember wash days in winter with clothes drying every where. The air was thick with moisture you felt as if you were in a sauna. But then no one new what a sauna was unless you happened to watch Swedish films
I bet the kid watching the TV had sore eyes from watching a 425 line picture that close up. Remember wash days in winter with clothes drying every where. The air was thick with moisture you felt as if you were in a sauna. But then no one new what a sauna was unless you happened to watch Swedish films
davidfowler
Exiled Brummie
Chris, thanks for reminding me of the gas poker. It was my job when Dad was on nights to clean out and re-lay the fire in the mornings before I went to school. I actually enjoyed it and developed an almost unhealthy interest in open fires
Also, my aunt had Pekinese dogs (horrible, yappy things!) and one very old one used to lie by the fire and when the coals spat (obviously poor quality coal) the embers landed on the dog and it just whined rather than move out the way.
Also, my aunt had Pekinese dogs (horrible, yappy things!) and one very old one used to lie by the fire and when the coals spat (obviously poor quality coal
) the embers landed on the dog and it just whined rather than move out the way.
W
Wendy
Guest
David this thread has reminded me we had a gas poker. We all took it in turns to make up the fire in the morning and like you I love 'playing' with fires. I would always get told off on Bonfire Night for getting to close to the fire. When I was in the girl guides I was an expert at camp fires. I now have a chimnea and boy do I have fun with it. Do you think I have a problem!
. We all took it in turns to make up the fire in the morning and like you I love 'playing' with fires. I would always get told off on Bonfire Night for getting to close to the fire. When I was in the girl guides I was an expert at camp fires. I now have a chimnea and boy do I have fun with it. Do you think I have a problem!
Ray Barrett
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
Draw tin,we had one,still have a scar on my leg when I fell on it...whilst mooching in the top cuboard.
davidfowler
Exiled Brummie
David this thread has reminded me we had a gas poker
Of course not Wendy. Just don't ask about the waste land on the canal at the back of our house in the 50s
HI LYNN
It could have been ours lookig at it as we had the same prints on the wall same size room with the glowing slack heap to bank up the fire the old man said to mother keep it blazing
we had one of those high dryers above the fire place which we use to hoist up and down over the fire
the old man kept saying don,t sit around the fire you kids you will get brackets on your legs
secondonly we did not have a large telly we only had an early old type 12 inc tv when every body got big one
or they had a colour tv when we would nip down the yard to mrs trowmands whom had a colour one because they was posh family AND watch the adverts we loved the first adds of esso singing if she heard or seen us appearing at her window she would shout at us to clear off
and thirdly we never had a telephone we eventualy had and got one years after the old man died in 1958
oh and eventualy the old man bought a big ball of chalk broke it down mixed with water and put news paper up for the wall paper and painted it in the pink distemper
bst wishes Astonian ;;;
It could have been ours lookig at it as we had the same prints on the wall same size room with the glowing slack heap to bank up the fire the old man said to mother keep it blazing
we had one of those high dryers above the fire place which we use to hoist up and down over the fire
the old man kept saying don,t sit around the fire you kids you will get brackets on your legs
secondonly we did not have a large telly we only had an early old type 12 inc tv when every body got big one
or they had a colour tv when we would nip down the yard to mrs trowmands whom had a colour one because they was posh family AND watch the adverts we loved the first adds of esso singing if she heard or seen us appearing at her window she would shout at us to clear off
and thirdly we never had a telephone we eventualy had and got one years after the old man died in 1958
oh and eventualy the old man bought a big ball of chalk broke it down mixed with water and put news paper up for the wall paper and painted it in the pink distemper
bst wishes Astonian ;;;
good morning alan... once again thank you for your memories..as always a fascinating read...i found the bit about the wallpaper and pink distemper most interesting....i know for sure that when i lived in paddington st at my nans we did not have a tv..it wasnt until i was 5 and moved to villa st that we finally got one ...that would be 1958...and we did not have a telephone until 1971 when we moved from villa st ...it was always the phone box for us...
have a good day
lyn
once again thank you for your memories..as always a fascinating read...i found the bit about the wallpaper and pink distemper most interesting....i know for sure that when i lived in paddington st at my nans we did not have a tv..it wasnt until i was 5 and moved to villa st that we finally got one ...that would be 1958...and we did not have a telephone until 1971 when we moved from villa st ...it was always the phone box for us...have a good day
lyn
My mom used to say she's got corned beef legs,idle sod's been sat with her knees up the chimney all day.
Move me mom, I'm burning!
Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Excuse me. It wasn't a Poker, it was permanently attached to the back of the grate. Poker indeed
Hi frothie
i personnaly would have considered that as hi tec poshie , what size tv did you had
we got a litle 1o or 12 inch box w had to bang it to get it started
bought it from boyeds on aston cross the old man did he didnt buy it or himself he bought it for us kids
he was always on the booze in the golden cross with a certain member of the doddies and old dear
from across the rd at the off licence her name began with the letter M ,
and we had the make paper fire lighters rolled up and twisted together to get the fire started with
a draw lid then get it going and build up with slagg from the coalman
do you remember the old penny gas meter for gas and the collectors if you did not count your return money
they used to short change ya,and it smelt of gas as well
have a nice day frothie ,have you picked your winner yet for the grand national
best wishes Astonian ;;
i personnaly would have considered that as hi tec poshie , what size tv did you had
we got a litle 1o or 12 inch box w had to bang it to get it started
bought it from boyeds on aston cross the old man did he didnt buy it or himself he bought it for us kids
he was always on the booze in the golden cross with a certain member of the doddies and old dear
from across the rd at the off licence her name began with the letter M ,
and we had the make paper fire lighters rolled up and twisted together to get the fire started with
a draw lid then get it going and build up with slagg from the coalman
do you remember the old penny gas meter for gas and the collectors if you did not count your return money
they used to short change ya,and it smelt of gas as well
have a nice day frothie ,have you picked your winner yet for the grand national
best wishes Astonian ;;