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OH YES ;
Does your chewing gum ; lose its flavour of course it does ; or it did in my case and lost ;
Denteen chewing gum was short lived it never cleaned your breath nor your teeth and the flavour was a two second wonder
you can not buy that now for years its long gone
best wishes astonian
 
brenda barr said:
l wonder if anyone remembers the wooden clogs of the 40's.....l always wanted a pair but my mom said no, stating they did'nt give your feet any exercise... where that came from l don'nt know....used to love the sound they made as people walked down the street.....Brenda
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I very vaguely remember these Brenda. There used to be a shop in Ledsam Street that had them hanging up outside. Definitely can't remember the noise they made as people walked though. I wonder if they were made in England? Patent shoes for children were very popular at this time too, they used to come with ankle strap's and a button. The same shop sold these who sold the clog's.
 
When I was a child the News of the world was a large paper it was perfect for cutting into four squares and hanging on the nail up the yard.;);):DDek
 
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When I was a child the News of the world was a large paper it was perfect for cutting into four squares and hanging on the nail up the yard.;);):DDek
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Did your parents censor (remove) certain squares to stop young eyes reading things they shouldn't be reading during the visits up the yard ?....;):D
 
Jeans its funny how suddenly things come in your head about what we had when we were young. I have tried to remember the hair lacquer we used to buy from Woolworths, I know we had Miners, but I am certain there was another tube we used to buy to put in our lacquer bottles, but I cant think of the name.
 
Yes I do Carolina. If you didn't wash it out it looked like you had nits. Do you remember Bandbox Spray Tint?. I think it was neat peroxide.
 
GGJean, Dont remember Bandbox spray tint, I can remember my mom boiling up camomile flowers for my hair though. Now I use Sun In.
 
I think the other brand was " Bel-Air" and the jingle was "has a flair for hair"?
I had some coloured hairspray and a lovely white mac. It didn't stay white for long when it rained, the hairspray ran in red streaks!!!

Do you remember Instant Whip? I liked it better than Angel Delight.
rosie.
 
Carolina, I had a foam backed coat, it was very pale blue, full length and something like a "swagger" coat, if anyone remembers them. I have a feeling you could wash the foam backed coats but can't be sure.
 
Sylvia, when I was about 8 I had a swagger coat, you could have a full swagger or put a belt in half way and have half swagger or have it fully belted. I loved it.

When I had my yellow foamback coat, I also bought a very large brown handbag, to go on a date and had to meet somewhere on a bridge in Erdington, took 2 buses to get there, and he never turned up!
 
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I had a foam backed coat - in 1962. I don't know where I bought it from but it was a summer coat and was lemon with three large buttons down the front. It did keep its shape well, but although it was light in weight, it had to be dry cleaned which made it expensive to wear, being lemon. I remember going for an interveiw at GKN at Heath Street wearing it, but spilt the cup of coffee we were given all down the front - before the interview, not after! Nerves, I suppose.
 
Does anyone remember Crimplene? (sorry if it's on this thread, I could not see it). Dreadful stuff really, but so easy to wash and wear. I had several crimplene dresses and one white suit, which I loved. I suppose it took the place of jersey wool. I remember being quite astonished at how easy and quick it was to dry after washing and only needed a bit of an iron, if at all.
 
Shortie, I married my first husband in 1961 and I was very very skinny(where did these pounds come from:().I think that at that time in UK the smallest size was 12 and all clothes swamped me.
My husbands mother worked at Lerose and she had a small suit made for me to wear after the wedding.
It was a beautiful cream colour and fitted perfectly.The only problem with crimplene was that it never wore out so in the end perfectly good clothes that had gone out of fashion
had to go.
 
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That's right Alberta, it did never wear out. I remember Lerose very well, I worked for a while at Barker Ellis which was opposite, but did not know Lerose used crimplene, I thought all their stuff was in jersey wool. I bet that suit was lovely, Lerose made beautiful clothes and if I remember rightly, had a price tag to match (- although that might have been because my wages were a bit on the lowly side at the time). You are also right about sizing, I was small at the time (I was 6st 7lbs when I was three months pregnant), I used to make a lot of skirts for myself with half a yard of fabric (tweed from Lewis's sale often), but then I found that C&A did a size that fitted me and so I managed to get some dresses, rather than separates. I can't remember whether C&A did a 10, it might have been a small 12. Long time ago, that!
 
Remember Colt 45 and Breaker Malt beers. Canned Beers of the 70s that always made me a bit agressive. seemed really strong at the time compared to others, but dunno what the % of alchohol was.
 
Mike my twins told me to try a drink when they came home after a late shift and it was a breaker and diamond white. I had two halves and don't remember going to bed. good old days.
 
On to fashion, My older sisters having their Can Can underskirts .
They used to hang them on the back of the Bedroom door,I think sometimes
they would try to stiffen them with sugar water? Perish the thought.
 
Topsy my dad had a small bottle most evenings as he was not a pub goer and guess what? I have a couple a week at the caravan. Jean.
 
Coats I remember having in the 60's were a LLama coat, which were always cream and very warm, and my favourite was a light weight reversible coat check one side and plain the other, it was pale blue with turned back cuffs.
 
I used to love Hienz Kidney Soup. Havent seen any for years. If any one has a tin lurking at the back of a cuboard e mail me at rob----------
 
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