Anyone have images of everyday sights we dont see anymore ?
This was back when winters were cold
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Images we dont see anymore
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And no matter what the weather, Milky always got through! Unlike now, when the least sign of a snowflake, and no one ventures out? 🙄
soulboy118• in reply to
I did a milk round for a while before s hool , great in summer but freezing in winter , I was a kid so it didnt bother me , milk lady never got out of the milk float , lol cant blame her there was some thick kid venturing out in the cold ,me
katieoxo60• in reply to
I still have a milkman who comes out what ever the weather,if not he gets someone else to deliver. But climate is not so harsh as back in the old days.I even get my newspaper at 5 am in the morning long before most of us are out of bed six days a week. 
My neighbour still has a milkman and theres one house still has papers delivered but it's by a guy who retired several years ago I know him , pity milkman and paperlads have disappeared tbey were good community people and would notice if anything was wrong , papers still in letter boxes milk not taken in etc
Our paperboy is from the office on his way to work in his car hence the early delivery. How times change .
I still get my paper delivered the boy still gets a Xmas card and a small present it’s lovely
You are so right. Some things were better for lots of reasons
Damon1864Volunteer
I remember those days, no matter what the milk was a little ways delivered , and the bins always emptied. Have a good day and take care of yourself 😊 Bernadette xx
Bit of rain snow hail or sleet wouldnt stop anything back then , if we got snowed in we dug ourselves out , can you imagine phoning work back then and saying theres snow so I cant come in lol
Goodness we. Would have been told to get to work or we would lose our job, the weather is no excuse.🤗xx
No put wellis on n get walking no matter how far
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Most of us would have had to walk into the village to get to a phonebox! Or, if you were lucky, maybe someone on the street had a phone, and would let us use it in an emergency? We'd always leave 2d beside the phone though. 👍
soulboy118• in reply to
I remember phones being thripence and might I add we all knew a trick with a lolly stick to get it back lol ,
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Thruppence?? Our phone boxes (in S. Wales) used 2 x 1d's? We had to press button A for the call to go through, or button B to get your money back if it was engaged or no one answered. Damn, I never knew that lolly-stick trick! You must have had very posh calls for them to cost 3d! lol
soulboy118• in reply to
We would call other phone boxes ( usually gf's) and reverse the call charges , phone boxes always had an x after the number to donate what it was we just left the x out of the number and got free calls , this was about 1974 , but the thrupence calls a lolly stick stuck up the returned counsel slot always got you ur money back, well until the go office caught on, lol lite recalls werent we
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A right little rebel, weren't you! lol
soulboy118• in reply to
Necessity is the mother of invention they say
I remember winters like that. Snow coming halfway up the back door. Everyone did their job then come what may. We had the same postman for years too. Xxxx
I remember birds would peck through the aluminium cap on the milk in summer ( and winter if it wasnt froze) and have a go at the cream that settled at the top of the pint well that was if our milk didnt get nicked ,which to be fair wasnt very often , hated sterry milk though but my nan loved it
Yes you’re right soulboy, my mum used to curse the birds. Pete and I talk about the time we had school milk too. In summer it was horrible, not kept in a fridge.
Hope you’re keeping well. Xxxxxx
I'm keeping fine thanks sassy , I'm away on my hols next week for a short break , just what the doc ordered , and my lady friend is coming with me , might be time for everyone to buy new hats lol
You have a lovely time and enjoy your break.
Do let me know as I could do with a new hat....lol.
Glad you’re well. Xxxx 😘
Thanks, hope you and pete are ok and Pete's breathing easy ,
Take care
Dave x
We’re not too bad thank you Dave. Keeping Pete as well as possible so far.
Take care, Carole xxxxx
All we can do is our best Carole, we live our life accordingly , winters coming and we know what that means , colds, flu, exacerbations ,infections ,stress , and more visits from the nurses but life still goes on ,I'd love to go swimming today but I cant so I'll channel my energy into other things ,I'm 62 anyway so even if my lungs were ok I'd not be running marathons but I did like to keep fit ,anyway have a lovely day and stay positive x
I’m positivity personified Dave and if we can get through what happened last year, we can get through anything. 🤞🏼
Take care, keep smiling,
Carole xxxx 😘
I've always got a smile on my face Carole and like you a positive attitude ,its a little foggy ( well what they call fog these days is slightly misty to me) here in the NWest and cold , heating is on brrrrr, .
Time for some hot buttered toast and a mug of piping hot sweet tea .
Nice chatting carole x
Yes you are a smiley person Dave. That’s the best way to be.
I have a lovely email friend in Preston and she said it’s cold and wet up there. Mind you, she and her hubby are going off to a caravan for a few days today in North Wales! Hope they remember their wellies. Xxxx 😀😘
P.S. nice chatting to you too. Enjoy your toast and tea. No sugar in mine thanks. Xxxxx
Sweet enough are we lol x
Need you ask! Lol xxxx😀
Not even saccharine? Lol, I've known a few ladies who have said they dont take sugar but sneak a few saccharine tablets in there tea/coffee when they think your not looking ,😉
Oh no! Yuck! I just don’t take sugar in tea or coffee. Xxx 😘😀😇
I just had toast and tea , no sugar but Honey on my toast naughty but nice x
Sounds lovely Katie, and why not. Xxxxx
Younger children get school milk again now and free school dinners. X
Our granddaughter has free dinners for now which is good. Xxxx
I recall walking to the local hospital very early in the morning in snow as the roads were still not clear . My husband went to work on his push bike even when the city was at a standstill due to abandoned vehicles in the snow. It took him twice as long but he got there and back home. Then one morning his car was like the milk bottles as it was -9 so again walk to work, after the thaw later his boss dropped him back home. Memories of the stiff upperlipped British. xx
Yes good days. I remember the milk bottles having the card tops that we used to use to make pom-pom's with. Sweet memories.
The aluminium ones we had that where intact we used to make them fly by using two fingers to spin em , ha ha we could play with ewt back back
Yes you are right when the aluminium ones came in we did exactly the same. Can you imagine giving a school kid a bottle top today and tell them to amuse themselves for a few hours, or even an empty tin can.
A perplexed look doesnt quite describe the look my grankids would give me , lol
Milk bottle tops for Pom poms and cotton bobbins for french knitting - or, for the boys - cotton bobbins, matchsticks and elastic bands for a 'wind up' toy. Plus - any left over string for cats cradle. Boredom was no excuse for doing nothing back then😁.
We were so inventive 🤣
I remember givng a carrot to the milkman's horse! And picking up the pieces of coal in the road after the coalman had delivered his sacks, which he carried up our narrow passage to the cupboard under the stairs!
We used to pick up any coal that was dropped - as well as anything that the horse dropped - my Dad had an allotment😁.
My father was a keen gardener, as was the man three doors up. When the coalman’s horse left a pile it was shovels at ten paces as they argued about whose door the pile was closest to. Sitting here with a smile, remembering.
Ha ha, why buy manure when it turns up free on the front
My dad was born in 1908 and he told me that he and his brothers and little sister used to push a barrow along the roads, collecting manure and baby sister sat on top! Then took it round the houses to sell. His upbringing was very tough, and his mother spent her last years in a mental home. On her death certificate cause of death was cancer.
It was hard back then , I remember the rag and bone man coming round in the early 60s as a small child
My first bike came from the rag and bone man, it cost £1, my Dad fitted it with one new inner tube, and a bell and I was off - as proud as punch. It didn't matter one jot that it was a sit up beg type - 'cool' hadn't been invented then😁😁
Sit up and beg , lol now theres an old expression
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And the Betterware man with all your Mam's cleaning stuff.... He'd give us kids tiny little tins of polish, about the size of a 1d....
Funny story, my father in law had a call of nature one night about 3am , as he was sat in complentation he heard some heavy breathing animal begin to push the outside toilet door open , terrified he wondered what it was then suddenly a huge horses head appeared not 6inches from his face , the local milkman shire horse had escaped during the night , my father in law said he was thankfully in the right place lol , he took the horse back in the morning .
One memory of mine was going to the local shops for mum one freezing cold morning and seeing, at the bottom of our hill, a horse and cart, lying in the road, still attached to its cart, on an icy corner. No one in sight, I guess maybe someone had taken in the probably injured driver.
I bet that wasnt a nice sight , but there were plenty 9f horses around back then
Damon1864Volunteer
We could make use of anything to play with back then. I remember playing shops using stones for money kids don't seem to use there imagination these days. 🤗Xx
Used to love to just go exploring in the countryside near my home, lots of wildlife, river to swim in farms selling bags of apples and pears ,swings on oak trees ,secret paths and daredevil acts ,good memories
County Durham where I originally come from was a great place to live as a child, we spent many happy hours exploring
Xxx🤗
I think oop north lol, we had lots of very similar environments, it was the same in st.helens where I come from , factories ,signs of poverty but for us kids it was great, I even remember the smell of old derelict buildings we used to explore ,I'm glad I enjoyed my childhood it helps you centre yourself ,its good preparation for adulthood
We may not have had a lot, but my childhood was brilliant, so different to childhood now.🤗 xxx
I look at my grankids and want to tell em " get off those smart phones or games stations " go outside and explore , get out with your m8s , these friendships they make now are their for life , I still go for a drink with guys I grew up with , its wonderful having that shared history
The same for me, we used big leaves as plates (in our games!) stones for potatoes, sticks for knives and forks, all laid out on our wide window cill. This was called mothers and fathers, and we lined up the dolls, called the boys in for dinner, and were lost in our imagination.
Mud pies , daisy rings I remember the girls making those , mimicking their mothers calling us boys in for dinner or tra , ahhh good times
Going to school in the snow lived n a village it was hard work walking in the snow which was hard work and very deep. It was always deep in Yorkshire my dad worked up on the moors and they often got stuck and had to send in the helicopter. And the mill at school popping out of the top after the teacher used to sit the bottles on the radiators to melt it and it always tasted vile couldnt stand warm milk.
Lol , love the photo of the frozen milk bottle and remember it well when we were kids it was a regular site. Like you I had a great childhood wondering everywhere and enough imagination to make a game of anything, although I was lucky being the youngest of 4 girls. Oop north I think things were very difficult in those days, the poverty was terrible, but we were all in the same position so it didnt matter. Couldnt manage now with no central heating or a toilet in the back yard. Saw your reply to Sassy, do we need new hats?? Hope so, love a reason to celebrate x
Perhaps a little premature with the new hats , time will tell,
I was the youngest of 3 brothers so I got hand me downs from hand me downs lol ,funnily enough I used to be called me imagination because of the things I used to talk about as a young lad, my m8s have another less flattering name for me now lol
Yes I remember the hand me downs, nothing was wasted. Lol re the names your mates have for you. Life seemed to be so much fun then even with the poverty. We were out all day in the summer, roaming everywhere, happy memories x
Damon1864Volunteer
We didn't go home until we were hungry, spent all day with our mates. Bairns now have to have a phone iPad or games console or they aren't happy, so glad I grew up when I did.xx🤗
No picture, but I loved the patterns that Jack Frost made on the inside of my bedroom windows. Luckily it was my Grandmother who had to clean the melted water up!!
Kids today dont believe windows froze on the inside , I used to thaw pattern into it with my thumb ,
I remember that, also having the birds peck the top for the cream 🐞
Ha nice one remember it well thank you. Mum used to hang the washing on the line , we used laugh as the clothes were all solid.
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