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Nostalgia is not what it used to be
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Jean (Monmouth) | Report | 15 Aug 2010 19:23 |
Listening to Saturday night Theater through the floorboards of my bedroom when I wasnt allowed to stay up. There iss a new presenter on the Today programme who's voice immediately reminded me of 'The Man in Black' |
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Helen | Report | 15 Aug 2010 19:21 |
Oh ye canny shove yer granny aff a bus |
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Carol 430181 | Report | 15 Aug 2010 19:12 |
Think I must have been a sad lonely child, never heard of any of these. |
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Helen | Report | 15 Aug 2010 19:05 |
Scottish ball game 'doublers' (stoatin two balls off a wall in rotation .. while singing ... |
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Harry | Report | 15 Aug 2010 16:25 |
Some more lovely replies. The missing bit Mau was in my remembrance of my mothers verse. Rita's reference to " a cold" rings a bell albeit from over 70 years ago. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 15 Aug 2010 16:03 |
Another hand clapping one - apparently from the turn of the 20th century: |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 15 Aug 2010 15:59 |
A hand clapping song: |
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Elizabethofseasons | Report | 15 Aug 2010 15:57 |
Dear All |
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Mauatthecoast | Report | 15 Aug 2010 15:53 |
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Harry | Report | 15 Aug 2010 15:38 |
I remember Queenio, although not a solitary game. |
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Jane | Report | 15 Aug 2010 15:06 |
Not a skipping rhyme but |
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Elizabethofseasons | Report | 15 Aug 2010 14:33 |
Dear Harry |
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Mauatthecoast | Report | 15 Aug 2010 13:56 |
Good day to you Harry |
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Rambling | Report | 15 Aug 2010 12:09 |
Skipping rhymes and this for throwng a ball against the walls lol (variations of) |
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Harry | Report | 15 Aug 2010 12:05 |
Yesterday the expressions "Salt; vinegar; mustard. pepper" and then "one potato; two potato....", brought back memories of simpler times. |