General Chat

Have lived in seven decades,

two centuries,

two millenniums,

and we're not even that old yet.

We're just that cool.

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Dear Mr Magoo

Hello

Could not agree more!

Really cool!


Take gentle care
Best wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Ain't that the truth :-D

AW Shucks We All cool our blood gets Thinner ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D <3

Not as cool as those born in the thirties though. :-D

'Just because we're old, does that make us senile, febrile, dumb? Far from it!

Life is a sponge and as we progress, we learn; learn what to retain, learn what to discard, to our advantage. But in today's world, our accumulated and collective knowledge is not always wanted'.

Mr M. if I was a member of the opposite gender, I would be Mark Ronson.

THAT is how cool I am!!!

:-D :-D :-D

I'm pre-war - cool as a cucumber :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Must be strange for most 50s kids to have only known one monarch's reign.

I remember when Ayds was supposed to be a dieters preferred biscuit.

Whatever happened to those?

I agree KenSE, it must be strange to have only ever known one Monarch on the throne.

While recently posting memories on SueMaid's thread I posted the following.

In 1951 at the age of nearly eleven, I stood on a jetty protruding into the Thames, waiting for the Royal Yacht Britannia to pass.
I cannot remember what the special occasion was.
As she passed looking splendid, being Dressed Overall, the following people were clearly visible on the deck.
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, the Princesses Elizabeth, and Margaret. Queen Mary, Louis Mountbatten, Viceroy of India up to independence.
Winston Churchill, and his wife Clementine.

Now of course, the Queen is the only survivor of that party, but as we had no television in those days, the only time we saw these people was at the cinema during Newsreel, or in the newspapers.
So it was particularly exciting to me a boy to see these people in the flesh, as it were.
Now it seems, looking back, that I witnessed history passing by that day.

Tec

Even at the extremity of old age, I can never remember suffering from absentmindedness.

And whatever happened to 'Spot The Ball' competitions?

1951 - Festival of Britain? :-S

Thank you Ann - how stupid of me :-( my tiny brain didn't connect the two, although I went to the Festival of Britain, and remember the Skylon.

Maybe I am cracking up after all

:-D

Tec :-)

my Dad went and brought me back a Festival of Britain commemorative crown in a box which I still have

I also had one of those Ann. Left it behind when I left home . No idea who has it.

probably worth naff all I suppose!

A British 1951 cupro-nickel Crown (Five Shillings)(George VI) - Festival of Britain (proof like), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £15 GBP. If it has been circulated but still in good condition, it might fetch up to £5 GBP.

oh well - no one ran off with my fortune then :-D but yours will of course be of sentimental value.

Youre all a load of youngsters!!!
I have lived through the reigns of...........
George V......George VI.......Edward VIII....Elizabeth II......and Im still a recycled teenager..... :-D