General Chat

Any doubt about the correctness of speech or grammar should be referred to Archbishop Welby - an expert in clarity of thought, at home or abroad. :-D

So it has, we used to say agendums, datums, stadiums and forums in those days.

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Grammar must have changed a bit since the 1950's. The plural of millenium is now millennia. ;-)

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Tec..
Must admit,was only born in the year of his Silver anniversary,so not THAT much older than you?..ha ha...must be theWelsh air!
By the way.used to have guest house and cafe in Barmouth 60s and 70's..on sea front ! :-D

Long may you Reign Brenda :-D

You may even see another in King Charles or whatever he chooses to call himself.

Tec :-)

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

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

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.

probably worth naff all I suppose!

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

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

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

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Tec :-)

1951 - Festival of Britain? :-S

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

And whatever happened to 'Spot The Ball' competitions?

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

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

Whatever happened to those?

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

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

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

THAT is how cool I am!!!

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'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'.