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Karen in the desert | Report | 3 Jun 2015 14:47 |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 3 Jun 2015 13:56 |
I used to have to put my Ballet tutu on |
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Dermot | Report | 3 Jun 2015 12:15 |
In concluding a bartering deal, it was a custom for both protagonists to spit on their palm before having a good old sturdy handshake agreeing terms. |
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Sharron | Report | 3 Jun 2015 10:44 |
I think the butter thing was psychology. You got to kick the last bit of butter and it shut you up bellowing for a bit. |
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Persephone | Report | 3 Jun 2015 10:27 |
:-) :-) :-) |
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lavender | Report | 2 Jun 2015 23:45 |
Persephone - Whenever I've said to my OH that my eyes were bigger than my tummy, he's looked at me up and down and replied, 'I don't think so'! :-0 ;-) |
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PollyinBrum | Report | 1 Jun 2015 19:18 |
Dermot, you really make me laugh :-D |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 1 Jun 2015 19:14 |
I went to Grammar School, but in the April before I took my GCE's, mum moved abroad - dad was already there - and my 19 year old sister and I were moved to a house in Southampton. I was allowed to carry on at the school to take my GCE's, but to take A levels, would have to leave the school (now a 6th form college), and all my friends, and attend a school in Southampton. So, before she left the UK, mum got me enrolled on a Norland Nanny course :-| |
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Dermot | Report | 1 Jun 2015 16:39 |
"Stop encouraging the dog to use the cat-flap"! |
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Margaret in Sussex | Report | 1 Jun 2015 13:18 |
Going to see maternal grandparents, the rule was |
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Sue | Report | 1 Jun 2015 12:46 |
There was no praise in our house, for anything. |
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Persephone | Report | 1 Jun 2015 10:49 |
When ever we actually ate out in tearooms as they were called then, I would invariably choose more that I could eat and got told "your eyes are bigger than your stomach". |
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lavender | Report | 1 Jun 2015 07:54 |
That is shocking about the 11 plus, Maggie! |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 1 Jun 2015 07:31 |
I always tried not to repeat my mother. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 1 Jun 2015 03:17 |
Stop crying, or I'll give you something to really cry about |
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Sharron | Report | 1 Jun 2015 01:08 |
Every biscuit I ever asked for was accompanied by "And only one." when I only wanted one anyway but then felt duty bound to have two or three. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 1 Jun 2015 00:11 |
How many of you have smacked yourself on the mouth when a Mum/Dad saying came out of your mouth? |
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Sylvia | Report | 31 May 2015 23:40 |
I remember my mum telling my brothers, If you fall off that wall dont come crying to me or I will give you something to cry for. :-S |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 31 May 2015 20:39 |
What I find interesting about this thread is that we are all from different parts of the country, yet we were all told similar things :-D |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 31 May 2015 20:38 |
I think I heard every single comment, except for maggiew's wicked one. Thta's terrible |
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