xmas pressies

[cappy]

Agree with that cappy, its terrible these days, with as you say hard to buy anything for the Grandkids!
So like many others these days we just fork out a few Quid to each to use as they want to.

Just on that Bow and Arrow thing, and Honest too, when young i mad a good set with pointed Arrows from Nail end.
To cut this short my late Brother and i were playing Cowboys and Indians, he with the Revolver (Wooden of course) and me with the Bow and Arrows.

Got him cornered in the play, and dinkum shot him in the Gut , the Arrow went quite well in and all hell Broke loose after that, when my Pa saw this and Boy did i get it! Whamo! with his trusty old Service Belt! LOL
No harm done though and next day all was back to normal!

its all memories doc .......critical at the time but much laughter later.......cappy

[j.sabourn]

#10 Is that when you started to question your sexuality John ? Today that would be drama and front page stuff. That would be a good enough excuse for joining U.C. and forced into a life of unusual activity’s . Pecker up you’ll be ok . Cheers JS .

[j.sabourn]

#11. That’s all we rely on Cappy , until the craft disease sets in . Then there’s nothing left. Cheers JS

[Graham Shaw]

JS Yr..#9 Re Under wear as Prezzies. No,a definite no no.Fraught with Dangers ! I have never bought any negligee (My Grandma ,very Hylda Bakerish- like used to call 'em negligents) ,etc. for the ladies in my life. I would hate a haughty store assistant saying to me "And what size are you,Sir?",with a knowing look,or even a wink hoping to catch me out ,as I hurriedly scuttle off to the high heel shoe department instead! No.!

Your tale of undercrackers with bizarre or non-existent 'openings' rings a bell for me. My dear Aunty May,from when I went to sea at 17,until well into my 20's would ,when she knew I was going out to join a ship ,always buy me a pack of three such undercrackers.I Why she thought I'd be so glad of them I don't know-maybe because she never had a man in her life and thought we blokes could never have enough undercrackers. I usually liked the style and colour,,nothing wrong with that but there was one big problem-Aunty May was always thrifty and would buy them from an Asian stallholder in her local covered market.He was such a favoured retailer by her that I think she would buy them in bulk to cover me for future trips.Only problem was they were actually M & S rejects or similar,probably done by a child sweatshop in Bangladesh. Sometimes there was no 'fly' or one time I found one on the side.I wouldn't be surprised if I had found a label saying 'Flute of the Room ' or something similar in them.Needless to say they were never packed in my going away bag,but probably there were dozens of them rejects found languishing in the back of my drawer years later.I think I used a few for polishing my motor from time to time,so they weren't entirely wasted. Bless Her !Wingies.gif

[Graham Shaw]

lucky you, I got a wind up one which went round and round a 3ft dia circle. Still loved it tho

Vic and Tony were reminiscing about train sets. I too only received a tin clockwork onewhich went round and round and round and round and.....in a 3 feet circle,but I was mesmerised. My mum and Dad wouldn't buy me an electric trainset because my Mum thought I would electrocute myself.I had to wait until I was 11 before I could have one,but by then I wanted a chemistry set or a Mamod steam engine instead.I nearly put Mamood then!
One thing I do remember about my little Hornby clockwork train set was running into my bedroom one evening and standing on it barefooted Now,that's a very sharp tin toy with protruding key.There was a lot of blood and I had to have an anti tetanus jab.
Other things I have trod on barefooted in my lifetime,as I'm sure we all have, are upturned three-prong plugs and pieces of Lego. Don't they hurt,and don't they make you shout naughty expletives!Eek.gif

[j.sabourn]

My mother in law wore passion bloomers , they could put you off for life. Pleased there were no male versions as the initial post on this about chapped inner thighs would be nothing compared to the damage caused by the elastic in the legs . Maybe there was a male version , will have to ask Graham , so if you read this Graham ??? JS

How do I know ? Thy were modelled on the Bermuda shorts lengthwise to extend to the knee , and everytime she sat down ,everyone knew. The burning question is... did she or did she not know this ? And was just playing with our feelings.I just felt sorry for my father in law , a very brave man . JS....

[Des Taff Jenkins]

HI John.
Like you I didn't get long trousers until I was fourteen, and then only because I was starting work in a tin works.
Bows and arrows we made our selves down the woods, we once tied a boy to a tree and started a fire around him and run away, but I relented and raced back and let him go, I made a good friend LoL
Des

[j.sabourn]

Didn’t scalp him then ? JS

[Bill Morrison]

#14, You took the word right from my thoughts Graham...Dusters. We very rarely had the soft yellow ones which dyed other cotton items in the washing machine. No my mum's favourites were my dad's old white y fronts/vests when the elastic went. Or my cotton bottle green man a' wars [drawers]from gym which for some reason were always enormous First things on my list when shopping once married were the said yellow dusters, and a two litre tub of Italian icecream which I didn't have to share

Oh Marian, bottle green ones, in my primary school days gym was mixed boys and girls. the boys wore trunks and the girls white semmits and navy kickers. It didn't last at secondary different gym halls. Just when life was becoming interesting.
Bill

[happy daze john in oz]

Socks and jocks was a favorite of mum for any family member she was not too keen on, mainly male in laws, not sure what she bought the female ones.

But the great aunt who bought me the jeans thought I should always be very well dressed, mum being divorced at this time she took me under her wing.
There is a photo of me at the age of about four looking like some royal misfit, all came from 'Binns' stores in Sunderland.
I think she should have binned them all before she thought about it.

But an interesting article yesterday which may be of some use to some members.
Doctors are giving dementia patients 'Viagra' as it stimulates the brain!!

Reminds me of the young boy in the bath who asked his mum, 'is that my brains down there;'

Not yet she rerplied but in time!!!!!