I Dare Ya (not boaty)

[hlb]

Re: \'opping

Newspapers with a string through it, hung on a white washed wall and tippler toilets with a big hole about twenty foot deep.
Frightened to death of falling down the hole whilst sat on toilet. Gripping the seat with both hands and shaking with fear.

Haydn

 

[Geoffs]

Re: \'opping

Outside loo? Hole in the ground?, Tin bath on wall?

Nah, never had any of that, always H&C, proper bath room, central heating, etc.Soft southerner you see <G>.

 

[hlb]

Re: \'opping

Not talking about our house. That was Grannys house that had the toilet!!

Haydn

 

[Geoffs]

Re: \'opping

Even granny(s) were soft southerners!

 

[hlb]

Re: \'opping

Yerv never lived.

Haydn

 

[paulineb]

Re: \'opping

I lived in the east end of London - that's south isn't it ?

Pxx

 

[Skyva_2]

Re: \'opping

My Aunt Ivy came from Wandsworth - moved to Hastings, the Old Town where fishermen wore gold earrings (it paid for the funeral if you were washed ashore dead!). The whole village seemed to go hopping (thats Southern) at Bodiam; best kids holiday ever, sleeping on straw beds, cooking on faggots (no, not them) from the pile. Even picking hops now and then. Tea in a billy. Ferreting, eating rabbits, bread and dripping. My kids dont know they're born (sounding like Bill Cooper now...). Going down hill on a board on a roller skate, Alf Tupper, Wilson, Biggles, I was really literate.

Keith

 

[hlb]

Re: \'opping

What happend to milkmen, coal men and pop men. Have they all disapeared! And whats happened to therer horses. And Carts.
Where are all the Trollies we made out of pram wheels and bits of wood. Why cant they find mine! with all this new Tecniolodgy arcioloudgy stuff! Maybe it will come up in a brain scan some where.

Haydn

 

[Dave_Snelson]

That was well written magic Syd and I remember every bit of it.

 

[Dave_Snelson]

and what about the "marble season" in spring time and conkers in Autumn.....

Garden fires....Boxing day full of relatives....Rope swings....collecting blackberries....climbing trees....fishing the canal....building dens....sixpenny mix....repairing old bikes....living your life in wellies....flying kites on holiday....the famous five....secret seven

 

[Falcon71]

camping in woolacombe...getting washed out, blown off cliff, again, olympics on the beach.. no pooper scooping... no littering.... no walking on the grass... no fishing... whipsnade zoo, again... windsor castle... science museum, national history museum...a glass of watered down wine at athe weekends, mini travellers, hot pants, platform boots, cheap woolies makeup....OK, that's enough!!