[Margaret Pilkington]

I like you memories Gordon.
I can remember the Christmas of the past......and you were right.....we didn't get much in the way of presents.....a box of paints, an apple, a tangerine and some nuts.
A chicken for our dinner(if we were lucky).....and dad would give us what was termed 'a damp glass'.......this was a liquer glass the size of a thimble with a drop of port in it...topped up with lemonade.
We thought we were living high on the hog.