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Old 06-01-2009, 22:23   #20
MargaretR
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Re: Back in the good old days

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
Those were the days when 8 years olds were sent to the local ironmongers with a big Stantons glass pop bottle to be filled with parafin for the lamp used to stop the pipes in the outside lavvy from freezing up . Guess these days the parents would be 'had-up' for child abuse .
Also amazing how clean the womenfolk kept the wood tippler seats scrubbed spotless , womenfolk these days don't know there born .
There were no water pipes in a long drop lavvy - just a long deep/wide pipe into the sewer.
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