First memory ? .. no idea.
Yardley red lipstick with a touch of Max Factor pressed powder (only on special occasions of course) and the flowery aprons/overalls she wore in t'mill (all home made of course). The cotton fibres in her hair and 30 denier stockings, and just good clean coal tar smell.
My first walking day with Cambridge Street Methodist, do remember her tying
my bonnet under my chin, and fastening the buttons on my coat. Cannot for the life of me remember what colour these were... me on the right.
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Obviously the baking, but making the crepe flowers together that adorned the house. To get a rose petal to curl had to scrape your knife along the petal whilst stretching, and it would curl at will... bit like hair tongues now ... LOL.
Can't ever remember holding her hand whilst walking along a street, but think I may have been like a little terrier running back and forth .. 'cause the traffic wasn't too bad then.
Most of all I remember her down and out common sense to life .. didn't inherit that unfortunately..
