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Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 30-04-2006, 19:29

Replies: 42 Front Parlour Views: 1,718 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Front Parlour I remember the plastic roses with Daz......the cups and saucers with the labels from Black and green's tea.......fake pearls from Acdo soap powder.

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 30-04-2006, 19:27

Replies: 42 Front Parlour Views: 1,718 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Front Parlour Tha label on the blankets was a utility mark...lots of things had them...wardrobes chests of drawers and it was to show that it was of reasonable quality, but not luxury standards...these items were...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 29-04-2006, 21:08

Replies: 42 Front Parlour Views: 1,718 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Front Parlour Yes, we had newspaper during the week but a cloth on Sunday. I once got a thick ear off my dad for trying to read the News of the World (it was upside down...so I was struggling) while having my...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 29-04-2006, 13:56

Replies: 42 Front Parlour Views: 1,718 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Front Parlour It was Chenille......they used to have door curtains made of similar stuff too...to keep the draughts down in winter.

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 28-04-2006, 14:59

Replies: 42 Front Parlour Views: 1,718 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Front Parlour Mine too Pendy...what did you have to go and do that for :) ?

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 25-04-2006, 16:40

Replies: 42 Front Parlour Views: 1,718 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Front Parlour Pendy....was the smell from when a lump of coal dropped on the coco matting? And what about exploding coal....I think it used to be because there were pieces of slate in with the seam of coal....but...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 23-04-2006, 13:21

Replies: 42 Front Parlour Views: 1,718 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Front Parlour I think my Grandma must have been the same as most of the ones previously written about...except we were allowed into the front room on a Sunday, because that is where the Bible was kept.....we were...

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