when me dad would come home from pit after workin a 25 hour shift...me mam would have his tea on table, half a cream cracker with a blob of lard cos we dint have butter in them days, an when he finished his tea we would all gather round fire and decide whos turn it was to hold the burning ember to get thee hands warm........
them were the days )
what do you remember?
2007-10-06 08:23:09 · 17 answers · asked by ? 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
aye... them t'wer days....
we woz poor back then too... couldn't afford a proper house like them there rich folk... we had to make do with a shoe box... in't middle o' road...
aye... busy road it was too.. we had to take it in turns to move it in't middle o'night from one lane to 'nother..
aye... we woz poor... but.. they were the good ol' days...
2007-10-06 08:47:11 · answer #1 · answered by The Unknown Soldier 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My dad was a miner ,but we were not that poor
My Mam used to clean peoples houses to earn extra money I can remember really cold winter nights ,
We would all be sitting around the coal fire , with the wind howling and Mam making lovely toast on a toasting fork on a blazing coal fire
We had a really happy childhood even though we didn't have a lot
2007-10-06 16:48:59 · answer #2 · answered by Black Orchid 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sitting in front of a lovely coal fire. Nice and warm at the front but a cold back because we didn't have double glazing and the windows and doors were ill fitting and draughty !.The first TV we had, I was 15. Mum taking us down town at lunch time from school to hear the "proclamation", when King George 6th died and our present Queen was proclaimed. I could go on for ever with my memories !
2007-10-06 16:36:37 · answer #3 · answered by chezliz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We got oranges just at Christmas, I had to have my appendix out to get a box of chocs, we wore our last year's school pumps all through the summer and got new ones for the new term, we had a smelly paraffin heater in the bathroom so we were clean but couldnt breathe that well, my mum got up really early in winter to start the fire up, we got one pint of milk a day between six of us, we always had tomato soup for lunch on Mondays and Sundays leftover meat (bones) made into stew for tea. God, Im not even that old!!
2007-10-06 15:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by jeanimus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
that was luxury, half a cream cracker! we were lucky if we got to lick the lard knife.
but they were good days where as soon as the kids were 10 yrs old they were down the Pit working 20 hrs a day.
not like the Scum today, they dont know what work is.
2007-10-06 16:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by Python 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Getting dressed up to go to the movies. It was such a treat. We would be excited for days before we went. Remember the wide eyed wonder at the magic of the silver screen.
2007-10-06 15:29:21 · answer #6 · answered by Rooikat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only lighting the boiler once a week for a bath, lino on my bedroom floor, me mum having grub on `tic` from the corner shop until payday, Saturday morning flicks, me dad towin` a trailer behind his pushbike, the penny box, me dad buying mum a bottle of advocaat at Christmas then drinking it himself....
2007-10-06 15:54:23 · answer #7 · answered by *~STEVIE~* *~B~* 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love the old days. I remember the whole family sitting round my Granddad sucking a peppermint to keep us warm.
2007-10-06 15:29:00 · answer #8 · answered by Spiny Norman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Wombles.
2007-10-06 15:28:01 · answer #9 · answered by H.M.C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those were the days my friend! However, I was not there to brighten things up for you guys! God thought of bringing me into the world a lot later!!!
2007-10-06 15:34:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋