I will have to get some now ..for christmas ...stick little cloves in them ..Those little clementines in the stocking
polo,s that is a new one, I like the torch , did you see Santa arrive
that was a very bad winter ...plenty of snow ...whow you got a bike ....
I remember those dolls a Walkie and talkie x in fact they scarred me ....Worst present ever was a doll, that walked and talked.
Never got the point of that oneDunno what my mother was thinking.
At least you had heating ...lol hope you liked your picture
my grandparents had real,candles on their tree and chocolates same chocolates for years ..never could eat them ..Waking up and going into the living room to find it all festooned with paper chains, and the tree all decorated and lit up with real candles!
The whole family used to spend Christmas day at my grandparents when i was very young, and I never ever realised that my great uncle used to slip out of the room and dress up as Father Christmas to deliver our presents. It was years later that I found this out!
Going to the theatre in Liverpool to the pantomime - I still vividly remember Captain Hook and the alarm clock swallowing crocodile in Peter Pan!
Robbity
my sister was so angry when she found out who Santa was .... Don't tell anyone I said that , because there is a Santa , anyway she sulked for weeks ...can still remember it , we had all lied to her and she was really mad ....I think she believes in Santa agsin now ...ooooo noooo you did not get the record player lolA sewing machine supposedly to help me with my Needlework GCE. I thought I was getting a Fidelity record player after seeing it in a shop window in town with my mother's name on the SOLD label.
My sister got the record player....
A large Saxby's pork pie with fresh tomatoes for breakfast every Christmas morning and Cydrax with our Christmas Day lunch.
That's why it is my best ever kids present. Wow! Yeah! Never did find out how my parents could afford it! Second time on it used front brake only ended up on the road! Ow! Right over the handlebars!that was a very bad winter ...plenty of snow ...whow you got a bike ....
You are right , having a bike in 62 was a real treat ..your parents must of saved hard all year ....christmas was different then , so much choice today I think .....nice to remember x
A sewing machine supposedly to help me with my Needlework GCE. I thought I was getting a Fidelity record player after seeing it in a shop window in town with my mother's name on the SOLD label.
My sister got the record player....
My brother got the Fidelity. A red one with white lid. He had it till he was 18, 7 years and one needle change! Was never allowed to use it!!
Yes always had to say Thank you for the smellies , I had one aunt who used to give me and all my cousins Thsnk you notes as our present , which meant she slways got her gift back , we did not get to keep the cards ...
