No but it does remind me of trying to describe a 'string vest' to my husband and step son only yesterday. Stepson asked 'did they wear it on top of their shirt?' Forgot they call vests singlets over here and vests are waistcoats. I guess the purpose of it having holes in was to wear in the summer? Maybe one of the chaps could enlighten me!Ladies, remember these?View attachment 11991
No the holes were to hold the heat and keep you warm. I'd forgotten about those revolting garments.No but it does remind me of trying to describe a 'string vest' to my husband and step son only yesterday. Stepson asked 'did they wear it on top of their shirt?' Forgot they call vests singlets over here and vests are waistcoats. I guess the purpose of it having holes in was to wear in the summer? Maybe one of the chaps could enlighten me!
Yeah ... 'Silly old Moo"1
Ladies, remember these?View attachment 11991
OMG!
Is that a Liberty bodice ??Where on earth did you get that picture from ? LOL
Signy
We can do that for you!I miss opening my Christmas stocking ... it always contained an orange, some nuts and a packet of penguin mints. Obviously lots of other little things but those are the three things that stick in my mind. In my teenage years Mum used to fill it with little things like sachets of shampoo, soaps etc. And I always loved getting the selection boxes .. My gran passed away on Christmas morning when I was 7 and I remember the present I got from her and my Grandad ... a vanity case and inside was a huge bag of threepenny pieces that she'd been collecting through the year. It was a sad day and I remember filling the case up with all the chocolates from the selection boxes and my older sister and I went with our new bags for a walk through the snow.
It's amazing what you can find on google
We were discussing the winter of 62/63 on facebook and how we kept warm. I remembered the liberty bodice, vest and flannel petticoat we had to wear under our clothes, I'm surprised we could move!
Double Deckerthanks @Spencer67
Yes, Timothy Whites I think they were taken over by BootsI remember when we had a Timothy Whites in our then Market town, does anyone else remember this ?
Then there was International Store & PinksYes we had Timothy Whites.
Mum got the baccon and cheese from David Greggs, that was opposite side of the high street
???Then there was International Store & Pinks
And when they were at home they lived in their pinniesWorking class mums in the fifties never went out without a head covering/scarf.
The few that did were hussies.
I long for the days when the choice of shampoo was for dry normal or greasy & maybe a herbal one. Now you have to decide if you want one for curly hair, straight hair, frizzy hair control, brunette blonde.Takes forever to decide.Oh yes, how I loved going to the chemist shop! I used to get the Turtle Oil Soap, it came in pretty pastel colours. And Silivikrin Shampoo and Hint of a Tint in the little sachets to fix a botch bottle blonde hair colour!
I can get packets of those at the garden centre(!) but theyre 37p per pkt.Black Jacks and fruit salad four for a penny.
Family Favourites on Sunday lunchtimesMusic While You Work, Billy Cotton Band Show, Round the Horn, Navy Lark, and many more long gone but not forgotten
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