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That's funny... we also called it the 'front room ' even though it was in the back 😏

Yes, definitely posh... we only had the one coal bunker 😂. Baths once a week,,, showers were something we only saw in the movies! When I was a teen playing lots of school football I was allowed an extra bath after the Saturday match.

Brilliant memories, I'm loving this thread,! Our council house (built early 50s?) had an inside toilet AND an outside one in a spider filled brickshed - posh! Mum first had some single tub washer with a wringer (mangle??) to squeeze the water out... that was my job. Then...she upgraded to a...

Sticking Green Shield Stamps onto the pages for mum.

The forerunner of Duolingo 🤔

Yep, same here. Copper bedwarmer but soon replaced with stone hot water 'bottles'. As well as the coal fire in the lounge, we had a coke boiler in the dining room (posh council house 😂) which had a back boiler to heat our water. For the very cold days we had two stinky paraffin heaters, one in...

And there was me thinking this thread wouldn't get past two pages...well done, OP👍

We couldn't afford a notice board 😏

Finding butterfly chrysalises (??) in the shed, put them in a matchbox with cotton wool and wait a few weeks til they hatched. Usually a beautiful red admiral... Then be very good and let it go of course.

And the obligatory jam doughnut and mug of tea with the oppo after the footie matches

Definitely just you...😬

That Bruce Forsyth Sunday evening game show, and Rolf creepy Harris doing his giant 'guess what it is ' paintings.

And "...you be back before dark" ?😂

Swapping LPs with my mates for a few weeks... cheaper than buying them all!

Yep, none of us wanted to be the indians

Was she still wearing the sock 😏

Fixing a bit of water pipe to a block of wood, hammer the fixed end flat, drop in a lit banger then a handful of dried peas...then aim at the neighbour's window. Anyone...no 🤔

Gosh...the sands of time, eh😏

Getting a chocolate Smoker's Outfit for Xmas...the best!

"Comic subscriptions"... Soccer Star 😀