Childhood poverty

Oh you had a back yard eh, you were lucky Innit. Some of us lived in back to back houses.

Our bath night was a Saturday 'cos mum made us all go to church and then bible class on Sundays. We used to get a bolt thruppenny bit to put in the collection plate but more often than not we'd pretend to put it in and keep it. There were 5 of us, that was a lot of money in them days, bloody church wasn't getting it.

I remember the soap, A bar lasted 14 months in our house, 4 lads, ma and pa, Then when it got too small to hold, It was put with the other bits, until you could use it, Dad dropped one on his foot, They had to amputate it, Took two to carry it home From the co,op, Front page news when you got a new bar, Peasants peeping thriugh the window to see ( TheFull Bar),

5 in one Tenement room Cam, rough.

Perfectspecimen wrote:Oh you had a back yard eh, you were lucky Innit. Some of us lived in back to back houses.

Yeah, that was where the hand pump was for pumping the drinking water from the well.

Collection plate ?, I think i would be practicing putting 1 in and taking 3 out, If them churches are so smart, And the big man is watching over his flock, What the Feck do they need to do that for ?, And do you really think the priest isnt skimming it to buy the drink, Piss heads and peddlars of doom and gloom,

Carbolic soap Reg.

innit wrote:

Yeah, that was where the hand pump was for pumping the drinking water from the well.

Bloody Hell, fresh water...........filter the bath water through some mus cloth and boil it up, some of you had luxury.
Tried to make some pastry when I was 6 and rolled it through the mangle, messy.

Perfectspecimen wrote:5 in one Tenement room Cam, rough.

Yeah, there was only one bedroom, mum and dad's bed was in the living room. Eldest brother went to live with my gran and papa to make more room. He lives in Ripon now, been there since the 70s.when he left the army.
That house we lived in was the pits. It was built in 1824 for feck's sake, no running hot water, no electric, no gas. Heating was the open fire, we had a fire in the bedroom but that was never lit as we couldn't afford the coal for two fires.
I left that dosshouse in 1967, 12 years of my life in there, it's all demolished now of course and new modern houses built on the site.

You started early on the housework front Mary, You will make somebody a lovely wife,

Didnt do you any harm Cam, Your happy with your lot now, Them nice new houses with all the mod cons, Will be full of imigrants, Tossers that have never worked, Smack heads, single mothers watching Jeremy Kyle, With the mixed race boyfriends , Smoking dope all day,
I would rather have what you had, When you start at the bottom, Theirs only one way to go, Up,

Underdog wrote:Didnt do you any harm Cam, Your happy with your lot now, Them nice new houses with all the mod cons, Will be full of imigrants, Tossers that have never worked, Smack heads, single mothers watching Jeremy Kyle, With the mixed race boyfriends , Smoking dope all day,
I would rather have what you had, When you start at the bottom, Theirs only one way to go, Up,

True enough Reg, I look back and think how the hell did we live like that. When I see what I have now compared to then it's like night and day. Satellite Tv, fridge, automatic washing machine, freezer, microwave et al, luxury now pal.

Modern Man me Reg, had to learn housework as Mum seriously ill for years when I was 9 till 13. Dad me and Bro, Dad worked Bro did the diy at 11, no wonder he is a master builder now and I had to cook and wash, no harm done.

I can do soup, Beans on toast, And wash up, I'm modern too, Oh i,

Underdog wrote:I can do soup, Beans on toast, And wash up, I'm modern too, Oh i,

Corporation Consomme

Never been there, is it local ?

Underdog wrote:I can do soup, Beans on toast, And wash up, I'm modern too, Oh i,

I cannot see Steve doing that. You are really letting his image down. :No:

My mum's house had the first concrete floor in the town! Practically all the other families came in to see this amazing thing.

I said i can do, i didnt say i do,

Underdog wrote:I said i can do, i didnt say i do,

Too late, image gone

Steve looks like Val Doonican there!

I can do Val, Being an ex stunt double, I 'm like a transformer, Newman, Redford, Wayne,
Invisible man, I'm on the other side this week, but they dont know its me, Mm got a wiff of my lynx spray, And nearly worked out it was me, Once she came round,

Underdog wrote:I can do Val, Being an ex stunt double, I 'm like a transformer, Newman, Redford, Wayne,
Invisible man, I'm on the other side this week, but they dont know its me, Mm got a wiff of my lynx spray, And nearly worked out it was me, Once she came round,

Don't forget, Rock Hudson, Larry Grayson, Julian Clary and Quentin Crisp.

Underdog wrote:I can do Val, Being an ex stunt double, I 'm like a transformer, Newman, Redford, Wayne,
Invisible man, I'm on the other side this week, but they dont know its me, Mm got a wiff of my lynx spray, And nearly worked out it was me, Once she came round,

OMG Reg you can't half talk some shite!

Cruella de Vil wrote:

Underdog wrote:I can do Val, Being an ex stunt double, I 'm like a transformer, Newman, Redford, Wayne,
Invisible man, I'm on the other side this week, but they dont know its me, Mm got a wiff of my lynx spray, And nearly worked out it was me, Once she came round,

OMG Reg you can't half talk some shite!

good morning linda,and all.i cant argue with you on that score. have a nice day