Polystyrene Balls

Dunelm! Of course. I knew I'd seen those polystyrene balls somewhere!

Divert away. Not exactly an intense discussion thread is it"
Huge big bags of polystyrene so bean bag now comfy and plenty for 2 more top ups.

Dunelm! Of course. I knew I'd seen those polystyrene balls somewhere!

Brilliant! Never heard of Dunhelm - how on earth did you survive!! We used to have 2 in Leicester, but the one near the station is now closed. Great shops- I go everytime we go over to UK.

And ooops, sorry about my diversion of the thread earlier .

Polystyrene balls now bought. Dunelm - never heard of it until 2 weeks ago. A veritable treasure trove - a bit like the Bed Bath and Beyond chain in the states.
We are now refilled.
Also succeeded in buying new waterproof coat for DH. This is not easy so was delighted that he had a choice of 2 in Cotswolds.

You can imagine it 'tickled' me too - as a French speaking Swiss 'hey ooop me duck' and I loved the 'a looouk in the boooouk'. The char lady at my work came everyday to my office and insisted I said 'Oooh you sily boooger' - made her day, somehow!

Nelliemoser I agree the hospitals were in a dire state although my DH had excellent care both as an in and out patient. He now attends the Renal clinic in the new hospital and I have to say there seems to be an awful lot of nursing staff hanging around gossiping in corridors.

granjura I am 20 mins drive across the Cheshire border from Newcastle. I do find the people there are very friendly. It always tickles me when anyone calls me Duck.

I think there is a Dunelm near me, so thanks for that. Market first and if not dun elm. Cheesy wotsits fit for nothing - but not resilient if sat upon I guess.

LOL no - but we lived there for 4 years, 1971-75. Happy days.

Ah you a stokey granjura?

We actually lived for a while in an attic room in the old part of the Hospital on Hartshill - you should have seen it!?! We moved in Feb 72 - our daughter was born at the General though - under Mr Club (always a joke that) and the doctors' mess was below the General. What a relief when we bought out first house in the Westlands - off Beresford Crescent- bliss.

Never ever been back - although many of our friends remained in Staffs and are still there. We regularly visit friends in Alton.

Sook
The big new hospital that is now owing millions. Given the state of the previous two hospitals the City General and the Royal Infirmary something needed to be done.
I went there the day they opened the new out patients department from Hartshill. No one knew where they were going. It was full of managers running around trying to look as if they knew what they were doing.

The thread title sounds like an insult!

Dunelm sell a bag of replacement beads for £21 if you cannot find them elsewhere. I have just looked on their website and they appear to deliver too.

granjura you would not recognise North Staffs now

I never boiled nappies! After a soak in Napisan they just went into a normal wash (on their own, of course!). I did try those triangular-shaped ones when they first came out in the 80s but they weren't much good once the baby was verging on toddlerhood...

A line full of brilliant white nappies always gave me a sense of achievement.... now I have to make do with towels and sheets.

Perhaps for another thread, but disposable nappies are an ecological disaster, from the very beginning of production to the very end in landfill sites.

With modern washing machines, and modern shaped terry nappies used with a liner - it's a doddle, honest.

I had two in nappies, 20 months between them. We soaked them in nappisan until the bucket was full, then boiled them in the washing machine.

Most of the early photographs of my children playing in the garden also have pictures of the nappies on the washing line.

Oh yes, if you got them out and it wasn't raining! At one stage I had two babies in nappies and it was hell, even with my twin tub washing machine. I would NOT like to go back there.

Terry nappies looked lovely, blowing on the clothes line, didn't they?

granjura don't we all? Digress, I mean. One of the great joys of GN, I think. Mostly.

North Staff hospital it was ... happy days.

As we now pay for waste by weight - nappy services are becoming quite popular here. Provide, collect, wash and return. Mind you, those new shaped terry/cotton nappies are a doddle.

Ooops sorry, I digress.

Boiling nappies in a bucket on the gas ,did any one for get the bucket was hot and burn your fingers ,ouch

You could use Cheesy Wotsits, JessM - there's not a lot to choose between them and polystyrene balls