Oh pleeeeeease let me have one!!!

I was always keen on sports and remember craving spiked running shoes.
Which my parents did buy for me

Anything my friend had and that I wanted was common!

I wanted a 'bought' school cardigan as they actually fitted properly as opposed to the one that my nan knitted when I started grammar school that I still hadn't grown into by the time I left school. And, a satchel with a long strap rather than the one my Pop bought me that was meant to be worn like a knapsack. And, slip on shoes!

Oh how I longed for one of those bonnets, too! My best friend's family had them and I would be allowed to borrow one when I was playing at their house, or if we walked to the local shop! My DM thought they were common I also used to tie my cardigan or jumper round my waist by its sleeves, which my DM didn't allow in her company because she thought that was common, too

Red sandals, black patent shoes(preferably with ankle straps) a red blazer, oh how I wanted a red blazer, I got a bottle green one.

Needless to say I have made up for it since. The first pair of shoes I bought with my own money were black patent. 'And no grandma you couldn't see the reflection of my knickers in them'

I always wanted a vest with little pink rosebuds on it my very best friend always had very pretty matching underwear whilst I always had white aertex, don't think I ever really got over it.

It was Clark's leather sandals, brown of course for me and lace up shoes.

I had all of my clothes chosen for me by my mother- I never had a say in anything. I wore hand knitted cardigans and jumpers all of the time. My mother would never have wasted money on items shop bought if she could knit them herself.

Thankfully she could not make skirts and dresses so they were bought. Because we had so little money I had few clothes. The Sunday church outfits to me were a waste of money because I grew out of them quickly.

hildaj, yes I always wanted some 'jellies' too, but was denied . My mother said they would look as though we were too poor to buy proper shoes. We probably were .

I always wanted slip on shoes for ages my Mum made me wear lace ups but when I was 13 she took me shopping and let me choose a pair of red leather shoes that had a thin strap across but you could turn the strap to the back and do it up around the heel instead of across the foot... I loved those shoes so much but I grew out of them really quickly and then it was back to the lace ups..

I LOVED those bonnets and I too was denied one - we were certainly deprived children!!

I remember those little bonnets. How practical and cute were they.

I have to smile at a picture in my local surgery. It's a black and white photo with 4 kids in a pram on a bombed out building site during the war . They are all wearing the blooming things mum used to make me. Two squares sewed together to make a pointy hat thing.

I always wanted a pair of jelly sandals when they first arrived on the scene. My mother would not entertain the idea though. I had to have Clark's leather sandals. I wasn't allowed the lovely red ones either, I had to have the brown ones!