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Common items from the 1950's game ( alphabetical)

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rosesarered Mon 01-Aug-16 17:29:25

Don't know how long we can get this game to go on to, but have a go anyway.In alphabetical order name an item you would see around in the 1950's ( it doesn't matter if you would also have seen it in the 1920's, ie, a tin bath, but don't include things from later decades ie, miniskirts.)

Alligator skin handbags

Christinefrance Tue 16-Aug-16 15:34:08

Kangol berets

BBbevan Tue 16-Aug-16 13:21:08

Tinned tomatoes for breakfast

LullyDully Tue 16-Aug-16 11:47:24

Tinned ones.

LullyDully Tue 16-Aug-16 11:46:59

Or even Jelly with manderins

LullyDully Tue 16-Aug-16 11:46:07

Kelly with meanderings.inside

Christinefrance Tue 16-Aug-16 08:39:25

India rubber

numberplease Tue 16-Aug-16 00:40:30

Hopscotch pitches chalked on pavements

Indinana Mon 15-Aug-16 21:36:38

Germolene

Christinefrance Mon 15-Aug-16 20:48:53

Fynnon salts

Jalima Mon 15-Aug-16 20:44:03

Eagle comic

J52 Mon 15-Aug-16 20:34:27

Dogs roaming the steets

Jalima Mon 15-Aug-16 20:21:11

Cream sherry (kept in the cupboard for a couple of years and only came out at Christmas!)

J52 Mon 15-Aug-16 20:06:24

Balaclava hats

Jalima Mon 15-Aug-16 19:57:16

My Mum had a pair of those boots too!
roses shock scared now - did you inherit it from a great-great-aunt? A formidable spinster with rigid grey hair, sailed like a galleon through the school, all trembling in her wake.
Schooldays are the best days of your life (allegedly).

Right, onwards:

Aertex shirts (boys and girls wore them for sports)

J52 Mon 15-Aug-16 19:24:15

Ah well, they were probably the only footwear for snowy weather that you could get! grin

BBbevan Mon 15-Aug-16 18:41:26

My Mum had a pair and she was in her 30sJ52

J52 Mon 15-Aug-16 18:25:34

Zip fronted sheepskin ankle boots. ( most grannies had a pair!)

rosesarered Mon 15-Aug-16 17:14:20

Z

rosesarered Mon 15-Aug-16 17:13:57

yes Jalima that is the very same ruler that I carry about with me on here.grin
number I don't remember the Moby dolls prams, but thinking about it, I only had the one doll anyway, with one set of clothes.

Christinefrance Mon 15-Aug-16 16:51:09

X ?

Yahtzee game

BBbevan Mon 15-Aug-16 13:12:07

Weddings

Christinefrance Mon 15-Aug-16 08:45:02

VP wine

LullyDully Mon 15-Aug-16 08:35:58

Uncomfortable hats in church.

BBbevan Mon 15-Aug-16 05:32:10

Spangles

Jalima Mon 15-Aug-16 00:58:10

Trilby hats

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