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mrsmopp Fri 06-Jul-18 01:23:13

My mum remembered kids running around barefoot, never owned a pair of shoes.
My mum remembered the lamplighter with his ladder lighting the street lights.
I remember the rag and bone man with his horse and cart, calling out "Old iron, lumber, rag BONE!
I remember the park keeper locking the gates and shouting at us kids to 'clear orf!'
When your grandchildren reach our age, what will they remember?

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pollyperkins Sat 07-Jul-18 10:50:09

No Gradma 70s I never had breadand dripping, and we had an indoor toilet and bath. I dont remember gas lamps either. But the house did not belong to us -it came with the job. However I do remember freezing bedrooms, frosty patterns on thd windows and getting dressed in front of the fire in the one warm room. I never ever wore trousers or tights (till I was in my late teens. I climbed trees in the summer and went sledging in winter always in skirts and unsupervised.

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midgey Sat 07-Jul-18 11:47:09

I can just about remember Jonny Onions pedalling with onions to sell, he came from the Basque Country he spoke basque and was understood by the welsh and vice a versa. I remember the gas lamp man with his ladder too.

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