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PS I hope that you are back to sleep now

Just woken up Fanny a miracle for me. Bore Da Cariad

To get back to sleep? Kindle, iPad, and day dream I just drift off then but usually wake at 6 .
Lovely outing today. Hygienist at the dentist. Roll on tomorrow.

What do you dislike the most, doctor, dentist or optician?

Dentist by a long mile.

How many hours do you sleep on average?

Four or five is average for me.

7 or 8 most nights. I'm lucky.

Are you planning a firework party tomorrow?

No. My neighbours dog goes crazy on bonfire night so I hope the fireworks don't go on too long.

Do you like fireworks?

Not especially

Did you ever do’Penny for the guy ‘ when you were a child ?

Not myself, but there were plenty around.

Which famous historical figure would you like to have had a love affair with?

Prince Albert, a highly intelligent and gifted man who was not appreciated in his lifetime.

Did you do trick a treat as a kid?

In my birthplace (Liverpool) it was sort of mixed in with Penny for the Guy and we used the money we collected for a fireworks display.

No. I never gave it any thought, and there is absolutely no way i
on earth that my mother would have allowed me to! She would have gone bananas!
(‘Not safe’, plus ‘bothering the neighbours’, and ‘walking the streets’, with a soupçon of ‘common’ )

Morning Fanny. A question?

Morning Ken! Sorry, I got carried away.
Name something common (without causing mass offence!)

Scrap that - something that your mother thought was common?

Tattoos - she thought they were horrible.

Did you ever get your ears pierced?

I did in my 20s when I began to buy antique jewellery. My mother thought that was common too despite the fact that the queen had pierced ears.

Yes, but secretly as my mother thought it was common. Sadly I was 25 and married .

Anyone else do anything their mother was not to know ?

Loads of things!
My mom and I were really, really close so I had a lot of rebelling to do to establish myself as an individual.
I had a tattoo on a school trip to Paris when I was 14.
It was not a popular decision! It is hidden away on my hip, so I wasn’t entirely stupid.
The school made me tell her, they arranged for the school counsellor to be there when I told her.
I think that she was secretly relieved, I think she might have thought that I was going to announce that I was pregnant

Same question please

I got a big tax rebate (1960s) and spent it all on a new wardrobe. I didnt tell my mother as I knew she would want some "towards my keep". I hid the new clothes in my locker at work and filtered them into my wardrobe gradually. I told her I bought them cheap in a dress agency.

Same question.

I went on holiday with my friend's family and we dyed our hair blonde. My mum was angry when I got home and even angrier when my dad said it suited me.

Good question. Same again please.

I contemplated suicide after some bad experiences when I was young and daft which I would never tell my mother about as I knew she would worry - though she probably worried anyway.

To lighten the atmosphere - what was the best fashion item you bought when you were young which you look back on with pleasure?

A maxi coat! I thought I looked amazing in that and my boots. It was so warm!

Same question please.

I bought a silver, glittery tunic type top which I wore with black, wide legged, crepe trousers! I felt very glamorous

What was your favourite perfume when you were young? Mine was "Blue Grass."

Aqua Manda. I loved the bottle too

Same question please as interesting

I loved Ysatis (Givenchy) - Ive always liked the heavy exotic ones.

Did you ever wear very full skirts with hooped or paper nylon underskirts? I loved them.

Oh yes.Every Sunday morning, dipped them in sugar water to stiffen them. Hoops too, though I once went to a dance and the hoop unwound itself and curled around my feet. So very embarrassing when you are fifteen.

Nooner else had an’accident’ with their clothes?

I was once wearing a full skirt in an airport abroad and came out of the loo with part of it tucked down my knickers. A woman kindly warned me before I got very far.

Interesting question.

Any more costume malfunctions?

Only the problem of wearing something inside out. My Nan said it was bad luck to change it if it was wrong way out. For years I was stuck with wearing something that way all day. Now I risk the misfortune.

Were fireworks noises near you shorter last night because of the rain? Here they had finished by 9pm.