Wordless Wednesday: younger days.

THIS IS PART OF Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday.

Song Lyric Sunday: Rockskiffabillyglam.

Jim Adams

Hi this week Jim Adams our host for Song Lyric Sunday has given us the promp of Rockabilly music.

Well Rockabilly is very akin to Skiffle music both of which I have outlined below. Now I remember both genres because I have older brothers and sisters and I remember them dressing up to go out to dance to both ! I also remember them playing the music at home. If I am honest I am not a fan of either type of music.

Rockabilly is the earliest style of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blues, leading to what is considered “classic” rock and roll. Some have also described it as a blend of bluegrass with rock and roll. The term “rockabilly” itself is a portmanteau of “rock” (from “rock ‘n’ roll”) and “hillbilly“, the latter a reference to the country music (often called “hillbilly music” in the 1940s and 1950s) that contributed strongly to the style. Other important influences on rockabilly include western swing, boogie-woogie, jump blues, and electric blues.

Skiffle is a genre of folk music with influences from American folk music, blues, country, bluegrass, and jazz, generally performed with a mixture of manufactured and homemade or improvised instruments. Originating as a form in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, it became extremely popular in United Kingdom in the 1950s, where it was played by such artists as Lonnie Donegan, The Vipers Skiffle Group, Ken Colyer, and Chas McDevitt. Skiffle was a major part of the early careers of some musicians who later became prominent jazz, pop, blues, folk, and rock performers, The Beatles and Rory Gallagher amongst them. It has been seen as a critical stepping stone to the second British folk revival, the British blues boom, and the British Invasion of American popular music.

all information from Wikipedia here and here

Now I am not a big fan of the track I have chosen but it does have all the components of Rockabilly even though it’s from a much later era. This is a good dance track though and it’s fun and catchy and gets you dancing and there’s a guy in a dress what more could you ask for.

Tiger Feet is a popular song by the English glam rock band Mud, released in January 1974. Written and produced by the songwriting team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, it was the first of three number No. 1 singles for the band, in the UK Singles Chart. followed later that year by “Oh Boy!” and “Lonely This Christmas“. Information at Wiki

It is called Glam Rock but it sounds like Rockabilly to me and more to my taste !

Yeah, yeah
All night long, you’ve been looking at me
Well, you know you’re the dance hall cutie that you longed to be
Oh well now, you’ve been laying it down
You’ve got your hip swinging out of bounds
And I like the way you do what you’re doin’ to me

Alright, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right
That’s right I really love your tiger light
That’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat
I really love your tiger feet, I really love your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Well, alright
Well, flash your warning lights just as long as you like
I know you’re aching to be making me tonight
I’ve got a feeling in my knees
It’s a feeling only you can please
There ain’t no way I’m gonna let you outta my sight
Alright, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right

That’s right I really love your tiger light

That’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat
I really love your tiger feet, I really love your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet

Your tiger feet
Well, alright

Alright, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right
That’s right I really love your tiger light
That’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat
I really love your tiger feet, I really love your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Well, alright
Well, now you’ve been laying it down
You’ve got your hips swinging out of bounds
And I like the way you do what you’re doin’ to me
Alright, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right

That’s right I really love your tiger light
That’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat
I really love your tiger feet, I really love your tiger feet

Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Well, alright

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Chapman,michael Donald / שובל דרויאן גיתית / Chinn,nicholas Barry

Tiger Feet lyrics © Universal Music – Mgb Songs, Chinnichap Publishing Ltd.

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS March 4, 2023

Badge by Shelley Krupa..

Good Saturday LindaGHill is here with our Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “wild animal.” Choose a wild animal (or many wild animals) and use it any way you’d like in your post. Enjoy!

I know cows are not wild animals but as far as I am concerned they are wild enough for me ….I am terrified of cows.
Reason one being nearly trampled to death!
Over fifty years ago Hubby and I, not long married when to stay at my brother’s house in Wiltshire so we could have a short break.
We were out and about on the second day walking around the surrounding area. We took a footpath that was just below the brow of a hill. All of a sudden we heard a rumbling, we looked toward the brow of the hill just in time to see a herd of cows charging straight for us.
To our horror they were moving at high speed. Luckily for us there was a bush not far from us. We dashed to the bush and pushed our way into it!
The next minute felt like an eternity as the cows thundered around us, we felt the ground shake, their hot breath was on us and we could feel them brush by us! Honestly it was awful but we both survived unscathed! Neither of us have ever got over it!

Secondly when we were on holiday in Wales just pre-pandemic we stayed at a beautiful cottage on a farm. We had taken Ruby with us…bless she could still walk then. There were plenty of lovely places to visit and lovely walks for Ruby.

© willowdot21 on the common minus the cows !

One afternoon I took Ruby up the lane to have a trot on the common…. The sheep were not out so I thought, good and I let Ruby off her lead. As we walked a little way on the common I noticed about five or six cows on the far side of the green expanse.

All went well, I kept to my side of the common and the cows to their side. Then I noticed one of the cows had huge horns was watching Ruby and I . So I decided that Ruby and I would head back to the cottage.
What I didn’t realise was that the cow that was watching me was actually a bull. …he decided to come over and investigate who we were! His four lady friends came with him!
Well Ruby was so excited she loves all animals , in my panic I thought I had lost Ruby’s lead so I grabbed her collar and headed across the common toward the cattle grid and safety!
Well the bull and his friends caught us up and once again in my life I had cows jostling me… honestly and this time a bull too! They were breathing down my neck and the bull was actually nudging me.
Well we got off the green in one piece and Ruby really did not want to leave her new friends.
When I got back to the cottage the farmer’s wife was outside watering the flowers… She smiled at me then said, “You look pale my dear” I told what had happened and she laughed!
“Oh! That’s Ben … he’s twelve years old and so gentle… When he was born my husband was very ill and didn’t get him registered in time. Well that meant they could not breed him or sell him so he was castrated and he’s a pet really” well he scared me.

I could tell you about the horses in Wales or the Swans in Devon but I have traumatized myself enough for one day.

Oh! The lead I thought I’d lost , when I got in hubby made me a cuppa while I told him what had happened and I said and on top of all that I’ve lost the lead. Hubby laughed at me and said, “that pink leaf around your neck?”

Throwback Thursday # 66 That Was Then And This Is Now

This week Lauren at LSS Attitude of Gratitude said “I’m going through a crazy time in my life right now. I’ve gone from trying to herd kittens to running after a few ducks that keep getting out of line. I have surgery next week and I’m uncertain how long I will be out of commission. So, I’m cheating a bit this week and asking questions like I did in a former Throwback Thursday. They are different questions, but the same style.”

So this week’s rerun prompt is: That Was Then And This Is Now

1) When you were a kid, what were your creative outlets.

Painting, dancing, singing, writing.

As an adult, what have you created that you are most proud of?

Three sons?…I guess you mean creatively…My blog.

2) Have you ever saved someone’s life? Did you ever witness someone’s life being saved? Did someone save your life?

I don’t think I have ever saved anyone’s life…I am not aware of having done so. My Dad saved my life once he pulled me out of the River Isis in Oxford. I was very young but I still remember it. I think I helped to save my mother in law’s life by quickly realising she was having a stroke.

3) Did you ever get lost as a child? How did you handle it? Do you get easily lost now?

I don’t really remember but I probably did as I have terrible sense of direction and I am always going in the wrong direction 😃

4) Did you search out presents your parents hid from you?

Yes indeed we all did in our house!

Did you get caught?

We did but we never got into trouble because we never tried to open any.

Do you hide presents from family members as an adult?

Yes I have !

Are they ever found?

Not to my knowledge.

5) Do you have a special song that was sung to you by either of your parents.

My Dad always sung Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Dad would often change the words ! He often sang: Twinkle Twinkle little Bat how I wonder what your at! Up above the world so high like a tea pot in the sky.

Did you sing to your children?

I did but they’d laugh at me now!

(or pets) Care to share the tunes?

I sing to Ruby it’s usually a made up song.

6) What’s something you were afraid of as a child?

Being lost and alone.

What is something you are afraid of as an adult?

Being homeless.

7) What do you wish you would have learned more about in school?

Everything.

8) Is there something outside of school you were so interested in you taught yourself about it as an adult?

Writing.

Photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexels.com

9) What made you laugh most when you were a child?

Being tickled.

What makes you laugh out loud now?

A good comedian.

10) What’s something from your childhood that helped to shape your outlook on life?

My mum and Dad they taught me so much .

© willowdot21 2019

https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2022/08/12/dear-mum-and-dad/

Throwback Thursday # 64 Spaces and Places.

Maggie is again, stepping in for Lauren this week. Today we are going to amble around through the places of our youth.

This week’s prompt is: Spaces and Places

Did you grow up in an urban or a rural environment?

I grew up in an urban area, London born and bred.

How would you describe the geographic area where you lived?

One the boarders of W5 and Middlesex. Lots of houses ,shops and even then traffic. There was a large park across the road, it was part of the Rothchild estate.

West Ealing 1960s photo from

Was it mostly buildings or mostly trees?

Mostly buildings but it was a “leafy suburb”

Four seasons, or always warm or cold?

We had four seasons and often in one day!

What about the place in which you resided? Was it a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a boat, or something else?

© willowdot21

We lived in a terrace council house with three bedrooms, one bathroom a tiny garden out the back there was a kitchen with a coal hole, a front room and a backroom and just inside the door was a pantry.. it was mostly full of family and friends. The photo above is of it as it looks now so slightly different to how it really was.

Did you like it and do you miss it now?

I did it was home and I do sometimes miss it but it’s more the people that made that home that I miss.
I don’t miss the winters they were so cold we had ice on the inside of the windows!

What about the bedroom you had in the home? Did you share it with someone or did you have it all to yourself?

Mainly I shared it with three sisters, multiple cousins and the occasional waif and stray who was staying over. We did actually have the largest room in the house because there were always more of us!

If you shared, with whom? How was the space decorated?

I answered this above…how was it decorated?

Mainly my sister’s chose how to have it doe but it was not decorated often.
I remember once my sister Frankie suggested we cut adverts and coloured pictures out of fashion magazines …we pasted them on to a long wall and made a huge collage it looked amazing…I was about eight at the time and I thought it was so cool. Very like the wall in the photo below.

Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com

Another time she got Dad to build window seats and she upholstered them with red and cream regency stripes and she bought deep blue flock wallpaper with her own money and she hung that up herself too. My two older sisters left home by the time I was 5 so I don’t remember their tastes. Not long before I left home to get married , my brother’s and all but one sister had left home so I got a small room to myself. I decorated it orange and purple.
I also painted a mural on my white wordrobe doors.

When you did family activities at home, in what room did you spend your time?

In the room we called the back room. It was the livingroom really. We only had fireplaces downstairs in the front and back rooms so we all huddle round the fire in winter.

What did you do together? TV? Cards? Board Games? Reading?

All of the above. Though we did not get a TV until I was thirteen.

Did your friends’ living situation seem similar to your own?

Yes , some were better and some were worse

Did you prefer to be at your friend’s home or did you prefer your own?

I liked both.

Did your friends like to hang out at your house?

Yes it was always busy.

What kind of school did you attend?

A convent school.

Large or small? Religious or secular? Public or private?

Medium and Religious.

Did you attend church, synagogue, temple, or some other religious facility? If so was it large and ornate, or small and homey? Did you feel comfortable there?

We attended Catholic church our parish church was small and comfy.
Some of the other ones we attended were much bigger and ornate. I did not like them as much .

Did you have a hang out spot? Skating rink? Mall? Burger joint? Bowling alley? Friend’s house?

We didn’t have shopping Malls then, but all the others yes except the ice-rink but usually spent more time in the park or garden.

Where did you typically go on dates (if you dated)? Movies? Out to a restaurant? At home watching tv? Library? Gym? Dances? Clubs? Mall?

The park, at friends houses, or our houses we didn’t do much that cost money because we didn’t have much to spare.

What kind of place did you live in when you first moved away from home.

When we got married we bought a two bedroom maisonette , basically a down stairs flat with a huge garden. We had our own front door into a front garden. It looked like a semi detached house but it was four maisonettes.

Was it a big adjustment or were you ready to strike out

Yes it was a huge adjustment, I was only 17 years and had gone from the family home.
At times I was scared and wondered what had I done…. But on the whole I was ready.

Describe your first place.

The pictures below is a photo of our first how it is now. Sadly we don’t have any photos of it when we lived there. We lived in the downstairs maisonette. We had a tree and crazy paving out the front.

Out the back we had a huge narrow garden of about 60 yards. With apple trees, pear tree, and plum trees. There was also a pond. Under the pond was a disused WW2 air raid shelter… Full of water from the pond.

If you open the door you found yourself in a small hallway under the stairs, the living room was to your left and was the shape of a thrupenny piece.,old money, with a fireplace, two doors and a bay window quite a challenge to arrange furniture.

Then going through the secon door there was another square hall to the left was bedroom , to the right a small hall off of which was the bathroom and our bedroom, the kitchen was across the hall from the lounge. We were very happy there. Over 51 years ago .

© willowdot21

Throwback Thursday: Then And Now .

Here I am late again for Throwback Thursday Maggie and Lauren’s challenge. This week is Maggie’s turn and she said. ” I’m back to ask you to do a little time travel with me. Today, think back on the kid you were, the you that many consider your authentic self.

This week’s prompt is: Then and Now

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Think about yourself as a child and tell me :

Were you more of an introvert or an extrovert?

This is a hard one really because in all honesty I was outwardly an extravert when intruth I was a very insecure introvert trying to cope .

Did you have a boisterous or a more reserved personality?

Again I am a bit of both. If I feel uncertain or frightened I babble, giggle and talk rubbish loudly, all the time knowing I should shut up.

I am the one in the front hand over my mouth….I still do that now! © willowdot21.

Were you more confident or did you tend to be insecure?

As I say I was so insecure I put on a huge show of being confident to hide my insecurities….. My eldest son does the same even now.

Were you social or were you more of a loner?

I was social but could bea loner if I needed to.

Were you a good listener or a good talker?

I was and am a good listener.

Did you like school or dread it?

I dreaded school. I hated it.

Did you like the outdoors or did you prefer staying inside?

I liked both but hated to out in bad weather. Still do.

Did you have deep thoughts about the world, the universe, etc., or did you only see as far as where you lived?

I have always worried about the world and it’s future.

Image from Pixabay.

What did you want to be when you grew up?

I really don’t think I ever knew. Now I wish I had been born in the future and that I was a starship pilot.

Looking back, how did you fare as an adult?

I think I have done okay.

© willowdot21

Are you still that same person or have you changed?

I am still the same person.

If you changed, was it a dramatic shift or just slight changes?

Slight if any.

Did you end up in the profession you thought you would?

No I never got to be Starbuck or Morgarna.

Throwback Thursday Suds,Bubs and Vino.

This week Lauren is in charge of Throwback Thursday This week’s prompt is: Suds, Buds, and Vino

1) Did you grow up in a family that had beer or wine at family meals? Were either beverages part of your parent’s “relaxation” time?

My mum was teatotal really  I don’t think I ever saw her have a drink maybe a sip at celebrations. Dad an Irish man was a Guinness man and used to go to the local pub or local club for a Guinness. He prefered the bottled Guinness to the draft unless we were visiting Ireland  where he always drank the draught.
My elder brothers and sisters all would have a drink at celebrations or parties. There was always drink in the house but it was not abused.

2) Was wine consumed as part of religious or family celebrations? If so, when?

We were a Catholic family  the Catholic communion was the priest would hand out the holy host (the bread) then he would drink the wine. In the sixties the Vatican decided it would be a better experience for the whole congregation to receive both the bread and wine , as the Protestant Church had always done. So 1st April 1963 the wine became part of the sacrament.  (Yes I did say April 1st) 

3) Were you allowed to have a “sip” of the adult beverages?

On high days and holidays unlike the dog Steve who got drunk at every opertunity!

4) When you were a teenager did it bother you that your parents had one set of behaviors, yet you were expected to have another?

No we just accepted things in those days.

5) When you were in high school, did you or your friends drink alcohol? If you were underaged, how did you acquire the booze?

I was not fourteen when I met my husband but I did have a Saturday/holiday job in a boutique. I had access to drink when I joined work colleagues, or if I was out with hubby who was three years older than me we’d sit outside in the pub garden and the older members of the group would buy the rounds.

6) Were you offered marijuana or other drugs while in high school? If you chose to partake, did it get you into trouble, or were you never caught?

I can honestly say I have never smoked marijuana or taken any non prescription drug in my life…. Scardy cat! And I have seen the deviation it causes.

7) Did you ever get too drunk or too high to function? How did your body react to that?

Strangely enough I never really got really drunk until I was in my thirties! Only once!  my legs did not work nor did my mouth or brain and I was sick 🤢 for a couple of days ! Thankfully I have only been happily tipsee since!

8) Have your opinions about taking drugs and drinking alcohol changed over time? Are you more conservative or more liberal than you were in your youth?

I really did not take much notice when I was young . It was all around me and I saw some shocking sights. I did see many lives ruined. In fact I had a friend in school she was popular, pretty, clever and came from a caring family. She was dead before she was sixteen. Her death and others that I knew  hardened my attitude. I believe all drugs including marijuana should all be banned and illegal. If you need Marijuana or cannabis oil  for cancer or pain it should be available on prescription. I do not bang on about it but that’s how I feel. It ruins lives not just the addict but their families and friends.

9) If applicable, did you raise your children with the same beliefs that you grew up with?

Yes I did my very best.

10) If you had any input over alcohol or marijuana laws would you change them?

I have seen many lives ruined by Alcohol and drugs …but sadly I think you can have as many laws as you like but you cannot stop people who want to kill themselves they will always find away.

Throwback Thursday: Saying Hello and Goodbye .

Maggie is in charge of Throwback Thursday this week. She was in Florida visiting family and I flew home today. She said: “I am already dreading saying goodby to my family. These thoughts are what inspired the topic this week.”

Which is : Saying Hello and Goodbye.

Did you live close by or far away from close family or grandparents?

I never knew my father’s parents they were born in Dublin as were my father and his brothers and sisters ….. They did move to England and settled in Manchester.
My Mum’s parents were from Oxford and I think I met them once.
I was the youngest of nine children and my parents did not marry young.

How often did you see or visit extended family?
We used to visit my Dad’s brother who lived a bus ride away in Chiswick quite often. ….the rest of Dad’s family lived in Manchester so we usually visited there once or twice a year.
We didn’t visit my mum’s elder brother much he was not very nice to her….appears in the end he lived very near to us but never got in touch by with mum…there by hangs a tail for another day. We visited Uncle Reg (Mums next brother) and Aunty Gladys who lived in Oxford a couple of times a year and they visited us too. My cousin Anne who was about 15/16 years older than me had a daughter who I always thought was my cousin ( until I got older) we were very close and still are and Summer holidays were mostly spent together, two weeks in Oxford and two weeks in London.

Was the coming together cheerful and celebrated in some way?
It was always wonderful to visit or be visited there were always big family get togethers, with food, drink , singing and dancing!

Which relative did you enjoy seeing the most? Why?
All of them really!

Were there relatives you dreaded visiting? If so, why?
No none at all .

If you were the visitor, was the trip short and easy or was it a journey?
It was always a journey, we were in London, so it was a coach ride to Oxford or a train journey to Manchester, even uncle Tony who lived in Chiswick which meant a bus or tube and a walk.

Were your visits short or extended? If extended visits, where did you sleep? Bed, sofa bed, couch, floor?
Oxford and Manchester were extended visits, too far for a day trip?
In Oxford I shared a bed with Lindy the rest of the family would sleep where ever they could, double up in beds, floors, sofas…same when they visited us and also when we visited Manchester or when they visited us it was sleep where you could!

When it came time to leave, was it difficult to say goodbye?
Yes indeed it was for everyone.

How often do you visit extended family now?
We have over the years had lots of get-togethers but now adays there are less and less alive and the pandemic has made sure we have not mixed as much as we had in the past…. Weddings, and Funerals, Big Birthdays and other occasions we still meet up but these days they are more close family dos. Though hubby and I are meeting up with my cousin Lindy and her hubby next week 💜

If you could see a relative who is no longer alive, who would it be? Why?
Mum, Dad, my sister Mary who I miss dearly and my eldest brother Timothy who I never met. 💜 As I said I miss them so .

© willowdot21. Mum and Dad.

© willowdot21 Mary and Me.

Throwback Thursday: Family Meal Rituals.

This week’s prompt is: Family Meal Rituals and comes from Maggie. As you know Throwback Thursday is Maggie and Lauren’s brainchild…they are both back this week after a short break. Welcome back Ladies.

So Maggie said : “I will give you some questions to help you along. Or, free write if you would rather. You can either respond in the comments or link back to this post. My response will follow.”

Let’s start at the top of the day, breakfast! Did your family have a sit down breakfast or were you more grab and go? What beverages were served at breakfast? What was your favorite (and/or least favorite) breakfast meal?

Breakfast was considered the most important meal of the day in my childhood. When we were all small, we the others not me so much as I was way behind the others, breakfast was a sit down in the front room. As we all grew and had different places to get to , school, college, kindergarten or work it became a relay in the kitchen . There was a blue cupboard/ dresser in there that had a pull out or fold down table incorporated in it….we could manage anything from two to four people ar a time!
Sunday was mostly a formal sit down affair.
Least likely breakfast…boiled eggs, always too runny or too hard.
Porridge not a big favourite either.
I used to love cornflakes and toast and marmalade 💜💜

Did you snack before the mid-day meal?

No not really. At least I don’t remember.

Lunch for most children was eaten at school with the exception of weekends, holidays, or summer vacation. At school, did you buy your lunch from the cafeteria, or did you pack lunch?

I can remember in Junior school having school dinners….they were mediocre at best….lumpy mash, lumpy custard, but there were sausages, and roast potatoes and of course jam rolly poly pudding and custard…nice. When I went to the senior part of the school I took a packed lunch. Sandwiches, apples and in the winter a flask of soup.
Occasionally I went home for lunch, to get away from bullying girls…the walk there and back was about 40 mins leaving me twenty minutes to see mum and eat maybe something on toast. I got me out of school though.

In high school, were you allowed to leave school grounds during the lunch period?

Only with express permission if I was going home I had to have permission.

For times when you had lunch at home, was it sandwiches, leftovers, or a newly prepared meal?

It would be all of the above depending on time according to time.

The evening meal is usually the most formal meal in many homes. Did your family sit down together and enjoy the evening meal or were you more of a TV dinner in front of the TV family?

Dad got in at about 5.30/ 6pm and we all sat down and ate together.

How did your weekend meals differ from your weekdays?

Well Saturday was busy so lunch was a free for all but the evening meal was a family affair.

Sunday was usually breakfast after Church toast and cereal then dinner was at 2pm big roast dinner with all the trimmings, gravy, a sauce reliant to the meat followed by pudding. Tea would be bread and jam, sandwiches or toast

Who did most of the cooking in your household? Did that person also do the meal planning and grocery shopping? Were you taught to cook or were you shoo’d out of the kitchen?

Mum did it all but we all helped, preparing peeling veg and after we did the washing and drying up and cleaned the cooker.
Mum planned all the meals, usually: Roast Sunday, cold meat and bubble and squeak Monday, beef casserole Tuesday, Wednesday was chops or toad in the hole, Thursday liver and bacon, Friday fish, Saturday what ever was about!
Mum taught us all to cook and shop and bake.
Exceptions: Every of Wimbledon fortnight except for Sunday we had salad… Mum loved tennis!
Sometimes on a Friday we had fish and chips from the chippy at the top of our road.

Did you have dessert served at your meals? If so, what types?
Not always but mum did her best with what she had…Rice pudding, summer pudding, fruit pies and crumbles, jam rolly poly, treacle pudding, treacle tart, jam tart, fruit and carnation cream,lots of custard, occasionally cream. All very tasty.

Who cleaned up after meals? Was it a shared responsibility between men/women, girls/boys or was it delegated based on gender?.
We all had to help though some were less willing than others!

How about late night snacks? Okay or discouraged?
Usually toast or creals depending on if we had enough milk or toast. Though mum usually had cakes or biscuits she’d made in the cupboard.

Were dining manners stressed in your household? No elbows on the table, no hats at the table, no belching, please, thank you, and may I be excused?

All of the above Dad was very strict and we were all excepted to be sitting quietly when he sat down . Then we had to say grace …..then we had to be on our best behaviour!

Did you have occasions where you had large family gatherings for meals? What occasions?

Birthdays, Christmas, Easter, New Year. There were so many of us living in that house plus waifs and strays that every meal was a huge occasion?

Did you say grace or have a blessing before meals?

Yes always.

Now for the fun part. What dishes are you glad disappeared over the years? What dishes have you carried forward into your own home?

I don’t miss casseroles, but make stews instead..
Really l still make a lot of meals that were made in my childhood.

BONUS: Care to share any favorite family recipes?
If you want any just ask if I wrote them all down I’d be here another couple of hours 💜💜💜

Throwback Thursday Slang.

Its Lauren’s turn to pick our subject prompt for Throwback Thursday, the brainchild of Maggie and Lauren .

This week’s prompt is: Slang
I think this should be no sweat, but I’ll provide some questions to help you along. You can always free write if you’d rather.

What were the words you would have used to describe something cool or popular.

Fab, Gear, Smart, Chic, Far out, Groovy.

How about those things that were uncool?

Square, Old hat , Dated, Sad,
What were the hairstyles of the day?

Cilla Black Bob I still wear it, fringe or centre parting with longer hair, the twiggy cut, Prtula Clarke cut oh! Yes and the afro and the page boy must look for a photo of the afro….I wore them all.

The twiggy look.© willowdot21

the petula cut © willowdot21

The log parted in middle sometimes with fringe © willowdot21

The Cilla look which I still sport.© willowdot21

Did they have a name everyone used to reference them?

A Bob, curtains, a Petula and a twiggy.
What were the styles of the time?

Mini , Maxi, Midi, Paisley, Op Art, tie dye, bell bottoms, Flairs, ect! Platform shoes , Stilettos , Doc Martens
What word would you have used to describe something distasteful?

Naff, Square, Old Hat. Boring
What about peers you were not fond of or were not part of your tribe?

Geeks, Swats, Oddballs
Any phrases you remember that were used (or overused)?

Man, Fab,Gear, Outasight, Groovy Baby,