NOSTALGIA

[Dev One]

I remember the cheese of my childhood,
And the bread that we cut with a knife,
When the children helped with the housework,
And the men went to work not the wife.

The cheese never needed a fridge,
And the bread was so crusty and hot
The children were seldom unhappy
And the wife was content with her lot.

I remember the milk from the bottle,
With the yummy cream on the top,
Our dinner came hot from the oven,
And not from the fridge; in the shop.

The kids were a lot more contented,
They didn't need money for kicks,
Just a game with their mates on the road,
And sometimes the Saturday flicks.

I remember the shop on the corner,
Where a pen'orth of lollies was sold
Do you think I'm a bit too nostalgic?
Or is it...I'm just getting old?

I remember the 'loo' was the lav
And the bogey man came in the night,
And it wasn't the least bit funny
Going "out the back" with no light.


The interesting items we perused
From the newspapers cut into squares,
And hung on a peg in the loo,
It took little to keep us amused.

The clothes were boiled in the copper
With plenty of rich foamy suds
But the ironing seemed never ending
As Mum pressed everyone's 'duds'.

I remember the slap on my backside,
And the taste of soap if I swore
Anorexia and diets weren't heard of
And we hadn't much choice what we wore.

Do you think that bruised our ego?
Or our initiative was destroyed?
We ate what was put on the table
And I think life was better enjoyed.
ANON

[Airspeed]

Thanks Keith,
I can identify with a lot of that, but of course, they do say that nostalgia isn't what it once was.

[Tako_Kichi]

Yup, I can relate to that too.

[FlyTexas]

And everything seemed to rhyme back in those days, too.

Brian

[hobby]

My early life in ten verses!!!

A game in the road - knock up ginger! & kick the can.

[dodger]

Yes this was how it was,

I Bought some Condensed Milk the other week and it is so thin it's not much better than cows milk in a tin!! i remember when you could stand a spoon upright in the tin!! my Grand Mother would keep a tin in her cupboard so long that for a treat when i had a visit i had to break the sugar on the top of the milk to get a spoonful !!

I can't remember ever being ill from it and i know the feeling of sitting on the Loo with those squares of newspaper and seeing the Stars at nite through the roof

Those were the days,

Roger.

[Dev One]

Yes this was how it was,

I Bought some Condensed Milk the other week and it is so thin it's not much better than cows milk in a tin!! i remember when you could stand a spoon upright in the tin!! my Grand Mother would keep a tin in her cupboard so long that for a treat when i had a visit i had to break the sugar on the top of the milk to get a spoonful !!

I can't remember ever being ill from it and i know the feeling of sitting on the Loo with those squares of newspaper and seeing the Stars at nite through the roof

Those were the days,

Roger.

Not forgetting Syrup of Figs, & Nutty Slack & keeping an eye open at the butchers for Offal (it was off ration for the younger readers here!)
K

[Garry Russell]

Yeah ...that butchers stuff looked, tasted and smelled offal

[Vancouver]

No such thing as a real Butchers Shop in my town anymore. Nor a bakers. Come to that haven`t seen a candlemakers in like forever.

[Motormouse]

Yes this was how it was,

I Bought some Condensed Milk the other week and it is so thin it's not much better than cows milk in a tin!! i remember when you could stand a spoon upright in the tin!! my Grand Mother would keep a tin in her cupboard so long that for a treat when i had a visit i had to break the sugar on the top of the milk to get a spoonful !!

I can't remember ever being ill from it and i know the feeling of sitting on the Loo with those squares of newspaper and seeing the Stars at nite through the roof

Those were the days,

Roger.

Not forgetting Syrup of Figs, & Nutty Slack & keeping an eye open at the butchers for Offal (it was off ration for the younger readers here!)
K

And going into the chippy late at night for a 2p bag of batter scraps, cos you couldn't afford a proper bag of chips...

Ttfn

Pete