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**Ann**

**Ann** Report 11 Dec 2019 17:16

No we didn’t Liz :-) :-)

Vera, am still trying to forget the smell after Liz reminding me :-D :-D ;-)

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 11 Dec 2019 10:45

Now that has taken me right back to childhood. You never quite forget that smell of boiling potato peelings. In our house it was often mingled with the fish bits boiling for the cat and the block of glue Dad would be melting in an old saucepan. Was it called fish glue? What’s puzzling me now is why on earth my mother would have been cooking potato peelings - we only had a cat. Perhaps it was for our dinner lol

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 11 Dec 2019 02:48


Bet you didn't have baby chicks in your living room, in a large pen with a stone hot water bottle covered with an old cardigan. Chopping up boiled eggs to feed them. Didn't have a tv so the cheeping didn't matter lol

Lizx

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 10 Dec 2019 14:07

Yes Liz...so strange a smell from the 50,s can overload your nostrils, I would never have thought about it had you not mentioned it :-D :-D :-D

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 10 Dec 2019 02:46


"Ann". Yes that smell came back to me too! And if the pan boiled over ....
Phew!

Lizx

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 9 Dec 2019 18:27

I was just going to say I must have missed that Mr M :-D :-D :-D

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 9 Dec 2019 16:49

I had toast and marmalade :-D


I think :-)

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 9 Dec 2019 16:46

That was September, Mr M :-0

I've already forgotten what I had for breakfast ;-) :-D :-D

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Go on, make my day!

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 9 Dec 2019 16:43

Here it is.......

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1379465

:-D

Ann stole it :-|

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 9 Dec 2019 16:39

Oh Happy Days <3 :-D

Did you Mr M :-0 :-D

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MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 9 Dec 2019 16:10

Same as the one I post a few weeks ago.

Boy changed to girl :-D

Maddie

Maddie Report 9 Dec 2019 15:33

my life in a nutshell, thanks for the memories <3

Mersey

Mersey Report 9 Dec 2019 15:23

Awwww I likey Ann alot!! <3 <3

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**Ann**

**Ann** Report 9 Dec 2019 15:20

Oh heavens Liz, boiled potato peelings..I forgot about them. We also had chickens, I can smell them now
:-0 :-0 :-0

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 9 Dec 2019 01:15


Apart from a few geographical differences and different song.titles this was my childhood.

Our next door neighbour was the singer, her favourite was Unchained.Melody. Whenever I hear the song, it brings back the memories.I

I also remember the toast, I still have the brass toasting fork!

Mum used to boil potato peelings on the open fire, for our chickens in winter. Phew, they were smelly lol


Lizxx

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 8 Dec 2019 20:33

What a lovely poem Ann <3

Those were the days! And many memories that I can identify with :-D :-D :-D

Trying to make perfume with flower petals... I so remember that!
Not only making toast but actually cooking saucepans of potatoes and veg on the open fire :-D

Wearing a hat scarf and gloves to bed :-0 :-D

Yes those were the days <3

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 8 Dec 2019 20:19

Lovely **ann** so many memories there

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Von

Von Report 8 Dec 2019 20:12

Thanks for sharing **Ann** <3

Fly

Fly Report 8 Dec 2019 18:48

Nice one Ann <3

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 8 Dec 2019 18:38

That brings back some childhood memories, thank you for sharing :-)

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