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Wainy

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  1. Brian1941 They sure are good memories to carry with us aren.t they Brian. Margaret
  2. Rosehadi. We never had money for an icecream that I can remember but, somebody would usually have a bag of spice to share- wrapped or unwrapped just pass it along. Margaret
  3. Nigel Did not know they were available, maybe not over here across "the pond". Chances are they would not seem funny anymore. A few years ago I saw a Three Stooges film and could not believe that I ever thought it funny.- Thank Goodness!! Maybe some memories are left unvisited. Margaret
  4. Poppins, We did too- got home quicker that way. I remember the names of the picture houses but, cannot recall which one was where. Just that it was a fun time. Margaret
  5. Robiet, That made me laugh out loud. Do not recall that happening to our gang but, if it did we would have taken it in our stride. Just yelled a little louder maybe. Margaret
  6. Asaw After "Old Mother Riley" died and they stopped making the films I never say one again. I remember being amazed to discover that Kitty was, in real life his wife and not his daughter as in the films. You must be a spring chicken compared to me. Zorro came long after my Matinee days!!...1940's regards Margaret
  7. What were your favorite films as a kid? Does any oldtimer out there remember "Old Mother Riley" "Three Stooges" etc. Didn't we have a good time? collecting empty bottles to take back to the store for the deposit on them. and. if we didn't have enough we could usually count on mom to add the rest. Look out pictures here we come!! Margaret
  8. Redneck I remember Asa Smith being in the parade in the 1940's. We were not in the area in the fifties so do not know how long he participated. Margaret
  9. Poppins Run to the store and stock up. Two weeks ago I called to order from my supplier and she told me that the Ministry of Agriculture Rep had just been and confiscated all the meat products in their warehouse. Even Oxo's. They told her that because of Foot and Mouth disease and Mad Cow the US was not allowing importation of meat products from Uk. Ridiculous, if cooked products are okay for UK residents to eat why are they not okay for us? Guess I must try to smuggle them in next trip I make. Margaret
  10. rogG Good for him- Being a millionaire and living in PEI now that is Heaven on Earth. You are right about the ferry. Is it Point Pleasant Lighthouse on the left as the Island comes into view? The beach cafe near it serves delicious chowder. Am visually impaired now but memory serves me well. Must admit there are dishes I have learned to love in the USA too. Margaret
  11. rogGI have lived in Pennsylvania USA for almost fifty years and still miss a lot of the foods from home.There is an import shop I can get things from but, no meat products are allowed in the USA. You live in one of my most favorite s places on earth, but must admit driving on the Confederation Bridge scares the daylights out of me. Margaret
  12. My mom had a newsagency shop on Main Street Handsworth in the 1940's. My older brothers had to deliver papers before they went to school- don't think they liked that. She sold the shop to my aunt and uncle the Stanbra;s and they were there for quite a few years. It was nice being so close to High Hazels Park. Hd some good roly-poly hills there. Margaret
  13. I watched the parade in the 1940's and Asa Smith was the colorful character we looked for back then. Does anyone else remember him? Margaret
  14. Hi Lazyherbert That is a perfect description. Are you sure you did not live at our house? Don't forget a nice mug of tea to wash it down. And of course, the bread was tosted on the fire. Margaret
  15. Bushbaby I relived it all. Thanks for the wonderful memories Margaret
  16. No doubt about it. Mrs Taylor from Huntsmans Garden School. She was my teacher . and truly made a difference in my life. This was in 1943-1945.
  17. Kathy Recently joined The Sheffield Forum and came across your query. There was a Bacon family two doors away from us on Attercliffe Road. The father and his three children. The father had lost part of his arm (they said in WW1) and he had a hook on the stub which he then hooked over the handlebars of his bike. He road to work everyday. Two of his children's names I can remember are Joe and Freda. I am talking aboutthe early 1940's. Joe and Freda were teenagers. Their house number would have been #85 or #77. I cannot remember which way the numbers went. Hope this is of help. Margaret
  18. Calibrator, Did your father ever mention workmen transferring to the plant in Brazil? It would have been in the 1930's Trying to trace an aunt of mine who went out there with her husband- he worked for a Sheffield Steel Company. Margaret
  19. ParsleyDiva Thank you so much. That is an interesting lead. We have tried for years to find her. Have been on the Brazilian websites- for Sao Paulo but with no luck. At least now I have a possible Company name to go back with. I often wonder if there is anyway of tracing a Passport issue, that, would give her maiden name and married name too. Do not know if passports were around at that time. This tracing family history is a very interesting thing, but oh, how much easier if we had only asked that generation more details before they all died . Margaret
  20. Thank you for your reply Steptoad. It sounds interesting, and I had not heard that before. Shall branch out and check out the history of Brazilian football. Wainy
  21. In the 1930's my aunt HANNAH WAIN (married name unknown) went to South America with her husband. He worked for a steel company in Sheffield and transfered there. The family lost touch . Anybody out there Know anything?
  22. Gosling. The clogs were when I was a little kid during the war. I balked at wearing them at first but thats all I had and grew to love them. Maybe Marcia was Joe;s sister, I only knew him in school. You are right that is life. Margaret
  23. Vera I too had a pair of clogs. They were blue and the best shoes I ever had. You could stand on your toes like a ballerina!! Margaret
  24. Hello Vera and Gosling I can remember collecting the penknif blades too, the sawdust would still be smoking and we would be scouring through it. The whip and top man and the yoyos too but when the rag man came my mom usually got a donkey stone for the fron steps. At school Miss Ramsden became Mrs. Taylor, such a wonderful teacher. As for Miss Hoyle I spent hours looking at her hair at the back of her head- She told us that she had eyes back there and could see who was talking. Apart from Joe Ashton I never met anyone else from my class. Often wonder about them. Sheila Jolly was a favorite pal of mine. It sure is nice recalling happy childhood memories with you guys. And look at us now!! All these miles away. Gosling and Vera in AUS and me in the USA. To think that a day trip to Cleethorpes was a big trip in our childhood. Margaret
  25. Hi mickr Miss Affleck ran the place in those days. I always believed it had been a church that was bombed. I must ask my brother if he can remember the Redfearn brothers. Exept for the stove that I can't recall, you described it axactly as I remember it. My older sister Amy went there before I did also my sister in law Ivy Stanley Charles and his sister Lily. Red haired Gordon Hurst,. and his brother Alan. Would be great to hear from more wouldnt it Mickr? It certainly kept us happy and out of trouble. Margaret
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