Sayings from back in the day you rarely hear...

[Darran]

My bride accidentally left her jeans on the line last night.
She just brought them in and said these are absolutely sopping.

 

[Robbie]

Scullery , back kitchen and parlour were my growing up rooms , I had the back bedroom also along side the toilet , no hand washing facilities then , but a step up from the ouside bogs my parents were used to with the steel chain flush .
Hotpoint Twim Tub was spinning all day to keep us in clean clothes .

Loved it all as a youngster , now so much life experience is lost to a new generation .

 

[swan65split]

Our larder had a 4/5 inch stone shelf, that was our "fridge" pre 1960s, Parlour fire was only lit at xmas, and the ahes in winter were spread on the back garden cement path, or the ash path across the road .

 

[Muteswan]

Our larder had a 4/5 inch stone shelf, that was our "fridge" pre 1960s, Parlour fire was only lit at xmas, and the ahes in winter were spread on the back garden cement path, or the ash path across the road .

Ditto

 

[J_B]

Ah, the parlour that was only used on rare occasions and the door remained shut most of the time.
It seems ridiculous now that one of the biggest rooms in a small house was virtually never used. Of course, no central heating meant that everyone huddled around the fire in the living room most of the time.

 

[swan65split]

Ah, the parlour that was only used on rare occasions and the door remained shut most of the time.
It seems ridiculous now that one of the biggest rooms in a small house was virtually never used. Of course, no central heating meant that everyone huddled around the fire in the living room most of the time.

If youd return home in the winter and the fire want lit, thered be a frantic search and huddle around the 2 bar electric fire for an ohour os so until the fire was going.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Someone should write a comedy sketch about this thread. A comedy troupe of about half a dozen blokes maybe. They could call themselves, oh I dunno it sounds a bit out there but how about something like “Monty Python”?

Nah. Stupid name. It’ll never catch on.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Someone should write a comedy sketch about this thread. A comedy troupe of about half a dozen blokes maybe. They could call themselves, oh I dunno it sounds a bit out there but how about something like “Monty Python”?

Nah. Stupid name. It’ll never catch on.

When I was a kid we used to dream of living in a corridor...

 

[J_B]

When I was a kid we used to dream of living in a corridor...

We couldn’t dream, we weren’t allowed to sleep. Worked 25 hours a day we did. Sleeping was for privileged people.

 

[Pegojack]

If youd return home in the winter and the fire want lit, thered be a frantic search and huddle around the 2 bar electric fire for an ohour os so until the fire was going.

We were too poor for an electric fire. My dad would suck a polo mint and we'd all gather round his tongue.

 

[swan65split]

We were too poor for an electric fire. My dad would suck a polo mint and we'd all gather round his tongue.

we couldnt get sweets, they were still rationed.....

 

[Glyn1]

tom boy

 

[Longlostjack]

We were too poor for an electric fire. My dad would suck a polo mint and we'd all gather round his tongue.

My dad would fart and invariably say “Shoot the cat” - we’d relish the sudden warmth in the room.

 

[Pompeyjack]

We call the remote control the box. "Has anyone seen the box". Not sure if it's a llanelli thing

 

[MajorR]

My Nan would say Shit, bang, fire.
No idea where she had it from, but it was something that would roll of her tongue quite frequently.