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Old 13-06-2012, 18:56   #76
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Its a wonder they didn't make her wear a blue star on her back coming from Newcastle
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Old 13-06-2012, 18:56   #77
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Eric, by todays standards, we were 'deprived' children.
My deprivation gave me a good work ethic and an independence that could not be gained any other way.......if you do something yourself, and earn whatever it is you desire, then how much sweeter it is to own something that was attained by your own hand.
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Old 14-06-2012, 09:21   #78
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It's bad enough me knowing without everyone else knowing ;-)
Well if she's a canny Lass they'll know when she says out ya can't really disguise a Toon accent
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Old 14-06-2012, 09:23   #79
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Eric, by todays standards, we were 'deprived' children.
My deprivation gave me a good work ethic and an independence that could not be gained any other way.......if you do something yourself, and earn whatever it is you desire, then how much sweeter it is to own something that was attained by your own hand.
Always words of wisdom Margaret, can't fault that
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Old 14-06-2012, 09:35   #80
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Thanks John. I know it makes sense to me, and I feel that it is what is lacking from the generations that followed. Those that seemed to get everything handed to them on a plate.
No-one ever gave me anything...what I have, I have worked for.
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Old 14-06-2012, 10:52   #81
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Totally agree with you Margaret. When they get married today they want everything straight away. They dont want to work and save for it like we did. You appreciated the goods more then and looked after them. We got married in 1969 with not much but we worked through it and brought up two children .
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Old 14-06-2012, 11:55   #82
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Yes, we started our married life with mismatched furniture - much of it second hand or gifted to us, a carpet square bought at a fire damaged sale(it smelled of smoke for ages).....an antique gas cooker and a very basic washing machine, complete with a mangle(yes it was electrically operated, but a mangle nevertheless).
This was so that we didn't go into debt. This would never do for many of the newly weds of today.
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Old 14-06-2012, 12:09   #83
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Yes, we started our married life with mismatched furniture - much of it second hand or gifted to us, a carpet square bought at a fire damaged sale(it smelled of smoke for ages).....an antique gas cooker and a very basic washing machine, complete with a mangle(yes it was electrically operated, but a mangle nevertheless).
This was so that we didn't go into debt. This would never do for many of the newly weds of today.
Most of our furniture still is second hand... bought in auction sales when we bought our first house and still with us. The fact that a couple of pieces are now probably worth in the thousands of pounds is beside the point -they were dirt cheap when we got them. Most of the rest of our stuff is from IKEA or similar.

We also had an antique gas cooker at first and didn't get a washer until about 1990 - went to the launderette every week till then. And our TV is still only about 22 inches (not quite sure exactly!).
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Old 14-06-2012, 18:18   #84
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Totally agree with you Margaret. When they get married today they want everything straight away. They dont want to work and save for it like we did. You appreciated the goods more then and looked after them. We got married in 1969 with not much but we worked through it and brought up two children .
I first got married in 67 Frank and we were the same, second hand anything you could get your hands on and you were grateful too, funny enough the only thing I still have from my first ever home is a mirror which hangs in the bedroom, wonder if anybody else in our age group still have thing from way back then, around 45 year
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Old 14-06-2012, 18:40   #85
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I first got married in 67 Frank and we were the same, second hand anything you could get your hands on and you were grateful too, funny enough the only thing I still have from my first ever home is a mirror which hangs in the bedroom, wonder if anybody else in our age group still have thing from way back then, around 45 year
Well I'm in your age group but didn't set up home with my partner till 78 but still got most of the stuff we had then, see my previous post.
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Old 14-06-2012, 19:30   #86
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Yes, John I have a couple of pyrex dishes and a bread saw.........and like you a mirror that was a wedding present.......in a Teak frame......very 1960's but I can't part with it.
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Old 15-06-2012, 08:54   #87
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Yes, John I have a couple of pyrex dishes and a bread saw.........and like you a mirror that was a wedding present.......in a Teak frame......very 1960's but I can't part with it.
Ya mines in a teak frame too Margaret its like an elongated heart shaped thing on a teak backing fixed with mirror screws
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Ya mines in a teak frame too Margaret its like an elongated heart shaped thing on a teak backing fixed with mirror screws
Has It got a crack in it?
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Only when I look in it Beni then the cracks get mixed up with the wrinkles
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Ya mines in a teak frame too Margaret its like an elongated heart shaped thing on a teak backing fixed with mirror screws
Is it on the wall, or on the ceiling?
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