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Old 31-01-2006, 23:25   #16
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Re: The elastic that held up ya' socks.

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First the flesh went from white to red,then a nasty purple colour that hurt and stung at the same time.
That's Correct !!

Best about Accyweb is that you can 'come out' and have group therapy and admit to all the nasty things that happened to you when you were a kid and now realise no need to be on yer own anymore

Margaret .. put a button in my suspenders .. couldn't risk losing a sixpence for heavens sake ! My mum always cut the buttons off discarded clothes, and had a biscuit box absolutely full of 'em. Loved looking through them as I got older and remembered some of the garments I'd had.
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Old 01-02-2006, 11:04   #17
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Re: The elastic that held up ya' socks.

me too katex money was too precious.had to roll my skirt up round the waist because dad wouldn't let me have um shorter.mind you he blasted me good & proper when the mini came in ......oooo mine were short he he he.i was married too. a well memories
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Old 01-02-2006, 18:54   #18
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me too katex money was too precious.had to roll my skirt up round the waist because dad wouldn't let me have um shorter.mind you he blasted me good & proper when the mini came in ......oooo mine were short he he he.i was married too. a well memories
Dare I mention 'hot pants' Had a yellow crimplene all in one .. must have looked 'a site' eh ? Could have done with me long socks then, no doubt.
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Old 01-02-2006, 23:37   #19
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Re: The elastic that held up ya' socks.

I had to roll my skirts up because I wasn't allowed to wear them short.
I had a pair of bright red hot pants with a matching button up the front mini skirt.
I cringe now when I think about that skirt.
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Old 08-02-2006, 13:21   #20
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Re: The elastic that held up ya' socks.

What do you mean, Margaret - old??!!

I still wear stockings with suspenders, can't stand tights, they're unhygienic as well. Why cover your bottom when all you want to cover is your legs? And no, I'm not old, not even maturing - more marinating!

I used to roll my skirt up round my waist as well - we must have looked very odd, short skirt and huge lumpy waist. I think I had the first miniskirt in Accy, back in the 60s. That's why tights came in, cos the mini showed your stocking tops if it was short enough, and mine was.

At Paddock House stockings (60 denier minimum) were part of the winter uniform, along with other items designed to provoke mirth from the Tech boys - Westender will remember only too well!

Anybody remember Liberty bodices? - a sort of thick lumpy vest that itched.
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Old 08-02-2006, 23:14   #21
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Re: The elastic that held up ya' socks.

Ah,remember them well. Horrid uncomfy things with tiny fiddly buttons up the front.
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Old 09-02-2006, 12:58   #22
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Re: The elastic that held up ya' socks.

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......when the button fell off you used a sixpence......
I think the reference to a sixpence dates you (and me) somewhat

I went through a phase of using stockings when I was in my early 20's and it turned out that my mum (brought up during the war and all that) had kept all her old stockings from the 50's because she couldn't bring herself to throw them away when they went out of fashion and she'd kept them all that time!

However, these were 'industrial strength' stockings which didn't stretch so much and so I couldn't use them as they didn't fit! (she was quite thin when she was in her 20's and I was a little rounder )
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Old 09-02-2006, 17:25   #23
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David got a job lot of stockings at a charity shop - the old Aristoc ones, with seams. Only trouble is, they are so short, they stop just above my knee, and they don't stretch at all. Have put my hand through a couple just trying to pull them up - and that brings back memories!
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