13-02-2021, 09:41 PM
Our toasting fork was made of wire and extended to make the handle longer, if you were sitting too close to the fire.
I may still have that fork somewhere.
I may still have that fork somewhere.
(13-02-2021, 09:22 PM)Scarlet Wrote: [ -> ](13-02-2021, 12:50 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]Do you remember Lino/linoleum on the floor with a rug in the middle as fitted carpets didn't exist them! The bigger the rug, the wealthier you were.I really liked the lino / rug look!
I think Lino used to be called Oilcloth too.
(13-02-2021, 10:00 PM)Spec Wrote: [ -> ]No I'm not...just I lived with my grandmother for several years. Everything had stopped in time at that house.(13-02-2021, 09:22 PM)Scarlet Wrote: [ -> ](13-02-2021, 12:50 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]Do you remember Lino/linoleum on the floor with a rug in the middle as fitted carpets didn't exist them! The bigger the rug, the wealthier you were.I really liked the lino / rug look!
I think Lino used to be called Oilcloth too.
Scarlet you are older than I thought
(13-02-2021, 10:34 PM)Greenfingers Wrote: [ -> ]Why tear newspaper into squares?? I can see you will find it hard to believe. We then used to put it on a string behind the door of the outside lavatory and use as loo paper. We also used to roll sheets of newspaper into paper sticks to light the fire with. By the age of about 5 I was an expert fire lighter.Don't worry Greenfingers, Spec knows full well what squares of newspaper were for - he's so mean he still uses them.
(13-02-2021, 11:10 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ](13-02-2021, 10:34 PM)Greenfingers Wrote: [ -> ]Why tear newspaper into squares?? I can see you will find it hard to believe. We then used to put it on a string behind the door of the outside lavatory and use as loo paper. We also used to roll sheets of newspaper into paper sticks to light the fire with. By the age of about 5 I was an expert fire lighter.Don't worry Greenfingers, Spec knows full well what squares of newspaper were for - he's so mean he still uses them.
(13-02-2021, 10:31 PM)Scarlet Wrote: [ -> ](13-02-2021, 10:00 PM)Spec Wrote: [ -> ]I really liked the lino / rug look!