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50/60s my dad was a butcher. One day my mum was sick & he had to take me to work. I still remember the bone saw noise & the big butchers block. Playing in sawdust & all sorts of treats. Health & safety would not have been happy. But for a little girl it was the best day with my dad.

Sounds yummy. Will give it a go. 😉

I loved the job of whitening my sand shoes. It always made me feel happy to see them clean and bright white l was a sporty child so got to do this a lot. I didn’t like the black sponge. Black nugget polish was much better.

As I am reading this I am having my afternoon snack syrup on fresh bread yum. Also remember opening up the tin syrup & treacle & putting it on my porridge.

When I was a little girl I remember a day when I went to close to a wasp nest. I had blue dots all over me. Can’t remember if helped or not.

Mine was yellow and red. I lived at my grandmas and there no other kids to play with. So I would load up my dollies in the back seat and travel many miles (in the yard) and have many adventures.

I agree with Sean, I like service with a smile & short chat. A lot of older people get confused when they are pushed into using self service because there no staff to serve. Sometimes it’s the only social exchange they get. People complain young teenagers don’t want to work, working on the cash...

Love it. Soooo true.

I have asked my dad to please leave some money to his stepdaughter as I know she will contest as she is very money hungry & always plays the victim. My 93 yr old dad cannot understand that she will do this. He has said “I have said what I want to happen & that is what should happen”. I...

When I was younger I always collected tadpoles. One year I put a tub in the bathroom & I also had a pray mantis egg sack there. Mum was not impressed when they all hatched at the same time. I still have my tadpoles as I have a frog pond set up & my grand children can feed & watch them develop...