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    WILD Series

    My husband has always been a music fanatic and he has a whole set of these CDs and still plays them even now having put them on his computer to preserve the discs..
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    Crissy Dolls

    My brother and I had a lot of fun with a Meccano set - he was great at building models and things like cranes that moved. Our other great interest was collecting Matchbox vehicles.
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    Joke Upon reflection....

    When my daughter was little she asked me if we had electricity and TV when I was a child!
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    Old-School Cash Register

    This reminded me of the cash register in the tv show Open All Hours with Ronnie Barker and David Jason except they had the version that closed very quickly and often jammed their fingers in it! Great old comedy show.
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    ‘Ten Pound Pom’ Hostel Living: The Tech Guy – Dr Al

    My Mum and Dad decided to move to Australia and we had the very stringent medicals before we were accepted and the doctor was amazed that all three children still had their tonsils! It was a time when a bad sore throat would see you in hospital having them out. We sailed on the Fairsky leaving...
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    Movie snacks

    Choc top ice creams were the best!
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    This Bride's Outrageous Demands for Her Bridesmaids Are Causing an Uproar – See Why!

    Totally agree with your comments. How selfish is this bride pretending to be some famous personality and dragging her bridesmaids into penury with her.
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    Grandma Refuses to Babysit: Find Out Why Her Shocking Decision Is Causing Such an Outrage!

    There is no "one size fits all" in this situation. When my first granddaughter was born I looked after her on a Monday and Friday while working part time the other days of the week and that worked out well. My youngest granddaughter is 14 months old and I just look after her occasionally for...
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    Dave Allen Hedgehogs

    It's a different time now with different attitudes - the old humour would offend some people.
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    Bananas and hot custard

    We had bananas and custard when we were young but my Mum also tried cornflakes and hot custard. I liked it but not to everyone's taste!
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    Bouncinette

    They are still around - just have very colourful covers now instead of the mesh. I worked with a girl who had twins and she fed one while putting the other in the bouncinette at the same time and rocking the baby to calm her. It worked well!
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    Joke My Ex at Target I wondered where she went to?

    She could have used a smaller parking space!
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    Birthday parties in the late ‘50s

    Birthday parties were simple with sandwiches, jelly and ice-cream and a simple cake that Mum made. The games were the best thing and of course the old favourite Pass the Parcel. We had fun, it didn't cost too much and your best friends came. Great memories.
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    Electric Can Opener

    They were great - much easier than all the manual openers
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    The best fish and chips...

    Walking home from the movies eating hot chips wrapped in newspaper to keep them warm. Just the best!
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