The marbles went on freecycle-gone-and now the old saucepans have been collected-I think I have reached the 30% level-still cannot find the propogator -starting to think it is elsewhere
Yep country village childhood. Buses once an hour, last one from nearest town 10pm. None on Sundays. 2 buses to grammar school 7 miles away.early leaving & late getting home.
Parents' taxi service grugingly supplied. Luckily my friend lived on a farm, so my Dad did the taking to Sat night disco, as other Mum doing the milking. Then she collected us as my Dad watching match of the Day!
Only 1 streetlight in village until I was well into my teens & even now not many. Rode my bike to majority of places. Blimey, must've been fit, or mad or both.... Youth club in neighbouring village & this time my Dad did the pick-up at10pm on the dot!!
Everybody knew you & would happily tell parents about anything you got up to. For yrs after I married & moved away people would still recognise me & speak as I walked around. Trouble was I couldnt remember them. Darent go into local pubs until 18 but after that....... oh the joy! J.
You get a few no-shows sometimes-which is annoying -but most people are happy to take it of your hands
Spotting the genuine and those who just sell it on- which is against the ethos is the only snag-just take people at face value-at least it gets it out of the house
Hahaha yes Jo all of the same , my parents didn't mind though having lived in Manchester all their lives being in the country was nice for them ...still in same house now yrs later . we had 2 buses a day to town, last home was 6pm , now we are out here no buses , no shops pubs or anything unless drive 10+ miles bvggered if want something from Carlisle half hour away .
We had an elderly golden retriever who would happily wear my Mum's rimless spex. Made perfect sense- dog getting/got cataracts which can cause shortsightedness & Mum was short sighted!
I still dont want any food....this is not normal. J.
When we were moving we decided to go to a village - only lived in largish towns before .When we sold house we looked around at our short listed villages and at some properties and then thought - no not for us - so we came up with here, cross between large village/small town with good transport routes and things to do, places to go to in evening should we wish. Don't regret it .Like you Jo I often wonder how the large town/city types manage once the country dream becomes a reality .
Tree still up!!
They are saying we, here, may have snow,
We rid ourselves of surplus stuff on free cycle, and when we moved here used Gumtree for extra furniture with great success
Just watching David Beckham on his joining Paris St Germain, he's giving his salary away to childrens charities There's a dishy frenchman translating for him, just love the accent, can't understand a word of it though.
Hope everyone is well, you have all been busy posting today.
Nice to hear from Glyn, those names are great, we have a chap at the chinese takeaway who likes to be called Brian, his wife is Sue and they have a brother called Norman!
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The marbles went on freecycle-gone-and now the old saucepans have been collected-I think I have reached the 30% level-still cannot find the propogator -starting to think it is elsewhere
Nighty-night Glyn-loving the daily reports
Yep country village childhood. Buses once an hour, last one from nearest town 10pm. None on Sundays. 2 buses to grammar school 7 miles away.early leaving & late getting home.
Parents' taxi service grugingly supplied. Luckily my friend lived on a farm, so my Dad did the taking to Sat night disco, as other Mum doing the milking. Then she collected us as my Dad watching match of the Day!
Only 1 streetlight in village until I was well into my teens & even now not many. Rode my bike to majority of places. Blimey, must've been fit, or mad or both.... Youth club in neighbouring village & this time my Dad did the pick-up at10pm on the dot!!
Everybody knew you & would happily tell parents about anything you got up to. For yrs after I married & moved away people would still recognise me & speak as I walked around. Trouble was I couldnt remember them.
Darent go into local pubs until 18 but after that....... oh the joy! J.
Geoff, is it worth my while using freecycle? or more hassle than use? J.
You get a few no-shows
sometimes-which is annoying -but most people are happy to take it of your hands
Spotting the genuine and those who just sell it on- which is against the ethos is the only snag-just take people at face value-at least it gets it out of the house
Give it a go- dead simple to post
Nothing to lose I suppose as around the house most of time- hmm, may try. Thx for that.
Daughter now bored! She's got so used to all the revision that it probably does feel weird.
Am still stuffed from lunchtime. Soup I think for a snack later. J.
Cody now needs glasses to watch TV-he also has the remote
Aah cute.
We had an elderly golden retriever who would happily wear my Mum's rimless spex. Made perfect sense- dog getting/got cataracts which can cause shortsightedness & Mum was short sighted!
I still dont want any food....this is not normal.
J.
When we were moving we decided to go to a village - only lived in largish towns before .When we sold house we looked around at our short listed villages and at some properties and then thought - no not for us - so we came up with here, cross between large village/small town with good transport routes and things to do, places to go to in evening should we wish. Don't regret it .Like you Jo I often wonder how the large town/city types manage once the country dream becomes a reality .
Tree still up!!
They are saying we, here, may have snow,
We rid ourselves of surplus stuff on free cycle, and when we moved here used Gumtree for extra furniture with great success
Just watching David Beckham on his joining Paris St Germain, he's giving his salary away to childrens charities
There's a dishy frenchman translating for him, just love the accent, can't understand a word of it though.
Hope everyone is well, you have all been busy posting today.
Nice to hear from Glyn, those names are great, we have a chap at the chinese takeaway who likes to be called Brian, his wife is Sue and they have a brother called Norman!