When Granny (me ) was a little girl

 

Once upon a time there was a little girl her Name was Janet ,and she had a brother John (sorry no picture )

And a little sister Jean ..

They lived in the olden days ,when things were very different

 

 

 

 

 

These were called flat irons and would be heated on the fire/stove to heat them before doing the ironing

 The children would watch these characters on the television,Bill and Ben ,The Flower potmen ,with little we ed.

It was some times easier to bath the babes in the sink ,to save getting the zinc bath in from the yard and  save heating alot more  water ,

My brother loved these books,so did my Dad !

Here is one of our favourite toys

And for PT(physical training )we wore our plimsolls no trainers in our day

 

Look at the school desk

No ebay ,either ,we could shop from the catalogue ,and pay weekly,or as my Dad used to joke 'The glad and sorry '...glad youv'e got it and sorry you have to pay for it !!

Our milk came in bottles ,delivered by the milk man who would also take away the emptys that once the milk was gone ,we would wash and leave on the step for him ,you see we recycled then too. 

 Get the kids to bed ,its the adults bath night

The children all enjoyed a third of a pint of milk at break time  at school.. 

At bed time the kettle would be boiled to fill these stone bottles with hot water ,to keep us warm in bed ,and if one should fall or get kicked out of bed in the night,an almighty bang would wake everyone up

 

Another favourite tv programe was Dear little Andy Pandy ,Teddy and  LoobyLoo,their Dolly friend

Many happy  hours were spent on our roller skates on the hill out side our house ,Do you remember singing- Iv'e got a brand new pair of roller skates ,youv'e got a brand new key?

And to keep us little girls warm ,over our vest and under our jumpers we wore our liberty bodice.And we hated them!!

Oh look the radiogram,see the lovely big speakers!

 

 

A tredle sewing machine ,very much like my first one

Here comes the delivery  boy

And we musnt forget wash day! look at this,and it has its own mangle

I hope you enjoyed all the pictures I have been snagging and saving ,if I pinched any you recognise as yours ,they probably were, so very sorry and erm thank you 
And now as Sooty Sweep and Sue,used to say Good bye everyone Goodbye

 And from me ......Love Jan xx

My Birthday

 

Well thats February nearly gone for another year.. Wow this year is two months old already ! It is so true as you get older the time goes by so much more  quickly . Fortunately no time to feel bored .

See the lovely tulips from my Dear Granddaughter ,and all my Birthday cards

 

Yes I have had another Birthday,27 now  or is it 72 ?

 

So we went to see the family, My friend Barbara came with us  ,First we stopped of at my Daughter Kate's cos she has new addition to the family ,Reggie is a little labrador cross,hisMum went courting a german shepherd dog ,he is so cute everyone is in love with him

 

Isn't he a little darling?

 

 

 

 

 

We then we went down the road to my Daughter's 'pub' and we hadn't been there long when the door opened and in came My Grandson Paul and his partner Tarmara ,pushing the buggy with litte Bella asleep ,well she didnt want to wake so her Mummy took her out because I couldn't wait for a cuddle...

 

 

Here is her proud Uncle Iain ,my eldest Grandson ,taking over the cuddles when my back began to ache,it was a good ache though . 

 

 

And when she woke she was all smiles

 

With Barbara and I .

 

My two little girls ,Charlotte Janet (my Granddaughter) and Bella Rose( my Great Ganddaughter) . 

 

One for the album ! Four generations.

Bella, Nanny Sharon, Daddy Paul and erm the Matriarch!

Its a shame we left this one till last, as by then Bella was getting hungry ,but after her feed she was all smiles again..

 

After we left the pub ,We popped into visit Maurice's brother Mike and his wife Jackie I just had to show this picture of the tereble two ,put them together and anything could happen ,and often does !!  

 

 

Home we came bearing gifts ,and a camera full of lovely memories of my Birthday,I am truly Blessed

 

 

As ever love Jan xx 

Memory Lane

 

Once again far to long between posts tut  tut,no reason just slowing down(ano domini) though I am still sewing and knitting ,and attending my meetings for the Residents forum...Now Maurice has been on holiday this week and since it is my Birthday next week, he asked me, was there something I would like to do?.....So  we set off to the village where I was born and grew up,My Brother John and his wife Julia still live there,so we combined the trip with a visit see to them,  

My sister in law Julia celebrates her Birthday the day after me so I made her a quillo ,below is the cushion .

 

 

Out of proportion !Camera angles !,below is the quilt part ,It's bigger than it looks honest

Now is there a special place you like to go in your memory?you know when you are lying in bed at night thinking nice thoughts before you go to sleep .Well to combine the visit to John and Julia ,we set off on a trip down memory lane , 

Here's me in front of the house in which I was born ,in the room behind the bedroom window nearest to me,  Hmm still no blue plaque!  

My old school

In this building ,which has been beautifully restored, was my Dad's Barber shop .It didn't look like this ...

At the Alter where I was married,to Mick all those years ago ,Mick died 30 years ago . 

 

And even further back in time,here I am sitting in my place in the choir stall  

In front of the organ

I would watch the bellringers coming down this spiral staircase opposite the choir stalls, after calling the faithful to the service ,before the service began ...

Here is the font ,I was Christened here on Easter day 1941 ,

The top plaque ,in memory of the fallen in the second world war my uncle J W Giddings

Rest in Peace Uncle Jack

 

 

Kings Cliffe is in the Diosece(sp)of Peterborough  

Out side the Church ,Wedding Pictures were taken here

NOW  ....we come to the memory lane bit ,...although it was a bonus to find the church open .After leaving the Church you could go home the convential way ,walk or by car ,on the road ,but at the back was a lane that went the length of the West Street part of the village ,with little allys /jittys /ginnels ,up to the main road ,this is the memory I had wanted to revisit ,and do you know it had barely changed...

 

 

After all our adventures ,we came back the road way, and took a picture of the house we moved to when I was about 10 ,and from where I was married  in 1959 

 

 

 

It was a lovely sunny day still abit cool ! ,after all the snow and winds etc that we have had recently ,makes me think Spring is just around the corner ,

 

As ever love Jan xx