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[Still Waters]

Eldorado, on 20 March 2012 - 01:59 AM, said:

Can remember getting a bath in the deep sink.... lol... seriously!  I must have been about three or four years old.

I believe you! I can remember that too. Not you....me

There were houses near us that didn't have an inside toilet, just an outside one. We were lucky I guess as we had both, one inside and one outside. I never liked using the outside one, it always had spiders on the walls

[Taun]

Still Waters, on 20 March 2012 - 11:51 AM, said:

I believe you! I can remember that too. Not you....me

There were houses near us that didn't have an inside toilet, just an outside one. We were lucky I guess as we had both, one inside and one outside. I never liked using the outside one, it always had spiders on the walls

In the late 60's my oldest sister had just married a guy from New York City (we didn't hold that against him though    )...
We were visitng my grand parents and he had to 'go'... Well my grand parents had an old fashioned outhouse - not a flush type either!...
The poor guy literally did not know what to do!     It didn't help that when he finally decided to go ahead, and was seated the wind blew the door open - and there he was!

But writing about these changes in our lifetime reminds me that my mom moved to Oklahoma in a covered wagon - it had automobile tires, but it was a horse drawn, covered wagon... Before she passed, she got to witness, the birth of television, computers, cell phones, jet aircraft, even a few trips to the moon... All in one generation...

Edited by Taun, 20 March 2012 - 12:02 PM.

[Still Waters]

Taun, on 20 March 2012 - 12:02 PM, said:

In the late 60's my oldest sister had just married a guy from New York City (we didn't hold that against him though    )...
We were visitng my grand parents and he had to 'go'... Well my grand parents had an old fashioned outhouse - not a flush type either!...
The poor guy literally did not know what to do!     It didn't help that when he finally decided to go ahead, and was seated the wind blew the door open - and there he was!

But writing about these changes in our lifetime reminds me that my mom moved to Oklahoma in a covered wagon - it had automobile tires, but it was a horse drawn, covered wagon... Before she passed, she got to witness, the birth of television, computers, cell phones, jet aircraft, even a few trips to the moon... All in one generation...

lol! How embarrassing for your brother-in-law, I bet his face was red   I know of some outside toilets that had cut up newspapers to use as toilet paper. That must have left quite a print on the backside   My grandfather used to take a newspaper in with him always, to read, he must have been expecting a long sit down! lol Actually I've seen my late dad doing that too at times....like father... like son  

It's nice to look back though, I think so too, like a different world back then.

Edited by Still Waters, 20 March 2012 - 02:42 PM.
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[Eldorado]

Still Waters, on 20 March 2012 - 02:41 PM, said:

My grandfather used to take a newspaper in with him always, he must have been expecting a long sit down! lol Actually I've seen my late dad doing that too at times....like father... like son  

It's nice to look back though, I think so too, like a different world back then.

It's a man-thing.  Toilet is the only place you can get peace to do the crossword.

And, Yes!.. you do sometimes end up with the headlines across your backside.  lol

[Still Waters]

Eldorado, on 20 March 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

It's a man-thing.  Toilet is the only place you can get peace to do the crossword.

And, Yes!.. you do sometimes end up with the headlines across your backside.  lol

What a cheek!  

[spud the mackem]

Hi all,my gran had an outside loo down the garden which was used as a guard post,I kid you not ,Grandad used to go and sit there (fully dressed) waiting to catch the Leek Bandits,the guys on either side did the same,as they all grew prize leeks,and  when it got to a week before "show" time if you didnt guard them they used to be "knobbled" a ring would be cut round them at the base rendering them useless for showing.I was the go between with cups of bovril..Between them they had about 17 /18 cups for 1st ,2nd,and 3rd places.If they won 1st prize it was about £5-00 not bad when the average wage was £7-00 per week.The chap next door also had 20 pigeons in a pigeons "cree",(loft)which he used to race.

[Eldorado]

Used to love "stealing" rhubarb from our neighbours back gardens.. it was like being on Mission Impossible.

(We had no need to "steal" it.. you just had to ask the wifey for some while the hubby was at work.. lol.  Rhubarb dipped in sugar... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)

Most folk grew stuff if they could, back in the day.  I miss that.

Edited by Eldorado, 20 March 2012 - 05:47 PM.

[Taun]

Eldorado, on 20 March 2012 - 05:45 PM, said:

Used to love "stealing" rhubarb from our neighbours back gardens.. it was like being on Mission Impossible.

(We had no need to "steal" it.. you just had to ask the wifey for some while the hubby was at work.. lol.  Rhubarb dipped in sugar... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)

Most folk grew stuff if they could, back in the day.  I miss that.

My mom always had a veggie garden in the back yard (which of course meant I had to dig it up, weed it, water it and tend it -while she got to call it HER garden) We grew a surprising amount of green beans, tomatos, peppers, green onions (leeks?), melons and potatos...

When I was about 8 or 9 we lived near Buffalo, NY and our neighbors had a cherry orchard... Their son (about my age) and I would climb up in the trees and stay there for hours playing and eatting the (mostly) ripe cherries... Good times...

[Still Waters]

spud the mackem, on 20 March 2012 - 04:41 PM, said:

Hi all,my gran had an outside loo down the garden which was used as a guard post,I kid you not ,Grandad used to go and sit there (fully dressed) waiting to catch the Leek Bandits,the guys on either side did the same,as they all grew prize leeks,and  when it got to a week before "show" time if you didnt guard them they used to be "knobbled" a ring would be cut round them at the base rendering them useless for showing.I was the go between with cups of bovril..Between them they had about 17 /18 cups for 1st ,2nd,and 3rd places.If they won 1st prize it was about £5-00 not bad when the average wage was £7-00 per week.The chap next door also had 20 pigeons in a pigeons "cree",(loft)which he used to race.

Hi spud, Now that's what I call dedication! It's a bit much he had to do that though. One of our neighbours down the avenue kept racing pigeons, his used to win too.

[hetrodoxly]

Eldorado, on 20 March 2012 - 05:45 PM, said:

Used to love "stealing" rhubarb from our neighbours back gardens.. it was like being on Mission Impossible.

(We had no need to "steal" it.. you just had to ask the wifey for some while the hubby was at work.. lol.  Rhubarb dipped in sugar... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)

Most folk grew stuff if they could, back in the day.  I miss that.

A small amount of sugar in a bag and a stick of rhubarb i remember it well, Kids wouldn't dream of going scrumping (does everyone use that word) these days, there's a large tree covered in apples by my local supermarket kids play around it but the fruit is left to rot, i remember the first frozen food "peas" i used to go to the greengrocer and buy them by the pint.

[Still Waters]

Eldorado, on 20 March 2012 - 05:45 PM, said:

Used to love "stealing" rhubarb from our neighbours back gardens.. it was like being on Mission Impossible.

lol I used to do that, but from the garden at home. My dad's rhubarb....I'd sit and peel off the outer skin and chew at the stick! I can't believe I actually did that, talk about sour!!!!  

Taun, on 20 March 2012 - 06:17 PM, said:

My mom always had a veggie garden in the back yard (which of course meant I had to dig it up, weed it, water it and tend it -while she got to call it HER garden) We grew a surprising amount of green beans, tomatos, peppers, green onions (leeks?), melons and potatos...

When I was about 8 or 9 we lived near Buffalo, NY and our neighbors had a cherry orchard... Their son (about my age) and I would climb up in the trees and stay there for hours playing and eatting the (mostly) ripe cherries... Good times...

We had a few small apple trees and some strawberries. My grandmother did better, she had gooseberries, blackcurrants, and more strawberries. I used to help her go and pick them and she'd make a pie or two, her gooseberry pies especially were delicious.  

At the side of our next door neighbour's house there was a wall which myself and a friend used to climb over as a short cut. Well if our neighbour saw us he'd come out and yell, he wasn't grumpy, I think he was scared we'd hurt ourselves. So anyway one day he plastered broken glass into the wall to stop us climbing it. lol it didn't work, we still climbed over it....just more carefully!! We must have been mad  

[spud the mackem]

Still Waters, on 20 March 2012 - 07:54 PM, said:

Hi spud, Now that's what I call dedication! It's a bit much he had to do that though. One of our neighbours down the avenue kept racing pigeons, his used to win too.

   It actually happened,one guy in the next street used sit in his outside loo with a shotgun on his knee,we never found out if it was loaded,Champion Leek Growing is still a serious business in the North East,not so much for the money but for the prestige and "bragging rights",but I think the outside loo's have gone,they were seriously cold in the winter,ha ha some people had chamber pots under their beds....like "po" land ha ha ...cheers...

[bouncer]

Eldorado, on 20 March 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

It's a man-thing.  Toilet is the only place you can get peace to do the crossword.

And, Yes!.. you do sometimes end up with the headlines across your backside.  lol

Absolutely right!

I dont know why but once youve read the back of the bleach bottle a hundred times you just gotta have some other stimulation! Specially when you know youve gotta 'lay some cable' and may be in there for some time!

We used to have newspaper too, but there was a roll of loo paper for the women in our house

And I still do it, tho I dont have newspapers anymore, Ive become refined..Ive got a book shelf in my thunderbox!

[Still Waters]

spud the mackem, on 20 March 2012 - 09:57 PM, said:

It actually happened,one guy in the next street used sit in his outside loo with a shotgun on his knee,we never found out if it was loaded,Champion Leek Growing is still a serious business in the North East,not so much for the money but for the prestige and "bragging rights",but I think the outside loo's have gone,they were seriously cold in the winter,ha ha some people had chamber pots under their beds....like "po" land ha ha ...cheers...

I can remember on the odd occasion when the weather was very very cold, the water in the toilet pan would freeze and my dad used to have to break up the ice in it. That was the upstairs toilet too, inside the house!

[spud the mackem]

bouncer, on 20 March 2012 - 10:06 PM, said:

Absolutely right!

I dont know why but once youve read the back of the bleach bottle a hundred times you just gotta have some other stimulation! Specially when you know youve gotta 'lay some cable' and may be in there for some time!

We used to have newspaper too, but there was a roll of loo paper for the women in our house

And I still do it, tho I dont have newspapers anymore, Ive become refined..Ive got a book shelf in my thunderbox!

Ha ha now you,ve got me going, you used to buy T.Rolls (I still call them Trolls)with a rough side and a smooth side ,hee hee ,the smooth side was for the Ladies ,when I asked why.When you are a man you wont need the smooth side said Gran,I was about 10 ,so from then on Street Cred demanded that you only used the rough side,I,m howling with laughter now at the memory...great times in the cold dark loo in the winter....ha ha ha