Remember these?

[joette]

My Maw's a millionaire blue eyes & curly hair,
Sitting amongst the eskimos having a game of dominoes.
My Maw's a millionaire.
It never made sense but was a good rhyme to stoat your ball against the wall.
Remember wrapping your ball in an old nylon stocking & then stoating it above your head,between your legs etc,
The tenement walls used to be festooned with stocking clad balls clinging to them.Some would make it almost to the top storey too.

[Malcolm]

I've still got my old Nottingham made Raliegh Roadster. It comes complete with its three speed Sturmey Archer gears, chain bath, hub dynamo, brooks saddle and all the rest of it. Bournville chocolate is still available as is Duckams oil and our milk is delivered daily by a man on an electric cart at a time of day I never see.
There are a few other of your items I recognise. Not everything has changed you know.
M

[Mairi]

Malcolm, please excuse my deviation from this thread.

I have an Isabella Morrice, (also Morris) b.c. 1766 in St Andrews, married to a William Robertson, b.c. 1757, in my tree. Also a David Morris married a Catherine Robertson in 1826 and had two sons William and John. They may have been cousins.

On the old town plan of St. Andrews (1823?), in North Street, Morrises lived next to Robinsons. 'Robinsons', I am sure from my research, are Robertsons. The two families had of course links later through golf.

Any connections with your Morrices?

Mairi.

[AnnieMack]

I sang that at work on Friday when the girls in the marketing department had a Halloween party to celebrate their new office! They hadn't heard of it, I work in Dundee but grew up in Paisley and my mum taught me that song

Annie

[anne]

The other day hubby and I saw one of those mobile snack vans. Painted on the side alongside "hot filled rolls', etc. was BUILDERS TEAS. ????
It reminded us of the workmen who, when digging a hole for one or other reason in the street, would bring their green Tate and Lyle Syrup tins (with a loop of wire across the top) to our mothers' doors and ask for some hot water for their cuppa. I know things are tight again these days, but they've not gone back to that surely? javascript:emoticon(':lol:')

Anne

[Tracey]

Ahh, Annie

When I was growing up we used to play a game with two tennis balls where you threw then against a wall in time to a rhyme. I don't know what other people called it but as far as I can remember we called it "Baw's".

I remember that one well. I'm not sure the "game" had a name but I think it may have been known as "doublers". We sang a song about "Mother Brown" whilst going through the movements:

Plainies, Mother Brown (same tune as "knees up Mother Brown")
Plainies, Mother Brown
Plainies, Plainies, Plainies, Planies
Plainies, Mother Brown
(not very imaginative lyrics, but the point was the ball movements, not the song!)

Overs, Mother Brown etc
Uppies, etc
Stotties, etc
under leg stottie, (can't remember name of that move)
then there was one handed stuff, against the wall then up in the air..... I can still do it with satsumas or the like.

Best wishes
Lesley

Im sure we used to sing Dropsey Mother Brown also sang Archie Ball to to it.
Joette the tennis ball in tights thing was leathal wasnt it !
Skipping - we used to sing "Green Gravel Green Gravel your grass is so green, i sent you a letter complaining of the weather " then for what ever reason it turned into "and i'll tell your mother i saw you kissing (name) round the corner how many kissses give you give him" then the skipping got faster
Still got all the complete football sets of badges, coins, heads ect that you used to collect from the petrol stations in the 70's.
Remember the blue silk scarfe's with pop stars on ? still got my Bowie one
Also found my "clackers" a few months ago looking as battered as my wrists used to

Nearly forgot - i could never do that blowing a blade of grass between the fingers thing either

[LesleyB]

Hi Tracey

Still got all the complete football sets of badges, coins, heads ect that you used to collect from the petrol stations in the 70's.

Woah, I remember those. Had a complete set of the history of flying from Icarus to landing on the moon; silver coins all set in a card background, and a set of 3D wild animal cards, tigers, elephants, that sort of thing and also Przwalskis horse (which made an impression only because I'd not heard of them before the 3D cards!!) . And another set of larger cards called "Great Britons" - there was an album to put those cards in. I think those were all from visits to the local Shell garage.

Also found my "clackers" a few months ago looking as battered as my wrists used to

Oh boy, brings back the memories. Those were fun. Do you remember all the scares on telly about the sub-standard clackers which allegedy were prone to smashing up when "clacked" with any great speed??

Best wishes
Lesley

[AndrewP]

An "of its time" game that we had was a variation of Snap cards. They depicted coins of assorted value, comapring "new pence" to "old pennies". From about 1971 I assume. I think they are still in the cupboard in what is now my brother's house (was previously my parents' house).

Alongside my prized 10-shilling note and half-crown of my birth-year is a dollar note from the Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, some Reichsmarks and various pre-Euro coins from around Europe. I think my "first set of decimal coins" must still be down the road.

All the best,

AndrewP