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[trastrick]

10 minutes ago, cuttsie said:

Recall well ,smashing neighbours we used to borrow sugar etc from each other , My old ma used to say . "Nip next door and ask Mrs Humphries to lend me a bit of sugar "    . it was wrapped up in a bit of news paper and dispatched back and forth . Remember Gordens sister to , was it Madge ??????

Madge. Lovely lady, lovely family. My 3 step sisters all went on to do well in life.

 

Gordon was my best pal although we never saw eye to eye on politics.  We'd stay up all night playing chess and smoking Woodbines, and arguing about politics. I'd be around 16. 

 

Some things don't change! 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2023 by trastrick

[cuttsie]

15 minutes ago, trastrick said:

Madge. Lovely lady, lovely family. My 3 step sisters all went on to do well in life.

 

Gordon was my best pal although we never saw eye to eye on politics.  We'd stay up all night playing chess and smoking Woodbines, and arguing about politics. I'd be around 16. 

 

Some things don't change! 

 

 

We were all socialists ( inc a couple of Communists called Mills ) on the Gleadless Crescent . 

No one had a car and only one family (The kitts ) had a phone . So they were considered posh .

 

Near by on the Common lived a future Sheffield MP , They always preached Communism to us lot on the Corporation houses but they lived in a posh semi detached , Took it all with a pinch of salt we did .

 

Mr Mills mentioned above was a little mester with a work shop on Hill Street near Bramall Lane he cycled every where never got a bus . He and his Mrs cycled to Moscow Russia on a tandem . He taught me all about what it means to be a true socialist .A lovely couple were the Mills /.

[Anna B]

On 26/05/2023 at 18:12, harvey19 said:

I may be being presumptious here but consider many , if not most, posters on this forum are of retirement age.

I am past my 3 score and 10 years as I know several others are.

Is my presumption correct or am I wrong ?

I think you're probably right. We all grew up post war in a time of great hope, when anything seemed possible. All baby boomers who had all the benefits of the Welfare state behind us  during our formative years which helped shape us and our opinions.

 

Sadly The world is very different now, though some of them don't seem to realise just how much things have changed.

 

[harvey19]

3 minutes ago, Anna B said:

I think you're probably right. We all grew up post war in a time of great hope, when anything seemed possible. All baby boomers who had all the benefits of the Welfare state behind us  during our formative years which helped shape us and our opinions.

 

Sadly The world is very different now, though some of them don't seem to realise just how much things have changed.

 

On change I notice on here is that there is a tendency to criticise every thing instead of being grateful for what we have. There used to be a saying used regularly when I was young which was, "Stop moaning and be grateful for what you've got "

[trastrick]

Just now, cuttsie said:

We were all socialists ( inc a couple of Communists called Mills ) on the Gleadless Crescent . 

No one had a car and only one family (The kitts ) had a phone . So they were considered posh .

 

Near by on the Common lived a future Sheffield MP , They always preached Communism to us lot on the Corporation houses but they lived in a posh semi detached , Took it all with a pinch of salt we did .

 

Mr Mills mentioned above was a little mester with a work shop on Hill Street near Bramall Lane he cycled every where never got a bus . He and his Mrs cycled to Moscow Russia on a tandem . He taught me all about what it means to be a true socialist .A lovely couple were the Mills /.

Both me Grandads were devout Communists, Tom wouldn't even allow the family to listen to Churchill or the King on the wireless.

 

Our paper was the Daily Worker. "Uncle Joe" Stalin was our friend.

 

But both were dear gentlemen who taught me how to mend stuff, repair shoes, the fine art of fishing all day catching nowt and enjoying it, and gardening,  To the pictures twice a week, And took us on long Sunday afternoon walks up though the woods to your "posh" area. And and let me read their books.

 

Gordon started off no different, but he was overwhelmed by Flo and us 5 kids who he eventually got to see do well in the capitalist world. Bless him!

[Anna B]

1 hour ago, trastrick said:

Both me Grandads were devout Communists, Tom wouldn't even allow the family to listen to Churchill or the King on the wireless.

 

Our paper was the Daily Worker. "Uncle Joe" Stalin was our friend.

 

But both were dear gentlemen who taught me how to mend stuff, repair shoes, the fine art of fishing all day catching nowt and enjoying it, and gardening,  To the pictures twice a week, And took us on long Sunday afternoon walks up though the woods to your "posh" area. And and let me read their books.

 

Gordon started off no different, but he was overwhelmed by Flo and us 5 kids who he eventually got to see do well in the capitalist world. Bless him!

My Grandad was an army man, fought in the first world war, signed the pledge in order to marry my Grandma (her condition, a devout methodist.) and after what he'd seen in the War, became a big Union man. Very kind and very clever, he was a lovely man, liked the simple things in life, and could turn his hand to anything.

Also they were very good parents to my Dad, as he was to me. Y'see I believe we follow the examples set by our parents, so it has to be good.

Good Parenting is one of the most important things you can do for a child, but it's not easy, and probably just as hard today, especially when both parents are working long hours trying to keep the wolf from the door... Who has time for the kids? 

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Anna B said:

... Also they were very good parents to my Dad, as he was to me. Y'see I believe we follow the examples set by our parents, so it has to be good. ...

This isn't necessarily the case, especially once a child becomes aware of life beyond the family and learns that their reality up to then might not be the acceptable norm.  Sometimes parents serve more as a horrible warning of what not to do rather than as good examples, and some kids are fortunate enough to be able to try to break the pattern.

[trastrick]

19 hours ago, cuttsie said:

Same here Trasty , Although I have never caught up with the education I have longed for  , Left the Prince Edwards school of how well you are dressed counts on  a Friday ,      Started work on the following Monday with a bloody shire horse , ( See first day at work and end up with a horse )   on these pages .

My first day on the job was washing the Managing Directors Daimler in Paradise Square.

 

I got an "A" for that!

[Jack Grey]

2 hours ago, trastrick said:

My first day on the job was washing the Managing Directors Daimler in Paradise Square.

 

I got an "A" for that!

Is that a "Euphemism"? 😉

[trastrick]

30 minutes ago, Jack Grey said:

Is that a "Euphemism"? 😉

Maybe an eucherism.

 

I used to stand on that white second floor balcony with my Park Drive and a milky coffee ("caffè latte" for you "educated" types) at break time.

 

Didn't realize at the time it was the same balcony where John Wesley stood in 1779 and famously preached to crowds.

 

"I preached in Paradise Square in Sheffield to the largest congregation I ever saw on a weekday ", it says on the plaque.

 

 

 

Sums up my life, really.

 

From Paradise (Square) to Paradise (Island)