To feel "posh"

I got DS a toweling all in one outfit for this summer. It's only from Next and in the sale too but very cute and at 2 he probably won't want to be dressed up like that much longer.

Althoigh I'm not really an authority on 'posh'. As a teen I was reading a friend's copy of tatler and the cover model was covering up the L and my mum asked me if the magazine was called 'tater. To be honest tater magazine would probably be more me!

Posh for me was being able to afford enough socks and underwear to last over a week. That was a while ago.

These days, it's dropping three figures on lunch for four, having parmesan cut from the wheel, and building a gaming PC because I'm 60 and fuckit.

Up to you @Maggiesfarm - it is a lovely thread in the main. A bit of gentle escapism. And I’m enjoying hearing all about everyone’s special moments. Those of their own and those they’ve shared with their children. ❤️

Oh sorry, I'll bow out. It was just that talking about night trains to and from Cornwall reminded me because, at that time, I was planning on doing that journey.

Not all the posts have been lighthearted - but no matter.

All over now. C U later.

@Maggiesfarm are you the thread fun sponge? You still don’t seem to get the light heated aspect of this thread!

www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2018-07-06/train-fire-that-took-twelve-lives-remembered-40-years-on

I loved Agatha Christie, still do! Death on the Nile.

Travelling first class on the train from Cairo to Luxor thirty years ago when I was 18. ❤️

I’ve been on the night train to Cornwall! Lovely looking out at the passing scenery and I got a free cuppa and bacon sandwich which was an unexpected bonus. The night train to Cairo sounds amazing!
Agree re Agatha Christie type stations. In fact you’ve just made me realise why I love watching Agatha Christie on TV - it’s the element of old
fashioned posh
I agree, this is a lovely thread and is making me feel grateful for small luxuries that are personal to you.

Love these trains. Friend lives in small country town that has preserved its station and not concrete and steeled it into modern oblivion. When I get the train from there into London (are u going to Town?) It feels very Enid Blyton/Agatha Christie. Lovely.

I've just added catching the night train to Cornwall to my Bucket List 😊

@FuckingHateRats

I did this (bookshop had a coffee shop) and my mum thought we spoilt them too as they had so many books

I really really want to go on a night train to Cornwall. It’s brought back a long forgotten childhood memory of a night train to Aviemore . My dad worked for British Rail and this must have been a perk of the job! Only time we went anywhere than Sandown or Weston super mare!

@MrsTerryPratchett
“are you new?”

love it

DH usually works at weekends, but one Saturday had a cancellation. I needed a dress for a charity ball that we were going to a few weeks later, so we went into Manchester with DD. DH treated me to a gown from Biba, plus another dress, and DD chose some clothes too. Then he took us downstairs to an Italian cafe where I had a glass of crisp dry white wine and a lobster risotto.

I felt proper posh that day- I usually get mine and DD’s clothes from charity shops (by choice- we love a good rummage ).

I do feel a bit posh when we are out for a bike ride with DS. He has a Woom bike and we've also got a FollowMe attached to my adult bike. Seems incredibly middle-class where we are. Not sure whether those are a thing in the UK.
Also makes me feel posh that I have to go and buy school uniform for him because he's at private school. No school uniforms at state schools here...(I work there, so we get a large fee reduction.)

Night train to Cornwall makes me think of a fire on a train with me in a sleeper carriage and the door not opening.

That happened to some unfortunate rail passengers when I was a teenager. It was on the news. I had been thinking of going to Cornwall, which I loved, on such a train, had always fancied a sleeper. I've never wanted to do it since.

I don't think I have ever felt 'posh', I'm just me.

Night train to Cornwall just screams Famous Five to me, I hope its as wonderful as it sounds.

@MySecretHistory

Anyone who uses the word posh is not. You are safe.

Anyone of breeding would forbear to mention this.

I’ve loved this thread! I wish my lovely old dad was still here, he would have loved hearing all these stories and no doubt added loads himself.

There have been a few moments.

1. at university doing formal meals. I’d gone to a crap state school and then put into this world of Harry Potter-esque dining with gowns. I thought it was amazing.

2. when I moved from grad scheme to the next stage my salary went up significantly and I got myself a mulberry Bayswater to celebrate. I felt all swishy and like I belonged in the successful London crowd.

I’ve loved this thread so much. Posh for me is a day out in Manchester finishing with a wander round the perfume hall in Selfridges and a cup of tea at the cafe there. Other things would be using Deliveroo (we did this on holiday recently- we can’t get it in our village) it felt really exciting! Anything at all to do with Liberty’s fabric and secondhand cashmere. I recently found some gorgeous Boden fully lined wool trousers (secondhand) and I’m very much looking forward to feeling posh in them!

[quote leopardprintpants]@Feedingthebirds1

You've caught me out.

It's actually me, Kate Middleton aka Leopardprintpants

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Really?

I have some leopard print knickers in my drawer upstairs. Haven't worn them for years, I might now just for a treat.