If Mumsnet existed in the 1950s, what would be posted about?

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I was just wondering this....

Where can I put the pram in my house? It's too big for the hallway. Where do you store yours?

Ouch 😪

If you find yourself running out of time to make a cake in time for your DH to arrive home from work, for example you may have spent the day beating the rugs outside or getting in a wrangle with the mangle, or it may just be that you underestimated the time it would take to fix your hair as the curls weren't properly taking. (Tip for next time - egg white).

Finally your attention turns to the cake you promised, only to discover you are out of self-raising flour and there isn't time to pop to the grocers. Fear not, it's easy to make your own! Everyone has plain flour and baking powder in the cupboard, all you have do is combine plain flour with some baking powder and it magically turns into self-raising flour. I know! How come my Grandma didn't tell me that!

Anyway, as I was saying. You will have some jars of strawberry or raspberry jam left from your summer jam-making (happy days!), so I suggest a simple Victoria Sponge, with your home-made jam sandwiched deliciously between two perfect golden spheres.

Oh your DH is in for a treat! And maybe you are too later, OP! Having charmed him with your freshly done hair and make-up, why not pop a cherry on top? I would!

A friend of mine was asking where she could buy extra ration coupons (we are pre 1953). AIBU to not tell her that Albert sells them out of the Churchill Arms on a Thursday, as then there will be less for me?

How can I stop Ruby at the telephone exchange from telling everyone my telephone conversations?

Any tips for pushing laundry through a mangle? Dot at no 32 lost two fingers last week.

Is it healthy to listen to the wireless for more than two hours a day?

I've noticed that my neighbour, Mary, hasn't been wearing a girdle lately. Should I ask the Vicar to have a word with her?

How do people make their rissoles tasty?

It's my 21st coming up and my parents have offered to pay to have all my teeth removed to avoid a lifetime of dental problems. I know it's an incredibly generous 21st birthday present but for some reason I'm not so sure. I don't want to upset them but I quite like my teeth.

WWYD? (I just made up that abbreviation (😀), it means 'what would you do').

My DD is showing signs of being left handed ; I’ve made her a little mitten to tie it behind her back and make her use her right hand. Any other ideas to stop the left handedness?

[my grandma did this to my DM in 1952. Grandma’s ideas about many things were straight out of the Middle Ages! She also had issues with pregnant women being seen in public (seriously)]

Is it just me, or is Mr. Scholes in the butcher's being a funny sod with everyone? Three weeks in a row he said he had no suet, how am I supposed to make steak and kidney pudding with no suet? My husband's getting really angry now, I'm supposed to make it once a week.

Based on discussions with older family members about events/concerns about that time:

• My DD has passed her 11+ and got in to grammar school a bus ride away from home. Is there any point in sending her?
• My DD is taking A levels and says she doesn't want to get married and have children. She's obviously very clever and wants something she refers to as a 'career'. Can anyone with a similarly unruly DD advise whether she should be a secretary or a primary school teacher whilst she waits to find the right man?
• I've been married for a couple of years but we don't have children yet. My DH says if I want that we need to share a bed (or at least a bedroom). My late mother always told me men who suggest such things are wrong'uns. He's always been really kind to me before, but is this a sign that he's a bad lot? We have 2 bedrooms so it seems silly to share, especially when I'm expecting to have a crib in mine any time. Should I stand my ground and wait for God to give me a baby?

I have got a bit plump so have gone on a diet - no potatoes or sweets, just lots of savoury stuff like cheese and steak, and grapefruit for breakfast. I'm really struggling to lose anything though. Any advice?

My husband hasn't been the same since he got back from France/Burma/Germany. He won't tell me what happened, but I can tell he thinks about it a lot. He gets angry quickly and he's me and DC. How can I help him?

We bought a TV to watch the coronation and the neighbours have asked if we can move it a bit so they can see in through our windows to watch it too.

CF or what?

DS has a temperature of 105 and has been hallucinating for couple of days. Do you think I should trouble the doctor?

I'm bored out of my fucking mind and feel like my brain is melting. WIBU to stick my head in the oven?

Oh gosh - that was my mum's age when she had my brother in July 1965. He was her third child!

Why are my husband's shirt collars not sharp enough? Am I using the wrong type of starch?

’Yesterday, when I was at Waterloo Station, a young lady handed me a petition to reprieve Ruth Ellis. I signed it as I think she was was suffering from temporary insanity, and her victim was allegedly abusive and caused her to miscarry. I also believe her two children should not be motherless, even though she was somewhat negligent at times. I know she provokes a strong reaction on here, and many of you think she’s a brassy tart, who wrongly thought she could marry into upper class society, and deserves her appointment with Mr Pierrepoint next Wednesday. However, AIBU to feel sympathy for her wretched situation?’

😂😂😂👏👏👏

I'm pregnant at 25, am I an old mum?

Oh yeah?

Conditioned by society to never complain and to put up with whatever life (and their husbands) threw at them, more like.

At the bottom of the garden - with the baby still in it, of course!

@MargoLivebetter you probably need to add more salt - Mum says at least a heaped tsp per rissole, more for the men's ones obviously. If people want more they can add it at the table.

My sanitary belt is uncomfortable, surely there's a better way

Not RTFT but there is an excellent book called Can Any Mother Help Me which features a letter writing circle of women in - I think - the pre-war period. Could have been later. Pretty much analogue Mumsnet

I love this, but it’s also sad 😢
Thank goodness so much has changed in recent years. Without fear of prosecution ♥️

Mother says I shouldn’t wash my hair during “the curse” Is she right?