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What were you raised on?

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AdeptHelper · Yesterday 19:45

Footbalo

OP posts:
GarlicEverything · Yesterday 22:11

Waitingfordoggo · Yesterday 20:30

This is a great thread. It’s amazing how you can get quite a picture of some posters’ backgrounds from just a few words.

Agreed 🤗 Well played, OP.

Cold, wet, difficult forced marches family walks up all the bastard Welsh mountains.

Shodan · Yesterday 22:11

Pressure-cooked grey food. Maternal anger. Protected by my brothers.

lissie123 · Yesterday 22:11

Redy Brek
crap TV
noise from a busy main road

Duncantoldme2 · Yesterday 22:14

Love, books, hand-me-downs, Weetabix

GordanoServices · Yesterday 22:14

The two Ronnies and my mother’s martyrdom

MrsMoastyToasty · Yesterday 22:15

Golf, caravanning, alcohol, The Two Ronnies and matey bubble bath.

Offherrockingchair · Yesterday 22:15

Second hand books and Findus Crispy Pancakes. Rola Cola and Panda Pops. At school, Read, Write and Remember, the Village with Three Corners and Ginn Maths. Long walks or a museum/stately home on a Sunday. Hoping the car would start!

Duncantoldme2 · Yesterday 22:15

Duncantoldme2 · Yesterday 22:14

Love, books, hand-me-downs, Weetabix

Antiques Roadshow and Ski Sunday

Patty101 · Yesterday 22:15

Roller boots, Coronation Street and hot buttery crumpets.

Mondaytuesdayhappydays · Yesterday 22:16

Coronation street, Freezer food , benign neglect

whippersnapper55 · Yesterday 22:16

Books, walks on the common, Sunday dinners, visits to Grandparents, caravan holidays, playing out, love and laughter 🥰

Betterbeingdead · Yesterday 22:17

You havnt lived till you've had ice on the inside of single glazed windows and you had to mind how you slid your foot down the bed so it didn't go through the holes in the sheet
And of course findus crispy pancakes

friedaklein · Yesterday 22:18

Lentils served 10 ways, all delicious
Stories read every night
High, high expectations
Medical care at home!

SeedsOfReason · Yesterday 22:19

FineFare 'Yellow Label' food and railways.

Duncantoldme2 · Yesterday 22:21

'You haven't lived till you've had ice on the inside of single glazed windows'

We had that too. With the pools of water on the window sill when it warmed up / rained

Those gas fires attached to the wall

RaraRachael · Yesterday 22:22

Boiled tatties and being forced to go to classical music concerts

Dfg15 · Yesterday 22:23

Air pie and windy pudding

MrsAvocet · Yesterday 22:26

Church, Girl Guiding and Corona pop.

WhichDoorIsOut · Yesterday 22:26

Johnny Cash and Jesus, with a side-order of buttered white bread and homemade chips

Dollymylove · Yesterday 22:40

Fresh air, freedom, respect for your elders , proper food

totallyoutnumbered · Yesterday 22:41

Fatty pork chops, choc ices, magnum pi and the golden girls

shellyleppard · Yesterday 22:46

Cigarette smoke, pipe tobacco smoke. Mince and tatties, smoked haddock cooked in milk. 50 p for the gas/electric and television (all slot meters).
A lot of library books

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · Yesterday 22:47

Tea and shame

Kickinthenostalgia · Yesterday 22:58

Manners, respect, fresh air and surprisingly a council estate 😂

Giraffehaver · Yesterday 23:01

Am dram and sarcasm

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