Itemised phone bill that every call would be scrutinised. Any calls that were not recognised were highlighted with a highlighter pen and if it transpired that either my sister or I had made them in our teen years then we had to pay for them from our pocket money/ Saturday job earnings!
Phone only to be used after 6pm unless it was an emergency.
Mum queuing up at the bakery just after lunch on a Saturday when they were closing to get reduced bread and cakes.
knitting cardigans and jumpers for us when we were little
Taking sandwiches and a picnic on days out / long journeys. Frequently we would be sat in the car in a car park somewhere eating our picnic lunch. Never ever had food at the venue.
Never tissues to wipe noses. Mum or Dad would cut up old Terry nappies, old flannels into small squares for noses.
Never having suncream in the summer. It was a new fangled thing according to parents and a waste of money!
In winter snuggled up with duvets, gloves and hot water bottles because the heating was only on for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour at night when we were getting ready for school/ bed.
Fizzy pop and orange juice only at Christmas and Easter. It was too expensive and there was "perfectly good water from the tap or milk in the fridge"
Cutting up Christmas cards to make gift tags for the following year.
Having bubble and squeak every Monday for dinner with the left over roast meat from Sunday lunch.
Having one pair of Clark's school shoes to last from Sept- July.
Reusing tea bags
Dad taking us out, but refusing to park anywhere near our destination because he refused to pay for "rip off car park charges" we walked miles.