This evening, whilst on my hands and knees (weeding garden) I was struck by a thought. Not a usual occurrence I agree, but I was transported back to the mid 1950s. In those days my mother used to purchase the "English Women's Weekly". It contained a comic strip of Rupert Bear, many advertisements for matron's amour-plated foundation garments, and a smudgy advert for a genuine lucky Cornish Piskey Charm called "Joan the Wad." Anyone else remember? Anyone sucked in? Any matrons sucked in? Joan has made it to Google which may, or may not, be lucky.. B

I suppose that those matrons might have needed "amour-plated foundation garments" according to their circumstances but the possibilities seem to be limitless! Brian of Yass nr Canberra, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of A & B Currie Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014 6:00 PM To: cornish Subject: [CORNISH] How is your memory? This evening, whilst on my hands and knees (weeding garden) I was struck by a thought. Not a usual occurrence I agree, but I was transported back to the mid 1950s. In those days my mother used to purchase the "English Women's Weekly". It contained a comic strip of Rupert Bear, many advertisements for matron's amour-plated foundation garments, and a smudgy advert for a genuine lucky Cornish Piskey Charm called "Joan the Wad." Anyone else remember? Anyone sucked in? Any matrons sucked in? Joan has made it to Google which may, or may not, be lucky.. B ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message