Hi Margaret, Many thanks for your kind words. Surely living in Kent you went t hop picking?. Dinner was at noon, ran home from school, had dinner, rang back to school, no buses or cars in those days, still got an excellent pair of legs at 59 and five months old. Jam sandwiches were for tea time, after school, or home made pickled beetroot sandwiches, no meat only for father. but the bestest (ha Ha) sandwich of all was my Pan Yan ones, used to take them during my train-spotting trips, down to London, aged 10, just with one similar aged friend to go to the various other stations and see those different trains on different regions. Dad had bottled tea up at the allotment, scalding tea poured into an old pop bottle, wrapped around with an old towel incase it broke with the heat, (many times) then walk the mile to dad, with tea and sandwiches. Of course once there I had to do the weeding for hours on end, home to bed, bath was in a large tub situated in front of a roaring coal fire, as the eldest child, I was first in, followed by my two 'orrible sisters. don't forget going to nursery school, sleeping there in the afternoon and a camp bed and drinking a quarter pint of milk and the occasional orange juice, diluted, wonderful stuff. As for rain, here in Nottingham we lived and still do live at Sneinton. When the thunderstorms came, the water from the roads leading onto Oakdale road and then downwards on Sneinton dale, by the time it passed my house near the old Catholic school the whole road would be a raging torrent of white water, lasting hours. Aye duck, thee can write a book about it. regards John ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [SHEFF] More memories Dear John OH how wonderful. Are you sure your NOT my brother? its a mirror image of my wonderful childhood, mine spent in Kent but oh the same wonderful happy free and pervert free days of youth. we were in the woods all day with jam sarnies and a bottle of tea Yuk . Home at sunset to a good supper, bath and bed ,all to be done again tomorrow ,I cant remember one rainy day funny that Margaret Notts Uk ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 167 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!