Just a wee bit before my time Brian! It was me that saved Britain from the Germans, Hitler saw me coming and gave up three months before I arrived!! :-) Chris Brian Cave wrote: > Funny how one remembers these things Chris - probably never thought > about them in umpteen years, but something jogs the memory and it all > comes flooding back. > > Talk in the news recently about making yobs wear a 'uniform' of boiler > suits - during the war they were called 'Siren Suits' and were very > popular as I'm sure you will recall. Probably the first time women > were allowed to wear trousers 'out' so to speak. > > Brian > > */Chris & Caroline <[email protected]>/* wrote: > > My mother died in 1986 and right up to then she was "turning the > collars" on Dads shirts, his shirts lasted him years through > having this > done. As soon as the collar was worn or badly stained out would > come the > scissors needle and white cotton. She used to darn all the socks, and > never once saw her use a toadstool only her hand. My gran had one > though. My aunt who is 96 still sends me a dozen white hankies each > Christmas, she makes them out of cotton sheets that are worn > out!!! And > they last three times as long as the ones you buy in the shops > nowadays, > even through boiling! > Chris > > > > Brian Cave wrote: > > >Ernest wrote: > >"I've got 4 pairs of socks need darning and countless shirts with > buttons missing." > > > >Now there's a wartime memory jogged too - I bet you can't even > get a darning toadstool nowadays - I remember mum 'turning shirt > collars' too, and sheets cut in half and 'turned' by sewing the > outter edges to the centre - the only material you could buy was > 'blackout material' Do you remember the 'utility' trademark in > clothing? > > > >Brian > > > > > > > >Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E > > > >Incoming mail is certified virus free > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) > >Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005 > > > > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >Visit Where your ancestors lived..... > >SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > > > >============================== > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added > in the > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date: > 19/05/2005 > > > > Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E > > Incoming mail is certified virus free > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) > Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date: 19/05/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date: 19/05/2005