When I Was A Kid We Were So Poor My Mother Took Up Knitting To Make A Few Quid...

sandyRoe | 22:59 Sat 14th Dec 2013 | ChatterBank

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But there's not many shops will take woolly fivers. :-)

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Blackiequine

Funny, I remember being fascinated by the lovely designs Jack Frost had left on the insides of the windows, but don't remember how cold it was, apart from when we first went to bed. It was lino on the floor too.

tamborine

we had dandelion leaves to wipe bums & they stopped the nettle stings

Khandro

Lino! you were lucky.

mikey4444

When my brothers and I were boys in the 50's and 60's I can never remember my Mum ever buying us jumpers. They were all handknits. Mum could knit, watch TV and talk, all at the same time. I think knitting is where this dubious reputation women have for being able to multi-task comes from.

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It's funny how a thread featuring a reject joke from a Christmas cracker can open such a rich seam of memories.

marval

We never had bought jumpers either, both my Mum and my Granny knitted.

emmie

we had woolly swimsuits, how they stretched and almost sank when they got wet, not a joke..

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