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Reading Festival 2006
Mac:
Ah yes, I do remember a certain 'froglette'.
Rodders:
--- Quote from: "Simon" ---Garden?? You had a garden? You were blessed! We had a six square foot yard, and that was only for t' lavvy, which incidentally had no roof or rear wall after next door's chinmey fell on it in the bombing. We never found Grandpa after that.
We were evironmentally friendly even in those days, as we had to use t' water from t' tin bath to flush t' lav - that's what tha call recycling!
--- End quote ---
Of course, when I say 'garden' it were more a small heap of builder's rubble, but it were good honest rubble - not like t' rubbish they try and fob you off with nowadays. Every week, we'd borrow a toothbrush from't workhouse and polish each lump of brick until it gleamed. We didn't have a front door, so we scribbled t' house number on't ear of a stray dog. There were hell to pay when it wandered off one day and t' parish relief officer couldn't find us to deliver t' weekly gruel ration.
mistybear:
--- Quote from: "Rodders" ---That sounds like the voice of experience. :shock:
--- End quote ---
Yes it is, I was over there in 1987 and saw it for myself. :laugh:
Mind you I wasn't that keen on bathing in the water that came out of the taps in London.
Mac:
Not when the water has been re-cycled seven times. Ugh!
Sandra:
We keep the best water for us northerners Misty, after we have washed in it and done other unspeakable stuff with it we send it down to London :D
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