Over 50's club

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riggys99 Aug 2023 11:36pm, 7 Aug 2023 2,318 posts	0 riggys99 First thing we made in woodwork was a spice rack. However in 1980 Sheffield for most of us spice was sweets not something you cook with. Many of us had something to put our Mars bars and Marathons with. The blackboard rubber was a favourite at my school. You got good reflex’s avoiding one thrown at you.
Sigh Aug 2023 8:00am, 8 Aug 2023 21,780 posts	0 Sigh Thanks, Flatlander
Lizzie Whizz Aug 2023 8:07am, 8 Aug 2023 27,915 posts	0 Lizzie Whizz My dad remembers the tin bath in front of the fire, his dad was a builder so it got quite mucky. My mum remembers having a marble slab in the larder, no fridge, copper on the boiler, the milkman's horse eating everyone's roses... Also the tinned food that had been stashed before the war. I remember her parents' meat safe outside the back door to store veg, as their lovely 50s fridge was quite small but did have an icebox. When we stayed with them the milk came everyday, and we walked to the village maybe every other day for bread, meat/fish, veg and the co-op. And we took the bag of crusts to feed the ducks on the way. Mum also remembers waking up & seeing her grandmother standing in the garden looking at the French windows on the lawn after a flying bomb went down the road
Jaks Aug 2023 8:08am, 8 Aug 2023 4,595 posts	0 Jaks I made a pair of trousers but I got the measurements wrong. I remember reading the report card where it said the trousers would have probably been a perfect fit for Cyril Smith.
Lizzie Whizz Aug 2023 8:09am, 8 Aug 2023 27,916 posts	0 Lizzie Whizz My brother's private school (scholarship) still used chalk, board rubber & gym shoe; the ultimate punishment was the slipper from the headmaster (very progressive, they'd given up the cane). He's 54.
Lip Gloss Aug 2023 8:09am, 8 Aug 2023 70,587 posts	0 Lip Gloss Kids today don't know the half of it ...God doubt lije an oldie 🤣🤣
Lip Gloss Aug 2023 8:10am, 8 Aug 2023 70,588 posts	0 Lip Gloss sound like - can't see without my hearing aids or hear without my specs 🫣🤪
Lizzie Whizz Aug 2023 8:11am, 8 Aug 2023 27,917 posts	0 Lizzie Whizz I made a keyring from thermoplastic, a desk calendar from sheet metal & wooden cubes, a quilted bag, a blouse, and lots of 80s food - the Home Ec department got a microwave
Eynsham Red Aug 2023 8:34am, 8 Aug 2023 9,855 posts	0 Eynsham Red First thing we made in woodwork was a spice rack. However in 1980 Sheffield for most of us spice was sweets not something you cook with. Many of us had something to put our Mars bars and Marathons with. The blackboard rubber was a favourite at my school. You got good reflex’s avoiding one thrown at you. A spice rack was my second project in woodwork. A bit of a waste of time as spice hadn’t been invented in 1967 and we already had pots for salt and pepper!
jelly Aug 2023 8:50am, 8 Aug 2023 5,495 posts	0 jelly I made a seagrass stool! I can remember cutting pieces and making the joints, even weaving the top. We had it for years. My mum still has a bit of cross stitch I did at primary school, a tray cloth. In sewing at high school I made summer dresses and eventually for o level a 3 piece suit!