[sausagesandcash]

are you familiar with the term 'a man's look'

Not familiar with that, but I know that a 'womans look' can cut! 

[Tullywood Farm]

Not familiar with that, but I know that a 'womans look' can cut! 
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That must be when you have lost your keys/phone/socks/undies/wallet/etc then!

 

Julie

[sandy]

  shame woolworths has gone, I used to buy my elastic from there, my girls used it for French Skipping so use to take it out of their Pyjamas

[sheila]

when I was young my mum used to get a long piece of elastic and sew my gloves on , one at each end and thread through my coat sleeves so I didnt lose them.. .. Yes we should seriously consider doing this with mens sock threading them through trouser legs .... then they'll have no excuses.

We used to have the gloves on strings. they were known as "idiot strings"

[Tullywood Farm]

I did not have any idiot strings.

Did used to have problems keeping my long white socks up though - mum used to get elastic from Woolworths and make little garters to keep my socks from falling down.

Didn't half leave a red mark on your legs though - did anyone else have garters for their school socks or was it just my mum that did it?

Julie

[doganjo]

I had the glove/mitt strings, and the garters round my legs - they didn't half itch when you took them off too, and the red mark took ages to go away.  Then there was the navy gym knickers that were too big and kept slipping down, and the green beret we had to knit that was never worn, and the embroidered tray cloth that never got finished, and the one sock - never got round to turning the second heel.  I think our Mums must ahve been bullies.  Mind you I've just watched 'Mini Miss UK' - what their Mums put them through was awful!

[sandy]

I used to wear garters too, socks must have been very loose in those days!!! I remember doing loads of sports in mine and they became very itchy, I then noticed a vein appear due to too tight garters, we also had lots of home made jumpers with either tight necks or baggy necks and made of itchy cheap wool, my mum knitted a cardie from cheap wool once and it grew and grew!!!! Clothing has certainly improved!!!!

[Tullywood Farm]

I was the only kid with hand knitted jumpers on our class, and I hated them!!

Much preferred the shop bought ones - it was actually cheaper to knit then - not anymore though - I love cottom jumpers and found some wool in a shop recently, it was going to cost me 110 euro to knit a garment - you could buy one in the shops for 60 without all the work -where do they get their prices from!!!

Julie

[sandy]

Hand knitted is Posh now!!!!

[lara]

We used to have the gloves on strings. they were known as "idiot strings"
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yep that sounds about right.

[lara]

'A mans look' is what a man does when he goes to have a look for something and cant find it.

[Tullywood Farm]

Oh yes - I know that one -
if it is not on view it is not there at all -
yet when you go back and pick up the shirt -
there it is hiding underneath it!   

So that's a mans look - 

Julie

[lara]

yes I had the garters for my socks too and I was also the only kid in my class to have hand knitted jumpers - I hated them as it was a sign of poverty - also all the other kids mums worked & mine didn't so that made me feel like a pauper too........ but now i'm older I realise that the other kids had shop bought jumpers cos their mums didn't have any time to knit for them, but had the extra income so bought their stuff. 

[Bobby]

I can remember my mum unpicking Dads jumper and recycling then for us kids - I was one of 7

[Tullywood Farm]

Hi Lara and Bobby

Yes - I remember that too - but really we had probably a better upbringing and ended up appreciating the finer things in life...

Mud, Kids, Animals, Pigs, Cats, struggling but getting there - much better off than we think really - my mum never worked again after having me - Dad expected her to be at home and be a proper housewife - was expected then by some folk, Dad was Irish and from a big family so his standards were based on his experience.

Still, might go back to school if its posh to wear hand knitted jumpers now - sure mum will have them in the attic somewhere  lol

Julie