RE: CHILDHOOD CHRISTMAS MEMORIES - 2

#16 by Voltman , Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:05 am

Don't forget the Bluebird Toffees.

#17 by Slow Jo , Wed Dec 04, 2013 12:48 pm

One year roller skates and water pistol,got told of by dad ,roller skating with one foot only along the landing at 4 in the morning. happy days of childhood. Mom allways made her own christmas pud's we all had a stir and told make a wish. We had apple orange and a new penny as well in our stocking which was an old pillow case.

#18 by astoness , Wed Dec 04, 2013 4:43 pm

Quote: denniscarole wrote in post #15
Did you get an apple and orange in your pillow case.

Shard End boy.

hi dennis...apple and orange was in our stockings along with monkey nuts at the very bottom.. [You Monkey]

#19 by denniscarole ( deleted ) , Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:19 pm

We always used to get a bowl of assorted nuts for Christmas but you don't see them in houses now a days.

Shard End boy.

#20 by astoness , Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:34 pm

Quote: denniscarole wrote in post #19
We always used to get a bowl of assorted nuts for Christmas but you don't see them in houses now a days.

Shard End boy.

oh yes dennis i remember the bowls of nuts and the nutcrackers in the dish...also recall boxes of dates and orange and lemon jelly segments in a round box..blimey its all coming back to me now...

#21 by denniscarole ( deleted ) , Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:38 pm

What a memory orange and lemon segments they were vile as I remember.

Shard End boy

#22 by astoness , Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:55 pm

dennis i loved the orange and lemon slices..you can still get them..does anyone remember the sugar mice we hung on the christmas tree...came in colours of pink..white and yellow..

#23 by denniscarole ( deleted ) , Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:03 pm

Yes I remember them now. I wouldn't have though if you hadn't have mentioned them.

Shard End boy

#24 by astoness , Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:21 pm

this is whats so good about threads like this dennis...sometimes we forget things but other members can jog our memories...

#25 by Slow Jo , Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:23 pm

Does anyone else remember father christmas coming to Lewis's in the town? If I remember right didn't he start from M and B brewery Cape Hill to Aston, Lozells, Handsworth, Hockley to the town and Lewis's, all us kids and mom would be there when he went past, a scene not to be missed.

#26 by astoness , Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:31 pm

jo think i may have been taken to lewis.s a couple of times..what i remember most is going to the lucas gt king st christmas parties...all the folk who worked their took their kids....

#27 by Sheldonboy , Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:57 pm

I remember going to see Father Christmas and Uncle Holly in Lewis's, you had to queue from the ground floor and follow on up about six floors. I can't remember how long it took it seemed hours. You always came away with a nice present though.

#28 by denniscarole ( deleted ) , Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:50 pm

Father Christmas and uncle Holly 5th floor Lewis's Brilliant

Shard End boy.

#29 by astoness , Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:09 pm

father christmas at the lewis store dated 1950s

#30 by denniscarole ( deleted ) , Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:12 pm

That may have been you or me or anybody else on here you just don't know.

Shard End boy.

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