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I think I know which ones you mean.

let me just say i had a deprived childhood and have absolutely no idea what you are referring to - most of the christmas gifts i got were second hand or totally pointless like a bag of rags and for my birthday i always got money so that i could buy my school uniform with it.

I remember one christmas,i'd of been about 8, my mum got me a secondhand bike,it was quite a scruffy little bike with a wonky seat,but my mum shined it up and i loved it so much,my first proper bike ! It snowed quite heavily that christmas though so my brother dug a pathway through the snow so i could try it out ,it was great

oh i did have a womble - the only thing that was ever bought for me at christmas that was brand new was the beano annual - my parents once bought me a petite type writer that was second hand but i couldnt use it christmas day as they didnt buy any paper to use with it and the ink ribbon had virtually no ink in it.

its like the bag of rags, they bought it so i could make dolls clothes for my dolls but we didnt have any needles or cotton to sew with so they remained a bag of rags

how mean of our parents to think that we just want to look at our gifts and not use them

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ooooo pens now i would have loved having loads of pens - maybe thats why i cant pass a stationers without spending a fortune

one christmas my mum sid that late christmas eve i asked santa for a black doll, she stayed up late making one out of a pair of old blackout curtains( how old does that make me sound) I had it for ages and called it lulu, it had brass curtain rings for earrings. are we still on for the globe on sunday, and if so does anyone know where and when we are meeting,

see i wouldnt have minded the second hand gifts if thought had gone into what was given so that i could have maximised the potential of the gift.

i was born in 1947 so there was still rationing when i was small, mum dad and my grandmum and grandad gave up their sugar cupons for ages to buy my first easter egg. i still have my identity card somewhere. tots, my mum loves books set around life during the war, if she has any i'll bring them along and you can see if you fancy reading any

I dont think she had any Maureen Lee, but she gets through 2-3 books a week, i have a job keeping her supplied, but we sell and rent books at work to raise money for childen in need and i am working my way through them all. i'll keep my eye open for mauren lee. any idea about sunday and the globe

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My mum has a book called 'the pantry under the stairs' ,its written by a lady from Leicester who was a little girl in the war and she used to go in the pantry when there was an air raid. It brought back so many memories for my mum,as she was the same age as the girl in the book and went through the same things

my dad was born at the beginning of the second world war. he lived in scotland on the east coast but remembers the beach being cordoned off with barbed wire so it was out of use. he also remembers eating his first banana he took the skin off and tried to eat that and threw the actual banana away.

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Its nice to see so many on again tonight

I have a signed copy of that book Shelmor it is really good. I used it when I did my A level history project which I based on the lives of women during the second world war. It was brill doing that as I managed to find a few old ladies to interview about there experiences, and learn all there little tricks for getting by without makeup etc.

hello craze - makeup whats make up - never bother with it

You should go to the V festival at Cosby this year if you want to find out about WW2 clothing Tots. Its a brill weekend and everyone dresses up and re-enacts WW2 scenes etc. It on the weekend of the 6th September this year. I normally go dressed in my 1940's gear so I don't look out of place

Oh thats good shamrock, bet it was a really interesting project too. My mum has told me quite a few things about what it was like being a child in those days . She remembers bananas coming into the shops too

my brother in law lives in cosby and goes every year, he has just been to rent his costume.

I still have my project and tapes of the interviews. I got my best make of the whole A-level on that project. If you ever fancy a look let me know and I'll sort it out for you.

I totally loved doing it as WW2 is my favourite period in history. I'd happily hop in a time machine, go back and try to live my way through the war.