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I remember the savings stamps - someone used to come to the door selling them every week, we never knew her name she was always "the stamp lady" poor woman! I seem to remember that there were 6d stamps with a picture of a young Princess Anne on and Price Charles was worth 1/- !

What about the Grimm's fairy tale where a horse had it's head cut off? Seem to remember that it was then nailed up over a gateway or something from where it spoke to people! And these were considered nice stories for us?!! 

Isn't it strange though, all the gruesome tales we listened to and the dangerous activities we engaged in - I don't think any of us are scarred for life? (Can't vouch for our sanity though  )

Loving these threads, so many memories!!

Probably sounds a bit cruel but that's made me chuckle Greensleeves as it's so true - as kids we had a ghoulish fascination for injuries! I've been riding horses since I was a child and it's a fact that if you ride them then you fall off them yet the general reaction amongst us as kids was laughter. I remember a horse falling down on top of a girl in the mud once, pinning her underneath - we were hysterical when she emerged as she was like a bog monster and we cheerfully hoisted her back on again. It was only when she started swaying and talking rubbish that we realised that something wasn't quite right - she ended up in hospital for 3 days with concussion. Mind you as adults we're not much better, a few years ago I was catapaulted off my horse, turned in mid air and came down perfectly positioned to be wedged upside down in a ditch with my legs in the air in a V-sign. The 2 friends I was with couldn't do a thing as they were crying hysterically with laughter. Even the horse stared at me as if to say "oh you've got off then!" I got back on with as much dignity as I could muster 

 

The lack of politeness is not just confined to Genes, it happens all over the place, including on forums, mailing lists and Face Book.

I'm also fed up with the standard of messages I receive. Many are very poorly constructed with so little identifying information I have to write and ask to whom they are referring. I recently received one with just a surname, a common one at that!! 

Yes, I think the internet and mobile phones have a lot to answer for. Who writes letters these days? People dash off a quick email or sit on their mobiles using "text speak". There doesn't seem to be any thought for grammar or spelling any more and I wonder if people realise just how rude they can then appear?

Oh gosh I had one of those cookers too but mine worked by having a pan of meths lit in it - talk about lethal! Like you I wasn't allowed anywhere near it (why did they buy us these things?!) I can just remember my dad boiling up some lemonade in one of the little pans.