August 6, 2008 at 6:45 am
· Filed under Way of life
- Wrote letters every week on Basildon Bond note paper, using a fountain pen, Quink ink and blotting paper
- Baked bread and cakes every day
- Washed, starched and ironed shirts
- Ran up the stairs two at a time
- Wore a hat and gloves to go shopping
- Changed her clothes and brushed her hair before my dad came home from work in the evening
- Spread butter an inch thick on her bread. Ugh!
- Wore nylon stockings with a suspender belt
- Collected Green Shield trading stamps and pasted them in a book.
- Solved maths problems in her head
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