" OUR MOTHERS USED TO USE THEM"

 

           

       

 

YET AGAIN  IV'E BEEN  A WALKING OUT FOR ANOTHER DAY.

 

I'M GETTING PLENTY OF EXERCISE BEFORE AUTUMNS  ON IT'S WAY.

 

THE WEATHER WILL PROBABLY CHANGE THEN AND BE COLD AND WET AND DAMP.

 

SO I DON'T LIKE GETTING SOAKED WET THROUGH AND LOOKING LIKE A TRAMP. HE-HE.

 

I WAS BROWSING IN SHOP WINDOWS WHEN I CAME ON THIS ONE HERE.

 

SHOWING SOME GONE BY GADGETS  AND ALL OLD FASHIONED GEAR.

 

OUR MOTHERS USED TO USE THEM ONCE MORE I HAD A LAUGH.

 

BUT THATS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY  NOT FOR LAUGHING KATH

 

 

HE-HE JUST LOOK AT THE RINSO AND THE BIG ENAMEL BUCKET OF WHITE.

 

EEEEEE THIS BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES TO ME WHICH I KEEP HOLD OF TIGHT.

 

INSIDE MY HEART COS I LOVED THEM DAYS I KNOW I WAS ONLY A KID.

 

IT REMINDS ME OF THE GOOD TIMES  AND WHAT MY MOTHER DID.

 

 

 

LOOK AT THE OLD POT ROLLING PIN INSIDE THE WATER JUG .

 

SHE'D FILL THE JUG  UP IN THE  OLD POT SINK WHICH HAD A GREAT BIG RUBBER  PLUG.  HE-HE

 

NO FANCY STAINLESS SINK UNITS LIKE WE ALL  HAVE TODAY.

 

GADGETS OF THIS  KIND SHE USED AND WORKED HARD EVERY DAY.

 

 IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE CAN YOU SEE THE BLOCKS OF SOAP.

 

SHE SCRUBBED THE CLOTHES WITH DAILY AND THE WASHING LINE A ROPE.

 

GOOD GRIEF BLOCKS OF CARBOLICK AND THE OLD WOOODN PEGS LYING THERE.

 

IF YOU PUSHED THEM DOWN TOO HARD THEY WOULD SPLIT AND FLY  INTO  THE AIR......

 

THATS IF YOU DIDN'T SOAK THEM BEFORE YOU USED WHEN NEW.

 

LOOK TO THE RIGHT AND YOU CAN JUST SPOT THE OLD POTATOE MASHER TOO

 

 

 

 

MORE DISPLAY IN THE WINDOW THE OLD WHITE ENAMEL SCALES.

 

AND A PAIR OF WOODEN SHOE STRETCHERS I BET THEY COULD TELL A FEW TALES.

 

HE-HE I LOVED THIS SELECTION ON THE NEXT PICTURE THAT YOU CAN SEE.

 

A BATCH OF THINGS FROM THE KITCHEN ONE OR TWO HAVE BEEN USED BY ME.

 

LOOK IN THE BASKET AT THE FISH SLICE AND THE OLD WHISK FOR MIXING EGGS.

 

THE BREAD BOARD ON THE FLOOR AND THE KNIFE AND THE TEA COSY

NEAR THE CHAIR LEG.

 

IN TAPESTRY MATERIAL THEY WERE MADE STITCHED  LIKE AN OLD COTTAGE PIC.

 

AND THE COPPER PAN AT THE SIDE OF IT AND AN OLD STONE JAR BEHIND IT.

 

 

I  HAD TO TAKE THIS ONE BELOW AS A BABY I WAS RAISED ON THIS.

 

CAN YOU SEE THE OLD TIN  ON THE SHELF NATIONAL DRIED MILK I DIDN'T MISS.

 

THEN I SAW THE JELLY MOULD  AND REMEBERED OUR PARTY TIMES.

 

WHEN MOTHER WOULD MAKE US BLAMANGE AND STUFF AND PASTRIES OF EVERY KIND.

 

 

NUTBROWN FANCY BISCUIT CUTTERS AND THE CHEESE BOARD ON THE SHELF ABOVE.

 

HELPING MOTHER BAKE BISCUITS IS SOMETHING I DID LOVE.

 

I ENJOYED MY WALK OUT TO OLD TOWN  AND MORE MEMORIES IT BROUGH TO ME.

 

OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES OUR MOTHERS HAD USING ALL THESE THINGS YOU SEE.

 

THEY NEVER GRUMBLED AND MADE ANY FUSS IT WAS JUST THERE WAY OF LIFE.

 

HAPPY TO BE DOING ALL THERE CHORES AND BEING A REAL GOOD WIFE.

 

 

 

SO I HOPE I HAVE JOGGED YOUR MEMORIES TOO OF THE BYGONE AGE WE HAD.

 

WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMED SO HAPPY AND CAREFREE AND NOTHING WAS EVER TOO BAD.

 

THIS IS THE TOWN I WALKED TO AND I'M GOING AGAIN ONE DAY.

 

 

AS THERES LOTS MORE I WANT TO SHOW YOU FROM ROUND ABOUT THAT WAY.

 

I HAVE TO GO NOW  I'M BAKING FOR MY COUSINS IN HOSPITAL YOU SEE.

 

AND I'M TAKING HIM SOME GOODIES  ALONG TOMORROW RIGHT AFTER TEA.

 

I WON'T BE USING ANY OF THESE GADGETS BUT THERE STUCK IN MY MEMORY.

 

OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS WITH MY MOTHER AROUND AND ALL OF THE FAMILY.

 

HAVE A GOOD EVENING  MY J/LAND FRIENDS AND I HOPE YOU ARE ALL FEELING FINE.

 

BYE BYE FOR NOW TILL I POST AGAIN ABOUT OLD TOWN  IN  " MY SIMPLE RHYME"