What did people do of an evening?

[mazwad]

I think Mary Simpson was one.

[genjen]

Oh definitely. But I am not convinced of my Sykes idea. I thought there was one with a longer name. My brain won't dig it out though.

Jen

[mazwad]

Lady Mary Radleigh(thanks to Google)  not sur if this will come up as a double post as I thought I had done it once already but its not showing.

[genjen]

Wikipedia is an amazing thing. Marys Radleigh, Field Simpson and Cotter. Teachers named Miss Gull and Miss Creef which was horribly like Miss Clish who was my real life headmistress in Redcar!

Jen

[stoney]

Wasn't it Dr. Gull?

I think Mary Field's hair was dark and bobbed, Mary Radleigh was blonde with a quiff, Mary Simpson wore her hair long but clipped back and Mary Cotter had plaits - how sad am I ?!

I used to get Bunty every week - do you remember the cut out dolls and clothes with tabs on the back page?

[genjen]

You are right, it was Dr Gull.

The dolls on the back were my absolute favourite thing when my sister, who was too old for such things, had finished reading the comic. I also used to have whole books full of cut-out dolls and clothes, as stocking fillers and birthday presents.

Can you imagine it now - " Oh dear, the i-pod you wanted was out of stock so I got you some paper dolls instead". If I ever have grand-daughters, I shall be tempted to try it.

Jen

[meles]

Coming from Nottinghamshire we often used to play Robin Hood, riding up and down the 'glen' on the wooden horses (if that's what you call them) on the wreck (park to those who don't know the term). We used to build up quite a speed - they'd never allow it now!

We used to play at the local wreck too.

It has only just this moment occurred to me that it was "rec" - recreation ground! 

Mind you, ours was in a bit of a state... 

meles

[stoney]

You are right, it was Dr Gull.

The dolls on the back were my absolute favourite thing when my sister, who was too old for such things, had finished reading the comic. I also used to have whole books full of cut-out dolls and clothes, as stocking fillers and birthday presents.

Can you imagine it now - " Oh dear, the i-pod you wanted was out of stock so I got you some paper dolls instead". If I ever have grand-daughters, I shall be tempted to try it.

Jen

I did try this with my daughter when she was about five or six - but she either managed to cut the "tabs" off, or they got torn with over-use!

Ah, memories!

Further to your mention of an i-pod - do you remember there was an offer in the comic about some kind of portable record player (for 45 rpm's!) I think it had a shoulder strap - ooh how I covetted that - but i never got one! 

[mazwad]

We used to stick those dolls on to a piece of card from a cornflakes box to make them stiffer and then cut them out.  No Pritt sticks in those days, we used something called cow gum that had a very strong smell and came in a tin.