Remember when again...

[Maggie.]

I had a red white and blue dress for the Coronation that had come all the way from America - I felt quite important in that. 

I still have my Coronation mug inscribed with the name of a local mill owner who donated the mugs to all the school children of the town.  I didn't smash mine GS - in fact I've still got it.       I also remember we were all given a long thin tin box filled with Cadbury's Neopolitan chocolates all laid neatly side by side.  The box was purple with lots of fleur-de-lis surrounding an image of the Queen's head.  The box doubled up as a pencil box once all the chocs had been eaten.

[mare]

Going back to Gollies for a moment ... and to mark the thread  I made one at school about year 8, a class project. There is often a trade stall I go to at craft shows that feature beautiful gollies, allowed to use the shortened version of previous name of course.


Does anyone remember the Gonk? somewhere in the 60's a bit of a craze. Several friends had one, just a humpty dumpty shape. I hadn't the pocket money to get the real thing but made one in miniature 

[radstockjeff]

How about Milly Molly Mandy?  Can't remember who wrote it though.

radstockjeff

[candleflame]

Not born when the Coronation was on I'm afraid. OH says they went to a neighbours house to watch it as they had a tv and he didn't/

Yes I remember Gonks!! Think ours was home made too

[Maggie.]

I remember Gonks.  Our son aged just two won one at a fair.

[groom]

I can't remember the Coronation, just what I was told we did. There was a party in our street and somewhere I have a photo of us seated at a long table. We were given Coronation money boxes which looked like a book and had a key, like this one, but mine was white. It is still upstairs, and I still have the key. 

I looked it up and they are selling for at least £4. 

[Wiggy]

I remember when I was very small that my father read a bed-time story to me and my brother which involved jungle animals.

Anyone remember the Just So stories by Rudyard Kipling

Specially the Elephants Child going to 'the Great grey Greasy Limpopo River all set about with Fever trees'   Loved that story!

[Greensleeves]

For some reason, Jan's picture of the money-box reminded me of National Savings stamps.  We used to have to take 3d or 6d (can't remember which) to school each week out of our pocket money to buy a savings stamp which was put in a book.  I think once you got a full page, you could cash it in.

[groom]

For those in the UK this might bring back some memories of Christmas past http://ukchristmastv.weebly.com/

My brother found his old school savings book recently, it was interesting as he obviously saved up to Christmas and then drew it all out. After Christmas he put quite a bit in - presumably money he'd been given for Christmas and then drew it all out again in July ready for the Summer holidays.