We still have one of those gas holders in our town. t's about to be pulled down to make way for new buildings 

thats a mouthful

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

  My mum was the same - blooming hospital corners so the bed was like a straight jacket

Yes ...and with two nurses for parents I didn’t stand a chance 

Baz posted:

 

 

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

like bloody army blankets and flannelette' sheets  

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

thats a mouthful

Light bulb is better 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Central heating 

Now you’re talking 

Getting better by the minute 

Yes ...still no WiFi though 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

 

 

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

like bloody army blankets and flannelette' sheets  

Yes 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

  My mum was the same - blooming hospital corners so the bed was like a straight jacket

Yes ...and with two nurses for parents I didn’t stand a chance 

 My mum did nursing training too 

Yogi19 posted:

We had coal fires in the bedrooms when I was really young 

we did, they were only lit if someone was ill though, probably couldn't afford the coal to run them all Yogi 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

 

 

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

like bloody army blankets and flannelette' sheets  

Flannelette is back in fashion for bedding 

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

yes same here with  a hot water bottle-never had one for years

Baz posted:

Yes ...still no WiFi though 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

  My mum was the same - blooming hospital corners so the bed was like a straight jacket

Yes ...and with two nurses for parents I didn’t stand a chance 

 My mum did nursing training too 

Yogi19 posted:

Flannelette is back in fashion for bedding 

not in this house it ain't 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yogi19 posted:

We had coal fires in the bedrooms when I was really young 

we did, they were only lit if someone was ill though, probably couldn't afford the coal to run them all Yogi 

TBH, I think it was a similar situation with us. We always had hot water bottles.

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

yes same here with  a hot water bottle-never had one for years

Stone hot water bottles when I was young 

Waders!

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Flannelette is back in fashion for bedding 

not in this house it ain't 

What were those sheets that used to have static? 

Yogi19 posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

 

 

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

like bloody army blankets and flannelette' sheets  

Flannelette is back in fashion for bedding 

Yes 

Yogi19 posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Flannelette is back in fashion for bedding 

not in this house it ain't 

 

What were those sheets that used to have static? 

Brushed nylon 

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

yes same here with  a hot water bottle-never had one for years

Stone hot water bottles when I was young 

One of my papas had one of those.

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Flannelette is back in fashion for bedding 

not in this house it ain't 

 

What were those sheets that used to have static? 

Brushed nylon 

That’s it.

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Flannelette is back in fashion for bedding 

not in this house it ain't 

nor here

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

yes same here with  a hot water bottle-never had one for years

Stone hot water bottles when I was young 

One of my papas had one of those.

I broke several ....I kept kicking them out of bed 

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

yes same here with  a hot water bottle-never had one for years

Stone hot water bottles when I was young 

blimey

Yogi19 posted:

TBH, I think it was a similar situation with us. We always had hot water bottles.

we did Yogi and I always remember ice on the inside of the windows making pretty patterns 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

yes same here with  a hot water bottle-never had one for years

Stone hot water bottles when I was young 

One of my papas had one of those.

I broke several ....I kept kicking them out of bed 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

What were those sheets that used to have static? 

Brushed nylon 

I remember a green stretch one I thought was lovely 

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

yes same here with  a hot water bottle-never had one for years

Stone hot water bottles when I was young 

blimey

Let’s just say they were no good for tucking between your legs ....or cuddling 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yogi19 posted:

TBH, I think it was a similar situation with us. We always had hot water bottles.

we did Yogi and I always remember ice on the inside of the windows making pretty patterns 

Yes, we had rooms like that too 

Baz posted:

 

 

What were those sheets that used to have static? 

Brushed nylon 

good grief, I hope they never come back 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

yes same here with  a hot water bottle-never had one for years

Stone hot water bottles when I was young 

One of my papas had one of those.

I broke several ....I kept kicking them out of bed 

I have electric blankets on the beds but still have a few hot water bottles (not stone ones). Useful when I was having stomach spasms.

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yogi19 posted:

TBH, I think it was a similar situation with us. We always had hot water bottles.

we did Yogi and I always remember ice on the inside of the windows making pretty patterns 

Me too  Used to scrape it off with your nails 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

 

 

What were those sheets that used to have static? 

Brushed nylon 

 

good grief, I hope they never come back 

Me too 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yogi19 posted:

TBH, I think it was a similar situation with us. We always had hot water bottles.

we did Yogi and I always remember ice on the inside of the windows making pretty patterns 

 Yes 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yogi19 posted:

TBH, I think it was a similar situation with us. We always had hot water bottles.

we did Yogi and I always remember ice on the inside of the windows making pretty patterns 

yes  we had gas fires and a coal fire up until I was about 10

And now we have LED lights 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

central hearting  I remember having that many blankets on the bed I thought I was parallelized, I couldn't move.  

Ditto ....and itchy blankets ....and my mum tucked us in so tightly you couldn’t even move 

yes same here with  a hot water bottle-never had one for years

Stone hot water bottles when I was young 

One of my papas had one of those.

I broke several ....I kept kicking them out of bed 

 

I have electric blankets on the beds but still have a few hot water bottles (not stone ones). Useful when I was having stomach spasms.

Yes I have one for cuddling too 

Baz posted:

Me too  Used to scrape it off with your nails 

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

 

 

What were those sheets that used to have static? 

Brushed nylon 

 

good grief, I hope they never come back 

Me too 

and me-