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[andrec]

Forgot to mention that I did try contact lenses for a brief period around 1990. I had to have the non-flexible type and just couldn't get used to them - it was like having grit in my eyes all the time. I soon got sick of it and went back to glasses. It wasn't due to embarrassment that I tried contact...

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I wore glasses from around 5 years old. I still remember having to go to the eye hospital in the mid or late 60s and lots of medical students examining my eyes. I wore those round 'John Lennon' type initially, then later on into the 70s the standard black plastic NHS type. In the 80s I wore more fashionable...

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I think our nearest Wimpy was in Wolverhampton, and as we went there only two or three times a year I would always want to go there. This would have been in the 70s and into the 80s. There were no fast food places near us other than a Chinese take-away and several fish and chip shops. I can't remember...

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Reading through this thread I also had the Secret Sam briefcase and FN FAL rifle. My first gun was one in a cowboy set my grandparents bought me. It included a cowboy hat, badge, holster and metal revolver. I have a recollection of having a double-barreled shotgun which fired corks attached by string...

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I remember the TV screenings of the Confessions series and other UK 70s sex comedies in the early 2000s quite well, as it was the first time I had seen them. The Confessions films were, of course, based on the novels from the very successful series authored by Christopher Wood, writing as Timothy Lea....

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I don't tend to get into a 'listening to Christmas music' mood until a week or so before the day itself, and it rapidly drops off on Boxing Day, so I am back to listening to ordinary music by the 27th, and that fairly accurately mirrors my overall attitude to Christmas; by the 27th I've had enough,...

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My mother bought Woman's Own each week for many years and my aunt bought Woman. After a couple of weeks they would exchange mags. I would often browse them when mom wasn't around, gravitating inevitably to the problems page. They also had short stories that were often worth reading, especially at Christmas,...

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My dad didn't like Eric and Ernie at all, so they were rarely on our telly. I've watched them on repeats and YT, and while I wouldn't say I actively dislike them, I just don't find them funny. On the other hand, I loved the Two Ronnies and so did my dad.

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The time period of Mandog would be right up my alley for watching children's TV programmes, yet I have absolutely no recollection of it at all. It could be that there was something on ITV that I watched instead, but from the plot synopsis sounds like something I would have enjoyed. Shame if it was ...

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Christmas Day is just 6 weeks away. I do like Christmas, but since there are no longer any children in our house I feel it has lost something. The excitement of children in the build-up to the big day I always found infectious. Now, it has lost a lot of its appeal. Hopefully, when I get grandkids that...