The "Big Tissue" lie

[Alex]

Yes I remember the bath in front of the fire in the kitchen, dunno how I survived I hate the cold.

[muddy]

Me too.
As a child my hands and feet were full of chilblains .
I doubt my grandchildren have ever heard of them thank goodness.

[Scrumpy]

I remember my mum saying..
'Knickers and vest..' 
She called this out when it was a wash day..

Us girls shared the bath.. One in .. one out..
We even had our hair washed in the bath.. No shower .. just a jug of water to rinse our hair..
I was usually last .. because I thought it was clever not to go first.. So naive back then..

[GrannyMac]

I grew up in a flat with a bathroom! Well posh. 

You could be on a winner with that box klondike. Like Alex, I buy boxes of tissues from Aldi or Lidl. Cheap as chips!

[Scrumpy]

I grew up in a flat with a bathroom! Well posh.

That is well posh.. 
I remember having the first walk in shower installed...

[Mups]

That is well posh..
I remember having the first walk in shower installed...

And I remember our first double glazing.

[JBR]

And I remember our first double glazing.

Yes, in my childhood, ice or frost on the inside of windows was common.  No central heating either, of course,  the only source of heating was a coal fire in living room.  
And don't mention the outside toilet.  I sometimes wonder whether we could only actually go in the winter, other than if the situation was desperate.

[dextrous63]

You posh lot.  You had glass in your windows!!!  Luxury.  When ah were t'lad...

[Mups]

You posh lot.  You had glass in your windows!!!  Luxury.  When ah were t'lad...

Ah,  but that was years ago,  and then only once.
I haven't had any since.  

[JBR]

Ah,  but that was years ago,  and then only once.
I haven't had any since. 

Oh dear!  So you no longer have any glass in your windows?  Or perhaps they are plastic now?

[dextrous63]

Maybe they've been bricked up for privacy.

[JBR]

Maybe they've been bricked up for privacy.

Could be.  I wonder just what goes on in that house!

[Mups]

Maybe they've been bricked up for privacy.

Could be.  I wonder just what goes on in that house!

That'd be telling.