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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
Central heating (oil)
Coal fired cooking stove
Telephone (landline)
Light bulbs (luminescent)
Griddle (for baking)
Electric food mixer
Siblings
Mice
Cast iron cooking pot
Table cloths
Lifebuoy soap
Sunlight soap
Lux soapflakes
Toilet plunger
Rental television
Visiting clergymen
Church donation envelopes
Virgin Mary portraits
Religious statues
John F Kennedy photograph
Papal portraits (Pius xii)
Carpet sweeper
Brass bed frames
Non-sprung mattresses
Kosangas room heaters
Washing line
Top-loading washing machine
Mangle-for squeezing water out of wet clothes
Wash board
Clothes horse
Moth balls in cupboards
Black and white photos
Linoleum floor coverings
Chamber pot under bed
Camomile (sun) lotion
Virol food supplement
Bags of refined sugar
Cigarette ashtrays
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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in Co. Down |
"Central heating (oil)
Coal fired cooking stove
Telephone (landline)
Light bulbs (luminescent)
Griddle (for baking)
Electric food mixer
Siblings
Mice
Cast iron cooking pot
Table cloths
Lifebuoy soap
Sunlight soap
Lux soapflakes
Toilet plunger
Rental television
Visiting clergymen
Church donation envelopes
Virgin Mary portraits
Religious statues
John F Kennedy photograph
Papal portraits (Pius xii)
Carpet sweeper
Brass bed frames
Non-sprung mattresses
Kosangas room heaters
Washing line
Top-loading washing machine
Mangle-for squeezing water out of wet clothes
Wash board
Clothes horse
Moth balls in cupboards
Black and white photos
Linoleum floor coverings
Chamber pot under bed
Camomile (sun) lotion
Virol food supplement
Bags of refined sugar
Cigarette ashtrays
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That's a lot more than 3 .  |
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
on the hill NordWest of |
It's kinda funny I've a house with a Belfast sink, a sacred heart light and bedroom fireplaces (not using them though) and a solif fuel range in the kitchen. Love those memorabilias of the past century.
Anyhow the single glazed sash windows had to go though, they were falling apart, replaced by triple glazed French windows.  |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
There are two crucial things I neglected to include, that many will never have seen:
Antimacasser coverings on sofa and armchairs.
I think macasser oil was, a long time ago, applied to hair. The chair coverings could be removed and boil-washed with strong carbolic soap.
And finally, the cellophane coverings that could be applied to a black and white TV screen to give the impression that the TV was colour; I think it was blue at the top (sky): red in the middle (faces) and green at the bottom (grass).
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"The good room for guests only
The roll of carpet protector from the front door to the kitchen..only taken up when the guests arrived to use the good room "
Omg id completely forgotten about the carpet protector. Bloody awful stuff  |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
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"The good room for guests only
The roll of carpet protector from the front door to the kitchen..only taken up when the guests arrived to use the good room
Omg id completely forgotten about the carpet protector. Bloody awful stuff "
The best bit was turning it upside down and calling your brothers saying it was an emergency
They ran across the spikes like they were bits of lego |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It's kinda funny I've a house with a Belfast sink, a sacred heart light and bedroom fireplaces (not using them though) and a solif fuel range in the kitchen. Love those memorabilias of the past century.
Anyhow the single glazed sash windows had to go though, they were falling apart, replaced by triple glazed French windows. "
Oh the Belfast sinks became very trendy in the 1990s |
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By *oserMan
over a year ago
where the wild roses grow |
1.The rubber hose shower connection for the bath taps.
2. That golden coloured box in the sitting room for the,,,,actually I can't remember what it was for 
3. Dogs ears for the tv |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
somewhere |
"1.The rubber hose shower connection for the bath taps.
2. That golden coloured box in the sitting room for the,,,,actually I can't remember what it was for
3. Dogs ears for the tv"
The golden coloured box is a new one on me |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Name 3 things you had in your childhood home that you do not have in your own home.
Bunk Beds
Itchy Blankets
A pay as you go Gas meter "
Land line telephone on as table in the hallway near the front door
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By *lameBoyMan
over a year ago
Enfield & Dublin |
"1.The rubber hose shower connection for the bath taps.
2. That golden coloured box in the sitting room for the,,,,actually I can't remember what it was for
3. Dogs ears for the tv
The golden coloured box is a new one on me "
Was a brass fireside box, used to hold the kindling and newspapers for lighting it. |
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"Doilies under all vases and bowls
Carridge clock
Soup mug/bowls with the recipe on the front
Coasters under the legs of the couch
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I took our soup mug/bowls to uni when I left, I think my mum was glad to get rid of them 
What about
Fine China
A basin that was used for everything (especially for being sick in  )
Bubble bath in a pirate shaped bottle |
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