Ivor Slipper
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@Mancunian @chris191070 @ObicanDecko My thanks to the three of you for the comment. Am glad the story brought smiles to your faces.
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So that's what they call it these days....
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Little Barry was almost ten years old. In fact his tenth birthday was due in a couple of weeks. To Barry this would be a very important birthday. After that no longer would his age be a single number, then it would be in double figures. Barry lived with his Mum, Laura, in a small, council, 2 bed-roomed house in a town in East Anglia in England. He knew nothing of his Dad who, apart from assisting in creating him, had then vanished from both his and his mum’s life, leaving her to bring him up
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Young Barry wants a bicycle for his birthday, but...........
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A sweet story of brotherly love. Enjoyed it CG.
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I think Woody is being a bit dense not telling his family that Kate is his girlfriend. She'd back him up and it would help allay any suspicions his Pa and brother might have.
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What about Ross, and not to forget Kate
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I left you that one as I didn't want you beefing too much Ho, ho, ho! And Happy Christmas!!
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I'm tempted to say that was udderly ridiculous - at least that's what I would have thought if the idea for such a story had entered my head. But, you pulled it off and delivered the cream for my Christmas Eve.
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Like @droughtquake I'm sad the show is over already. I'll look forward to the next, but I am a little worried about whether there will be another as I fear Geron is going to be kicked out of the Magicians Union for revealing all those secrets. So look out for klompen Geron!
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You can have too much of a good thing you know! Well, that's what my mom used to tell me...
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So tomorrow there is going to be magic and MAGIC! Great stuff.
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Only that You'll Never Walk Alone
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Ah yes - Geron and the Pacemakers https://youtu.be/08083BNaYcA
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I won't read our spoiler DQ as you're often pretty good at seeing where stories are heading and I don't want to risk spoiling Geron's surprise. I prefer take my time unwrapping this Christmas present.
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An intriguing start to what I suspect will be a magical tour-de-force.
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Looks like the wood(y) just got burned......
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Thank you. Pleased to know that you enjoyed it. The 'In Progress' was an oversight which I should go back and correct - unless I leave it open until next Christmas 😊
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I suspect lametta was very thin aluminum foil, but not certain. For me that word only applies to those strips. We did have other types of multi colored shiny lengths in varying widths which could be twisted to reflect better, which again I'd think were made from aluminum. Am unsure if we called these tinsel or just referred to them as tree decorations.
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Thanks, Gary - appreciate the comment.
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Hehehe 😊
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Probably/possibly 'lametta' is a trade name for what s generally called tinsel. But, yes I recall collecting up those which weren't too deformed to use the following year. I suspect most people had ornaments that had been handed down or were hand made. I seem to remember some that were knitted.
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Depends which bit of the 50s you talk about. I think the last rationing was removed in 1954. The colonies didn't start going until the 60s - India excepted. Most rationing was on food and similar things like sweets. Consumer goods were freely available - if people had the money to buy. Generally though the standard of living was way behind that of the US and it was a very grey country.
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Thanks @Daddydavek I'm glad 'Father Christmas' liked it
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I have no idea what you are alluding to! 😊 Mum was simply worried he might catch cold. The bedroom would almost certainly have been unheated.
