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Title: 5th November Post by: Neil on November 05, 2008, 04:22:30 PM Bonfire Night. Do we celebrate Guy's capture or his attempt to rid us of James 1st and the monarchy? I suppose it depends on your point of view!
"Remember, remember the 5th of November Gunpowder, treason and plot I see no reason why Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot!" Title: Re: 5th November Post by: James on November 05, 2008, 04:44:03 PM ill never forget the 5th of november because my mother wont let me!!!!! :o because its her birthday! i suppose you can say she was born with a bang haha ;D
Title: Re: 5th November Post by: altinkum on November 05, 2008, 04:54:03 PM pity someone dont blow up parliment now with this lot of limp wristed muppet's in power. but thinking about it no one would get hurt as their more than likely on holiday AGAIN
Title: Re: 5th November Post by: PHIL YNYSBOETH on November 05, 2008, 05:19:28 PM We got an empty House at the end of my garden the people in the house door just dumped a load of wood in the empty Garden and set fire to it,
This is in a Garden 15 foot by 10 i told the firemen who set it alight Do you think they had a word with um did they hell. I used to feel sorry for firemen . Title: Re: 5th November Post by: BottyBurp (Kris) on November 05, 2008, 06:04:26 PM I don't celebrate it!
Toooooo expensive. Title: Re: 5th November Post by: Charles Cater on November 06, 2008, 11:28:31 AM I remember whaen I was a kid centuries ago I used to run errands for a halfpenny to buy some foreworks from the local shop.
The old girl knew me but always asked how old I was, whether she fancied me or no I was a bit miffed at being asked. The home work for the housewife to support their income was to thread short pieces of string through a metal tag and then through the eye of a label. A man from the local works woulld deliver 5 or 6 boxes to each house that wanted them and on a Friday I would trot 3 miles on my own - you could not do it now - to collect their "wages" depending how many box full they they threaded - one thousand labels to a box. For that I received my reward which was enough to buy a few things each week, my favourite was Smith's broken crisps, those were the days I can tell you A penny went a long way then, a quarter of an once of Tiger nuts and one liquorice stick was the order of the day as long as you did not tell anyone. It's funny, you would be surprised at the mates you had when money was around. :-* . My wife says I am the sort of guy that likes to live in the past and all she is interested in is the future, she might have something there. :D Why don't I publish a book of bygone days, no thanks, I might earn a few bob without running errands. Cheers for now |