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Re: Thermal Underwear

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Rob wrote:Suspenders!!! :shock:



Not that I've worn them since I was a teenager and very long socks were all the rage with the old school uniform! (worked better than elastic round the top of the socks, which was either too tight or the socks fell down!)
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Re: Thermal Underwear

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snoopysue wrote:
Rob wrote:Suspenders!!! :shock:



Not that I've worn them since I was a teenager and very long socks were all the rage with the old school uniform! (worked better than elastic round the top of the socks, which was either too tight or the socks fell down!)


D'you remember having to put in a sixpence when the buttons were lost?
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Re: Thermal Underwear

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Antie Em wrote:D'you remember having to put in a sixpence when the buttons were lost?


Can't remember ever having that problem! Know what you mean though!! :-)
(Would've been a h'penny in my day, I recon)
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Re: Thermal Underwear

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Northern Lass can we have a separate thread about suspenders please? :lol:
Antie Em can then tell us all about her sixpenny bits!! :lol:
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Re: Thermal Underwear

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Rob wrote:Northern Lass can we have a separate thread about suspenders please? :lol:
Antie Em can then tell us all about her sixpenny bits!! :lol:


Pete!! sort him out!!

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Re: Thermal Underwear

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D'you remember having to put in a sixpence when the buttons were lost?

Oh Auntie Em it was a farthing we used could not afford to use a sixpence. :lol: :wink:

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