do you remember a time when it was a better place to live

[opmania]

I remember when news agents had a stand out the front

with Papers under a rock

You took a Paper and left the money on the stand

Now days they would steal the money,the papers and the stand

and throw the rock through the window as they were running away

[polksaladallie]

This thread is now a better place to live.  It's a miracle!    

[vicr3000]

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@opmania wrote:

wow six years is a long time for a pair of shoes to last

you must be saving them for best

Rossi had a contract supplying  boots for Aust Army now its been given to Indonesia

about $15 million dollars worth for five years I think

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Rossi and quite a few other companies have been making boots on an off for the Army for years.

Another tender, another supplier, it just goes round and round.

[opmania]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

This thread is now a better place to live.  It's a miracle!    

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yes it is quite miraculous all harmony and no snipers lol

[lind9650]

Do you remember Crimplene? The fantastic material that did not fray when cut and needed no ironing after washing.

My eldest daughter started High School and needed a sewing machine, so I bought one and taught myself to use it. Butterick had great Jiffy paterns then. Simple A line dresses. I made a few of them out of Crimplene.

Bisley made mens jacket-shirts with crimplene. They were great. No ironing and kept their shape.

And Gabardine slacks. I bought a black pair and a grey pair about 40 years ago and am still wearing them. Even the creases are still good after lots of washing and no ironing. I paid then about $80.- and $90.- per pair. Recently I was looking to buy some new ones. LOL, they cost now between $200.- and 700.- a pair.

Erica

[serendipityricho]

Opmania---i remember when it was a better place to live.

-My childhood and schooling in WA..1950s-so different now........................................Richo.

[opmania]

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@lind9650 wrote:

Do you remember Crimplene? The fantastic material that did not fray when cut and needed no ironing after washing.

My eldest daughter started High School and needed a sewing machine, so I bought one and taught myself to use it. Butterick had great Jiffy paterns then. Simple A line dresses. I made a few of them out of Crimplene.

Bisley made mens jacket-shirts with crimplene. They were great. No ironing and kept their shape.

And Gabardine slacks. I bought a black pair and a grey pair about 40 years ago and am still wearing them. Even the creases are still good after lots of washing and no ironing. I paid then about $80.- and $90.- per pair. Recently I was looking to buy some new ones. LOL, they cost now between $200.- and 700.- a pair.

Erica

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My mum wore white crimplene pants almost lived in them

I used to sew a lot when I was young doesn't seem worth it now all the components to make an item are so expensive

$700 for 1 pair of pants that's highway robbery . you could go on a trip to Bali for that

That is of course if your not Boycotting

[polksaladallie]

      A crimplene trouser suit for you Erica.

I wonder if the youg women of today will look back in 50 years and be horrified at what they wore.

I saw a lot of young women dressed in this sort of clothing at a large shopping centre last week

 

[polksaladallie]

This thread staying nasty (and coward) free, unlike others.  Thanks everyone.

I think older people think the past was better because it was simpler, but I'm not sure about that.  Life was very hard for earlier generations, without washing machines, refrigerators, motor mowers, cars etc.  They often had larger families and really worked hard physically to raise them.  I have great respect for the generation before mine. 

[lurker172602]

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@lind9650 wrote:

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My eldest daughter started High School and needed a sewing machine, so I bought one and taught myself to use it....

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Erica

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My husband bought me my sewing machine for my 21st, thirty something years ago.  I made most of my clothes, just about everything for the children, 2 houses worth of curtains and heaps of other stuff and it's still going strong.  I don't sew nearly as much now as I used to, mainly because ts much cheaper to buy ready made now.

[polksaladallie]

Yes, we all had to that in my time, because there were not many ready-made clothes available except very high-priced ones.  There was no such thing as a T shirt so we had to make button up shirts for boys.  We were taught sewing at school and by our mothers.  I wonder how many are taught these days.

In the early 20th century and before, apparently if a marriage was dissolved, the only item the woman could take which was hers was the sewing machine.  The husband kept everything else.