I haven't read right through so apologies if repeating what somebody else has posted.

The Satty (SP??) arvo flicks  - I  remember them well. I came from a family of 3 girls and my mother wouldn't let us sit downstairs, as that's where the "bad kids" sat lol!!!   My OH used to sit downstairs :O.  There used to be a huge line-up of kids waiting to get in and lots of kids used to walk up and down the line swapping comics. I was envious of all the comics they had.  Mum thought it wasn't a very nice thing for girls to be doing anyway, so I wouldn't have been allowed, even Ihad lots of comics. My mother was very strict!!!! Yes, I was part of the Silent generation - trouble is I used to answer back and then paid for it with a whack from Mum with the piece of dowel stick.  She used to sit at the table with it, so if you misbehaved at the table you copped one!!!

Comics reminds me of the Charlie Chuckle's Club - I was a proud member of that for many years.  Every Friday night Dad would bring us home the Chucklers Weekly and we would do the puzzles and colour in pictures - I'm sure I won a few prizes - sixpence I think.  He also gave us a bag of popcorn each and there used to be a little toy in the packets.

He used to buy Mum a box of choclates sometimes - one night when he was later than usual (Fri night was pub after work night) she threw them back at him. Don't know if she retrieved them or not - guessed she did.  Another Friday night she threw oranges at him from the fruit bowl at the table.  Us 3 girls didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so we just sat there with oranges flying past us.  She didn't hit him with one of them and Dad just laughed which made Mum madder!!! (They really were a loving couple and were married for 56 years when Mum died).  Dad still used to tease her about lots of things and we often laughed about the night of the flying oranges!!!

Well this old Granny had better get to bed and get my beauty sleep!!!!

This thread is just the greatest Darki!!!!  Thanks for starting it. You know we may hold you responsible for lack of sleep due to things we remember as we're trying to drop off - to sleep that is :^O - not the perch!!!