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Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:

Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out 

The basement kitchen is ok, but too modern for me,not cosy at all

I like cosy 

Me too 😍

Kaytee
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:

Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out 

The basement kitchen is ok, but too modern for me,not cosy at all

I like cosy 

I like cosy too, warmth and homliness over 'fashion'....I suppose that comes with age...........

Syd
Baz posted:
Syd posted:

I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?

Yes .....pages and pages of brexit 

And pics of shallow people with fake boobs and faces full of filler and Botox

Yogi19
Syd posted:
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:

Lovely on the outside , but they’ve ripped the innards out 

The basement kitchen is ok, but too modern for me,not cosy at all

I like cosy 

I like cosy too, warmth and homliness over 'fashion'....I suppose that comes with age...........

Comfort over fashion for me too, Syd 

Yogi19
Baz posted:
Syd posted:

I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?

Yes .....pages and pages of brexit 

And robberies, petty crime and STABBINGS..............

Syd
Yogi19 posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:

I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?

Yes .....pages and pages of brexit 

And pics of shallow people with fake boobs and faces full of filler and Botox

Yes 

Baz
Yogi19 posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:

I wonder what the people of our future will make of the Newspaper clippings of today?

Yes .....pages and pages of brexit 

And pics of shallow people with fake boobs and faces full of filler and Botox

Syd
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Yogi19 posted:

Those slums were awful

Terrible

Hard to even imagine how hard life was for people living in those conditions

No ....makes a mockery of being hard up today !

Baz

They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway

Kaytee
Baz posted:
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Yogi19 posted:

Those slums were awful

Terrible

Hard to even imagine how hard life was for people living in those conditions

No ....makes a mockery of being hard up today !

Yes, the definition of poverty nowadays is light years away from the reality of poverty then

Yogi19
Kaytee posted:

They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway

True 

Baz
Kaytee posted:

They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway

Good point 

Yogi19
Yogi19 posted:
Baz posted:
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Yogi19 posted:

Those slums were awful

Terrible

Hard to even imagine how hard life was for people living in those conditions

No ....makes a mockery of being hard up today !

Yes, the definition of poverty nowadays is light years away from the reality of poverty then

Baz
Kaytee posted:

They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway

I had those thought too...........

Syd
Syd posted:

Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....

Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂

Kaytee
Kaytee posted:
Syd posted:

Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....

Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂

Baz
Syd posted:
Kaytee posted:

They are forgetting that boys of 14 weren't considered to be children in those days....and that they had no life to speak of here and if they survived would have been better off in Australia , and wouldn't want to return here anyway

I had those thought too...........

My dad started his engineering apprenticeship when he was 14... in the 20th century.

Kaytee
Kaytee posted:
Syd posted:

Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....

Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂

Yogi19
Kaytee posted:
Syd posted:

Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....

Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂

Or what girls do today, trip over their high heeled sandals , get sick, scratch her mates eyes out over some bloke she doesn't even know.............etc.....

Syd
Syd posted:
Kaytee posted:
Syd posted:

Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....

Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂

Or what girls do today, trip over their high heeled sandals , get sick, scratch her mates eyes out over some bloke she doesn't even know.............etc.....

Baz
Syd posted:
Kaytee posted:
Syd posted:

Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....

Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂

Or what girls do today, trip over their high heeled sandals , get sick, scratch her mates eyes out over some bloke she doesn't even know.............etc.....

 Yes

Yogi19
Syd posted:
Kaytee posted:
Syd posted:

Church or Pub..............what a choice, what would I have chosen?.....

Do what they do today....go down the Bigg Market, get plastered have a fight and wander off home 😂

Or what girls do today, trip over their high heeled sandals , get sick, scratch her mates eyes out over some bloke she doesn't even know.............etc.....

True 😂

Kaytee
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:

He looks quite kindly 

Considering they had to sit with a straight face for ages while the photo was taken he doesn't look half as severe as most late Victorian photos

No 

Baz
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:

O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !

Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!

Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom 

I feel for you..........

Syd
Syd posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:

O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !

Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!

Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom 

I feel for you..........

Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy 

Baz
Yogi19 posted:

What on earth have the neighbours done to the frontage of their house - it looks awful

It looks like modern flats....maybe a lump of the street got bombed in the war....a lot of Newcastle was, being a shipbuilding and engineering area

Kaytee
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:

O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !

Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!

Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom 

I feel for you..........

Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy 

I squash them 😂

Kaytee
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:

O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !

Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!

Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom 

I feel for you..........

Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy 

I squash them 😂

I learnt not too after living with Mr B 

Baz
Kaytee posted:
Yogi19 posted:

What on earth have the neighbours done to the frontage of their house - it looks awful

It looks like modern flats....maybe a lump of the street got bombed in the war....a lot of Newcastle was, being a shipbuilding and engineering area

 Still looks carp 

Yogi19
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Yogi19 posted:

What on earth have the neighbours done to the frontage of their house - it looks awful

It looks like modern flats....maybe a lump of the street got bombed in the war....a lot of Newcastle was, being a shipbuilding and engineering area

 Still looks carp 

Yes.....out of place

Kaytee
Baz posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:

O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !

Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!

Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom 

I feel for you..........

Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy 

I squash them 😂

I learnt not too after living with Mr B 

Mr KT runs a mile....he does spiders I do for the wasps 😂

Kaytee
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:

O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !

Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!

Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom 

I feel for you..........

Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy 

I squash them 😂

I learnt not too after living with Mr B 

Mr KT runs a mile....he does spiders I do for the wasps 😂

Mr Y runs, screaming, at the sight of a wasp

Yogi19
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:

O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !

Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!

Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom 

I feel for you..........

Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy 

I squash them 😂

I learnt not too after living with Mr B 

Mr KT runs a mile....he does spiders I do for the wasps 😂

Mr Y runs, screaming, at the sight of a wasp

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Baz
Syd posted:

Oh dear, I might have given the barsteward  a break in my first post.........He was just 'doing his rounds' and not giving a damn.............

Collecting his salary and counting the cash, not bothered about his patients

Kaytee
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:
Syd posted:
Baz posted:

O/t I had to eject the first wasp of the year today !

Noooooooooo!....I bliddy HATE wasps!

Me too.....and it was in the darn bedroom 

I feel for you..........

Thanks Syd ....luckily I have my handy bug catcher always handy 

I squash them 😂

I learnt not too after living with Mr B 

Mr KT runs a mile....he does spiders I do for the wasps 😂

Mr Y runs, screaming, at the sight of a wasp

mr KT just bows out in a fake dignified manner 😂

Kaytee
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:

Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare 

The stairs would have seen me off

And me 

Baz posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:

Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare 

The stairs would have seen me off

Ditto 

Imagine the cost of the Stannah Stair Lifts 😱

Kaytee
Kaytee posted:
Yogi19 posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:

Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare 

The stairs would have seen me off

And me 

Baz posted:
Kaytee posted:
Baz posted:

Heating a place like that must have been a nightmare 

The stairs would have seen me off

Ditto 

Imagine the cost of the Stannah Stair Lifts 😱

ROFL 

Yogi19

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