Or I'll call ye back I'm in the middle of me dinner
I was I have 7 siblings so you had your school uniform, one day to day outfit and then an outfit for MassJesus you must have been foundered
Seven in our house ,I'll use that as an excuse tooI was I have 7 siblings so you had your school uniform, one day to day outfit and then an outfit for Mass
I think this is the reason I have an awful shopping addiction now
My husband is one of 12 and any time we talk about our childhood he always says “all I remember is the rain and the poverty”Seven in our house ,I'll use that as an excuse too
Sugar or red sauce sandwiches was a thing on our estateMy husband is one of 12 and any time we talk about our childhood we always says “all I remember is the rain and the poverty”
Brown sauce for us I loved itSugar or red sauce sandwiches was a thing on our estate
With their GAA jerseys on them.I used to live in Liverpool and I agree it was mostly irish lads you could spot a mile off. And of course Liverpool is full of them. We used to practically live in pogues irish bar, we used to say it may as well have been the irish embassy
probably still has his communion money..Fave Irish saving, when talking about someone tight, “sure they’d peel an orange in their pocket”
We had the brown sauce too my friends da worked in Mother's Pride he used to bake the bread twice to make it crispy. And we had the spud woman come round you couldn't have done her on a penny either or her sons would have beat the door in ,they were all deaf n dumb..My granny used to say if you don't get a man we'll have to put ye in the back of the Ireland's Own I still buy the kids the football specialBrown sauce for us I loved it
Did anyone have the “bread man” call to the house? We had the Ormo van call on a Wednesday and the Mother’s Pride van on a Saturday. Ormo guy only sold bread, Mother’s Pride guy was the best because he sold wham bars, football special and the Ireland’s Own he used to arrive just before the start of Saturday night TV - Baywatch, Gladiators and Blind Date
I can’t believe that’s still going, I had a pen friend from Ireland’s own when I was about 10Ireland's Own
So glad someone said it love a brown sauce sambo! Has to be white bread though.Brown sauce for us I loved it
Did anyone have the “bread man” call to the house? We had the Ormo van call on a Wednesday and the Mother’s Pride van on a Saturday. Ormo guy only sold bread, Mother’s Pride guy was the best because he sold wham bars, football special and the Ireland’s Own he used to arrive just before the start of Saturday night TV - Baywatch, Gladiators and Blind Date
“Head on him like a turnip”probably still has his communion money..
you can tell he’s from Cavan
Every summer my eldest says she wants to go on the ghost train, but she’s scared of her shadow so I’ve to tell her every year about how she’d tit herself because it actually quite scary in There when She does go on it won’t be with me!I remember being scared shitless on Barry's ghost train
Soda bread with real butter and a cup of tae
Free state Dairy milk,golden crisp and mint crisp
Banging the bin lids when the army were searching
Having to go through a turnstile and getting searched on every st in the town centre
I'm still afraid of it it's closed down the owners retired ,I don't know if it'll ever open again but we owe it to our kids to scare the tit out of them on that damn trainEvery summer my eldest says she wants to go on the ghost train, but she’s scared of her shadow so I’ve to tell her every year about how she’d tit herself because it actually quite scary in There when She does go on it won’t be with me!
They went up market then an issued all the parish with envelopes, so nobody knew what you were putting in the basket The Ireland's Own's like the RTE presenters there's no getting rid of it .My fav bit in it was the Mrs Flanaghan Mysteries the old biddy on the bike that solved the crimesI can’t believe that’s still going, I had a pen friend from Ireland’s own when I was about 10
we used to get it as treat when we were going down the country on “holidays”
dying!!!
being given the money for the collection before going to mass so you could put it in the basket
Waterworld is still going ,do you remember the big banana slide at RedcastleBarry’s ghost train was terrifying. It was for sale a while back, I think the new owners are intending to reopen it?
Who remembers Water World?