dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 1 of 38 Mon 24th Oct 2011 2:52am Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2975 ...with jelly and blancmange?
Jelly left outside overnight to set, blancmange made in a plastic mould? |
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Gilly Melbourne Australia All posts by this member | 2 of 38 Mon 24th Oct 2011 12:06pm Member: Joined Jun 2011 Total posts:180 Yes Dutchman... and you always dressed up to go to a party! All little girls had a pretty party dress and little boys always looked very smart too. Games were always pass the parcel, musical chairs and pin the tail on the donkey. I don't know what happens in England now, but here in Australia parents it seems, must spend hundreds of dollars to celebrate their childrens birthdays. They hire jumping castles, clowns, magicians or take their children and their friends to VERY expensive venues. Bring back the jelly and blancmange that's what I say. (I must confess though I really hate jelly and never liked it as a child either!)
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 3 of 38 Mon 24th Oct 2011 12:11pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 I much preferred the blancmange to the jelly ![]() |
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artful lancashire All posts by this member | 4 of 38 Mon 24th Oct 2011 4:57pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:139 I hadn't seen Blancmange for years,and then there it was on ASDA's shelves.
Made by Pearce & Duffs and with various flavours.
Took me back a lot of years tucking into Jelly & Blancmange again. |
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creteskyblue crete All posts by this member | 5 of 38 Mon 24th Oct 2011 6:23pm Member: Joined May 2011 Total posts:46 Love the party games as well especially " Postman's Knock"
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 6 of 38 Mon 24th Oct 2011 6:25pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 On 24th Oct 2011 6:23pm, creteskyblue said:
Love the party games as well especially " Postman's Knock"
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Tricia Bedworth All posts by this member | 7 of 38 Tue 25th Oct 2011 4:08pm Member: Joined Jun 2011 Total posts:541 On 24th Oct 2011 2:52am, dutchman said:
...with jelly and blancmange?
Jelly left outside overnight to set, blancmange made in a plastic mould?
Loved Jelly and blancmange. ![]() ![]() |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 8 of 38 Tue 25th Oct 2011 8:49pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4245 I have loved reading these posts. I was never a big party person but recall a few parties from those golden days of my childhood & of my boy. My wife one day asked me what sandwiches ideas for our Michael's sixth birthday, to which I replied banana & chocolate buttons. She had never heard of that combination before. That was a regular winter-time sandwich for train-spotters. ![]() ![]() |
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Jaytob Derbyshire All posts by this member | 9 of 38 Thu 15th Mar 2012 8:39am Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:52 Has anyone memories of Children's parties they had or went to when they or their children were growing up?
I remember birthday parties in the 50's being an occasion for best dresses and were usually just close friends. The only thing taken home was a piece of birthday cake wrapped in a serviette. Games played were 'pass the parcel' and 'pin the tail on the donkey'.
I used to love going to my Dad's works' Christmas party (not in Coventry). It was mayhem and there were probably over 200 children there. Parents weren't really encouraged to stay. It always ended with a film show so when parents arrived all was calm! All children would then receive a present from Father Christmas to take home.
When my children were young in the 70's it was fashionable to hire an entertainer to help birthday parties go well. Mine loved having 'Mister Magic' who used to perform magic tricks and then showed Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny cartoons and extracts from Star Wars which always went down well. Goody bags to take home started to get more competitive amongst parents to see who could provide the best ones as it quickly became unacceptable to just give a piece of cake.
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 10 of 38 Thu 15th Mar 2012 3:51pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3478 My last birthday party was my 15th, school leaving year and would you believe we had a sprinkling of snow. It was in the month of May. Just a bunch of school friends - NO BOYS - so there was no spin the bottle or anything like that. I had two cakes a 1 and a 5 so there was plenty to go round and as always a lovely trifle. My best friend stayed the night and we talked about all daft things. Mum had made up a food tasting table and we had to be blind folded and guess what we were tasting. That was when I decided I hated Bovril and fish paste. Quite a few children's parties are held in the park here, methinks it saves the mess at home for all the modern Mums and everyone loves a BarBQ. Pool parties if you are old enough. ![]() |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 11 of 38 Thu 15th Mar 2012 6:04pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4245 Hi all ![]() ![]() |
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GVB All posts by this member | 12 of 38 Thu 15th Mar 2012 7:47pm Total posts:109 When my children were young in the 70's it was fashionable to hire an entertainer to help birthday parties go well. Mine loved having 'Mister Magic' who used to perform magic tricks and then showed Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny cartoons and extracts from Star Wars which always went down well. Goody bags to take home started to get more competitive amongst parents to see who could provide the best ones as it quickly became unacceptable to just give a piece of cake.
I was interested to see this post about childrens entertainers. My daughter who lives in Nuneaton uses a guy whose stage name is "Mr Juggler". He works with his wife and does juggling(now theres a surprise) and balloon modelling plus party games.The kids think he is the bees knees and he is booked for my youngest grandaughter's birthday. Mod's note : This post has been merged with a previous similar thread |
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derbyskyblue west hallam, derbyshire All posts by this member | 13 of 38 Thu 15th Mar 2012 11:25pm Member: Joined Apr 2011 Total posts:23 I do, in fact it was only the other day I found the jelly moulds from many years ago, popped them in the dishwasher and I'm going to, ahem, attempt some jelly and blancmange.
Just hope I can make my mum proud. Wish me luck ![]() |
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mayjan Green Lane,Coventry All posts by this member | 14 of 38 Thu 15th Mar 2012 11:58pm Member: Joined Oct 2010 Total posts:254 Good luck with that derbyskyblue. My favourite jelly is orange and don't forget the hundreds and thousands on the blancmange. ![]() ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 15 of 38 Tue 12th Jun 2012 5:17pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3478 The Standard Motor Co. used to give good Christmas parties. Always went home with a present, balloons and paper hats. I remember once having an orange to take home as well which was special just after the war. Always lots of 'pop' to drink and played the usual games, ie. the good old musical chairs. They were held in the works canteen and there seemed to be hundreds of us kids there, and JELLY GALORE ! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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