chartpolski 24,624 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Pink national health specs with sticking plaster over the good eye. They called it a "lazy eye", and hoped by covering the good eye it would make the lazy one work harder. Cheers. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,572 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Just now, jukel123 said: We will have to start a sub section on THL which only losers can join. Funny looking back (even with one eye like our brothers ). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,572 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 minute ago, chartpolski said: Pink national health specs with sticking plaster over the good eye. They called it a "lazy eye", and hoped by covering the good eye it would make the lazy one work harder. Cheers. That's the one Charts, the lazy eye Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,679 Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) Just now, chartpolski said: Pink national health specs with sticking plaster over the good eye. They called it a "lazy eye", and hoped by covering the good eye it would make the lazy one work harder. Cheers. Didn't do our kid's status any good wearing specs, especially with one lens plastered over. He used to take them off soon as left the house and put them on again when he returned just to keep the duchess happy. Edited December 18, 2021 by jukel123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,679 Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 All these experiences of basically poverty and deprivation were character forming, they made me what I am today........a sad, bitter, and twisted old c**t! 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,562 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 still got fecking tram lines in my scalp from the nit comb 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,572 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 minute ago, steve66 said: still got fecking tram lines in my scalp from the nit comb The metal one gouged furrows, but was more effective at trapping the eggs than the kinder, softer plastic ones. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Astanley 11,580 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 I remember the NHS glasses and nitty Nora ,I hated that old law that you had to touch the lollipop man's Willie for luck or the cars would run you over ,happy days . 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,679 Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 My mam's idea of a good Saturday night was to stick us all in the tin bath and go through our hair with the fine comb. If she caught one she cracked it between her thumb nails. Even as a kid I can remember thinking she was like an alpha chimp grooming us. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,572 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 The best Christmas gift ever, a vintage metal Derbac Vintage Derbac Comb In Metal Tin - Metal Nit Comb TT WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Vintage Derbac Comb In Metal Tin - Metal Nit Comb TT. Condition is Used. Dispatched... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,679 Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Just now, Astanley said: I remember the NHS glasses and nitty Nora ,I hated that old law that you had to touch the lollipop man's Willie for luck or the cars would run you over ,happy days . Did the lollipop man tell you that story? Name wasn't Saville was it? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,562 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, mackem said: The best Christmas gift ever, a vintage metal Derbac Vintage Derbac Comb In Metal Tin - Metal Nit Comb TT WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Vintage Derbac Comb In Metal Tin - Metal Nit Comb TT. Condition is Used. Dispatched... Still got ptsd from them lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackmag 6,117 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, jukel123 said: I remember one of my brothers had ringworm and had that blue stuff on his face. Another of my brothers had a cock eye so he had specs with one lens plastered over. Yet another brother had f****n metal splints on his legs because he was bandy. My mam thought all this treatment was great. All the kids got cod liver oil ,orange juice and free milk in the fifties. My mam used to thank the lucky stars for the NHS. Are you from Burnley jukel 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 10,312 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Never had nits at school can remember the medicals cough and drop and the poor fekers that had to ware the jam jar bottom glasses that got called the milky bar kid.lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,679 Posted December 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 6 hours ago, Blackmag said: Are you from Burnley jukel No, Salford mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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