Jenny Blackhurst 😯

[Battiola73]

many years ago I was offered fat busting drugs by my GP. She gave me all the data but I decided not to go down that path because of the side effects. When you do an hours commute each way by bus with no loo, it wasn’t an option. A colleague did take a course and lost a bit of weight but she suffered with extreme flatulence and diarrhoea the whole time she took them.

 

[Grizelda]

many years ago I was offered fat busting drugs by my GP. She gave me all the data but I decided not to go down that path because of the side effects. When you do an hours commute each way by bus with no loo, it wasn’t an option. A colleague did take a course and lost a bit of weight but she suffered with extreme flatulence and diarrhoea the whole time she took them.

I hope you didn't share an office with her!!

 

[Battiola73]

I hope you didn't share an office with her!!

No fortunately I didn’t.

 

[Suki 1]

Is it me ? But all young women seem to have the Love Island tarts as their ideal ! False ****s, hair, eyelashes, nails and Turkish teeth !

In my day (here we go ....) Yes we loved fashion - Chelsea Girl a favourite (Top Shop didnt exist), we either had long swishy hair like Cathy McGowan, the updo curls of Dusty Springfield or Lulu's /Twiggy's short cropped look. Jeans weren't that much of a "thing" so we had mini skirts, maxi skirts and lots of boho.

The main thing was we all looked different ! And blokes seemed to be better looking - maybe because they could be in manual jobs during the day, but at weekends or on dates they'd wear a suit ! I see young men today, and I often think "if I was young girl I wouldn't fancy you !". Overweight, pale skin, a chubby chin covered by scruffy beard, endless tattos on display, always in trainers, and tatty jacket/washed out dark t shirts.

OK I'm generalising, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I see very little in today's chaps that would attract me from the off

Totally agree obviously we are in the same age group!

 

[Grizelda]

I could overlook a lot of physical defects in a man if he was very, very rich, was crazy about me/besotted, and had a French accent.

 

[Peppermint Patti]

Is it me ? But all young women seem to have the Love Island tarts as their ideal ! False ****s, hair, eyelashes, nails and Turkish teeth !

In my day (here we go ....) Yes we loved fashion - Chelsea Girl a favourite (Top Shop didnt exist), we either had long swishy hair like Cathy McGowan, the updo curls of Dusty Springfield or Lulu's /Twiggy's short cropped look. Jeans weren't that much of a "thing" so we had mini skirts, maxi skirts and lots of boho.

The main thing was we all looked different ! And blokes seemed to be better looking - maybe because they could be in manual jobs during the day, but at weekends or on dates they'd wear a suit ! I see young men today, and I often think "if I was young girl I wouldn't fancy you !". Overweight, pale skin, a chubby chin covered by scruffy beard, endless tattos on display, always in trainers, and tatty jacket/washed out dark t shirts.

OK I'm generalising, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I see very little in today's chaps that would attract me from the off.

I agree,Chelsea Girl,C&A,numerous shoe shops, Wallis if you were feeling like splashing out.
We took 10 years to be able to buy our first home,we didn't go out spending nearly a weeks pay on a night out, didn't have holidays
I started work in 1965 in a bank and was sent to London for a fortnight to their banking school. On the middle weekend we all went into London to the shops and did spend a bit of money as the fashion was more up to date than home in Yorkshire. In fact I think I was one of the first in our area with a mini dress,nothing as short as some that barely cover their ar**especially nowadays.

 

[mina]

And the quality was better, too. I still have a full length 100% wool swing coat from C&A, now mainly worn as my "funeral coat" because it's charcoal with black velvet trim round the stand-up collar, buttonholes and front placket. It gets tucked back in its cover after each outing, but it's still very warm and looks good. I shudder to think what I'd have to pay for it now - £250+ ?

 

[Silver Fox]

Going ‘up’ to London was so exciting in those days.I went mid 60’s straight to Biba in Church Street Kensington.I was not a Biba type but bought a bright pink feather boa.I was the fashionista of every college hop, or thought I was!

 

[Cashers]

Going ‘up’ to London was so exciting in those days.I went mid 60’s straight to Biba in Church Street Kensington.I was not a Biba type but bought a bright pink feather boa.I was the fashionista of every college hop, or thought I was!

Oh happy days! I was living in London early70s and went to Biba every Saturday. Loved everything in that fabulous shop. Remember their makeup? I wish I'd kept my Biba clothes! Then on to the spaghetti house for pasta!! Good times

 

[Peppermint Patti]

And the quality was better, too. I still have a full length 100% wool swing coat from C&A, now mainly worn as my "funeral coat" because it's charcoal with black velvet trim round the stand-up collar, buttonholes and front placket. It gets tucked back in its cover after each outing, but it's still very warm and looks good. I shudder to think what I'd have to pay for it now - £250+ ?

I had a dress from Wallis and wore it and washed it for a very long time until it was starting to wear out. It was a lovely dress with a collar,long sleeves,buttoned down the front and it had a scoop neck.

 

[TheFamousGrouse]

I could overlook a lot of physical defects in a man if he was very, very rich, was crazy about me/besotted, and had a French accent.

If you find such a gem, Grizelda, perhaps you would kindly think of me and ask him if he's got a brother.