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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport

Strange thing really she always had a bowl full of spare buttons you never know

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Arthritis

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Arthritis "
woops

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By *ustamanMan  over a year ago

weymouth

Munchies, funny square biscuity sweets ( not the post cannabis smoke munchies)

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Munchies, funny square biscuity sweets ( not the post cannabis smoke munchies) "
funny isn't it

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By *indergirlWoman  over a year ago

somewhere, someplace

Tin of biscuits stashed away

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By *ormorantMan  over a year ago

Lincolnshire

A seemingly always full teapot adorned by a tea cosy..

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Cakes baking

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By *hesblokeMan  over a year ago

Derbyshire village

Biscuits

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By *onderWomanWlvWoman  over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Viscounts!

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Viscounts!"
orange or mint

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By *naswingdressWoman  over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

The kind of cake we were definitely not allowed at home

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By *innie The MinxWoman  over a year ago

Under the Duvet

A button jar.

A Silk Cut permanently lit.

A cough

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By *yrdsisWoman  over a year ago

Gleam Street

Cream cookies, lemonade and sugar sandwiches... though I think that was more Grandpa

Nana had a coal fire that we'd make toast on and send our letters to Santa with

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By *onguesandpunsMan  over a year ago

East Midlands

Beetroot, boiled cabbage, potatoes. Ringtons tea.

Cheese sandwiches cut into triangles.

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"A button jar.

A Silk Cut permanently lit.

A cough "

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By * and M lookingCouple  over a year ago

Worcester

Lucozade original

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Lucozade original "

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Actual brand name food, like Hellmann's mayo and Mr Kipling cakes, proper Coca Cola etc. And my other nana always had a chocolate Christmas tin full of sweets.

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By *allySlinkyWoman  over a year ago

Leeds

Midget gems in a paper bag

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Her teeth in a jar

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Sherry, which she put in my tea..

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Midget gems in a paper bag"
happy days x

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Her teeth in a jar "
steredent

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By *alty surpriseMan  over a year ago

Uttoxeter

Smelling salts

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Sherry, which she put in my tea.."
lovely

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

A tissue up her sleeve or tucked under a bra strap.

NBVN x

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By *luebell888Woman  over a year ago

Glasgowish

Camp coffee and tracing paper loo roll.

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By *ustamanMan  over a year ago

weymouth


"Munchies, funny square biscuity sweets ( not the post cannabis smoke munchies) funny isn't it "

Couldn't possibly comment

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By *allySlinkyWoman  over a year ago

Leeds


"Camp coffee and tracing paper loo roll."

Oh yes - I'd forgotten that loo roll ! The wee just ran off it. Useless

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By *arahandmatCouple  over a year ago

Wrexham

Mellow Birds,

Tinned Fruit,

Condensed Milk,

Some steak/beef thing in a tin,

Smash

Bringing back so many memories 3

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Turkish delight

Rose scented soap

Tuc cheese biscuits

Xtra strong mints

I do miss her.x

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS  over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

Whiskey...far too much of it..

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By *assing Fancies xCouple  over a year ago

Sherwood Forest

A carrier bag full of 10packs of Berkley cigarettes in the cubbyhole.... that and the smoked glass tea mugs we actually all (grandkids) still have one each in our cupboards that we took when she died 10 years ago.

Nothing beat a nice milky tea and a good natter with Nanna stat at the dining room table... its like every troubles you had in life just disappeared in in those moments I'm actually now getting emotional

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Mellow Birds,

Tinned Fruit,

Condensed Milk,

Some steak/beef thing in a tin,

Smash

Bringing back so many memories 3"

great fond memories

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

A tea trolley

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"A carrier bag full of 10packs of Berkley cigarettes in the cubbyhole.... that and the smoked glass tea mugs we actually all (grandkids) still have one each in our cupboards that we took when she died 10 years ago.

Nothing beat a nice milky tea and a good natter with Nanna stat at the dining room table... its like every troubles you had in life just disappeared in in those moments I'm actually now getting emotional "

good to remember

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By *ustinCredible.Man  over a year ago

whitecross/sankey valley

A plate of horse meat in the early 80s the dogs loved that stuff and so did my dad, he ate like 500g of the stuff before asking nan what it was.

And custard creams, if there was a nuclear winter we could have survived months on them alone

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

A wet patch on the chair

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"A plate of horse meat in the early 80s the dogs loved that stuff and so did my dad, he ate like 500g of the stuff before asking nan what it was.

And custard creams, if there was a nuclear winter we could have survived months on them alone"

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

A parky ruff or woodbine hanging out of the corner of her mouth

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By *ools and the brainCouple  over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Salmon sandwiches.

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By *elle xWoman  over a year ago

Doire Theas

Dolly mixtures

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By *affron40Woman  over a year ago

manchester

Blue Riband in the car on a Friday

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Salmon sandwiches."
plenty of vinegar

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Mellow Birds,

Tinned Fruit,

Condensed Milk,

Some steak/beef thing in a tin,

Smash

Bringing back so many memories 3great fond memories "

and those mushy peas that you had to soak over night and add a tablet to before cooking I miss them

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By *rs mischiefWoman  over a year ago

Manchester

A whisky

A superking black

A cuddle and love..

I miss her.

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By *ools and the brainCouple  over a year ago

couple, us we him her.


"Salmon sandwiches.plenty of vinegar "

That's the one, and pepper on hovis brown bread and lashings of butter.

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By * and M lookingCouple  over a year ago

Worcester

She would often suck on a fisherman's friend

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By *ools and the brainCouple  over a year ago

couple, us we him her.


"She would often suck on a fisherman's friend "

Oh god that reminds me my grandad always had a tin of victory V on the go.

Foul things ewww

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By *ce WingerMan  over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Knitting needles, a bottle of stout, and a mantelpiece full of tablets

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By *s1066Man  over a year ago

Swansea

Far too much to say.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

A kind heart.

God rest her soul.

She was one in a million no doubt about it

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By *ools and the brainCouple  over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Racist views

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By *moothshaftMan  over a year ago

Coventry

A larder.

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By *nkforthekinkMan  over a year ago

london/fareham/brighton

A twenty pack of silk cut cigarettes!

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By *an hjCouple  over a year ago

Stowmarket

An apron on.

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By *toC Thats MeWoman  over a year ago

Sheffield

Proper butter in a butter dish

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By *ools and the brainCouple  over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Strangely a box of chocolates, which usually ended up getting thrown at the TV when Margaret thatcher came on.

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By *offiaCoolWoman  over a year ago

Kidsgrove

Snuff.

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By *agneto.Man  over a year ago

Bham

A smoke.

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Racist views "
Alf Garnett

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By *ooBulMan  over a year ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Bottle of Whisky & VSOP Brandy! Oh, and Scottish Highland short bread to soak them up.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Sugar mice on the tree at Christmas.

A stash of chocolates and biscuits.

Marrow for dinner whenever we stayed over

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By *rya MyneWoman  over a year ago

Sheffield

Tizer

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Tizer "
wow a blast from the past sixpence back on the bottle xx

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By *elpful and caringMan  over a year ago

Scarborough

This

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By *ynecplCouple  over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Novelty boxes of matches which as a kid I used to play with

Definitely different times.

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By *ean counterMan  over a year ago

Market Harborough/ Kettering

The best mince pies ever! God I miss my Gran

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"The best mince pies ever! God I miss my Gran "
they just had it didn't they

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

A smile and a hug for us.

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"A smile and a hug for us."
without question

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By *ean counterMan  over a year ago

Market Harborough/ Kettering


"The best mince pies ever! God I miss my Gran they just had it didn't they "

Yep, nobody has come even close !

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By *acey_RedWoman  over a year ago

Liverpool

One always had a tub of boiled sweets on top of the fridge. The other always had wool and stickers.

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By *ilent...BobMan  over a year ago

Shushhhhhhyourmouthville

Uncomfortable and creepy kisses on the lips

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By *elle xWoman  over a year ago

Doire Theas


"Snuff."

Awww so did mine still remember that smell

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"One always had a tub of boiled sweets on top of the fridge. The other always had wool and stickers. "
yes always wool

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By *ean counterMan  over a year ago

Market Harborough/ Kettering

And a bottle of Advocaat

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"Uncomfortable and creepy kisses on the lips "
in the best possible taste

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By *ormorantMan  over a year ago

Lincolnshire

A moustache and stubble..

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"And a bottle of Advocaat "
yes snowball at Christmas

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By *luebell888Woman  over a year ago

Glasgowish

My grans loo was in the garden shed and her bath under a very heavy kitchen worktop.

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"A moustache and stubble.."
your Gran ?

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By *ean counterMan  over a year ago

Market Harborough/ Kettering


"My grans loo was in the garden shed and her bath under a very heavy kitchen worktop."

Mine too, toilet at end of yard, no bathroom and bed pans

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"My grans loo was in the garden shed and her bath under a very heavy kitchen worktop."
newspaper in strips for loo roll xx

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Rice pudding

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By *ormorantMan  over a year ago

Lincolnshire


"A moustache and stubble..your Gran ? "

And a chin wart

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Mine had a tin of buttons and we used to "cook" with them

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By *r TriomanMan  over a year ago

Chippenham Malmesbury area

My Nan had a ventilator, a potty mouth and a heart of gold... a truly wonderful person.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS  over a year ago

Horsham

She had a slab of marble that she used for baking, it was perfect to rolling pastry out on it. It smashed the day she died, I was hoping to get to use it myself.

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By *usman 199 OP   Man  over a year ago

Stockport


"She had a slab of marble that she used for baking, it was perfect to rolling pastry out on it. It smashed the day she died, I was hoping to get to use it myself."
shame bless xx

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By *inger_SnapWoman  over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

Whiskey

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By *andsome HandMan  over a year ago

roundabout

Cremola foam

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By *icola2202Couple  over a year ago

Chatham

Cigarette in her mouth. No kidding she smoked like 40 a day and died at 91

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By * and M lookingCouple  over a year ago

Worcester

My gran didn't have a lot, but would happily give you whatever she had.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS  over a year ago

Central

Talc

Nan smells - I don't know what fragrance she used but there was a composite of talc, lavender, roses and probably dozens of other things.

Always tea on the go

Always art underway

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By *ophieslutTV/TS  over a year ago

Central


"My gran didn't have a lot, but would happily give you whatever she had."

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

The warmest love and hugs you could ever ask for

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By *implynaughty1Couple  over a year ago

stockport

My gran always had sweets and pop for us

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By *JB1954Man  over a year ago

Reading

Sweets , chocolate , biscuits. Plus pigs at bottom of garden. It was terraced house with a very long garden.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

The sweets shaped like pillows or cushions, clove rocks and bullseyes

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By *a LunaWoman  over a year ago

South Wales

Megazones - super strength cough/catarrh sweets. They were lush till the sugar came off them and then your mouth got so hot you could breathe fire out your nostrils

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

The best tea and biscuits

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By *eardybobMan  over a year ago

the Goldilocks Zone

Bourbon cream biscuits... by the truckload

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman  over a year ago

evesham

No my nan but my great nan.... Nanny chicken soup! She always had a pot of chicken soup on the stove when you went round. Best chicken soup ever

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

The football pools and Spot the Ball competition.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

She always had the fire on

… she always wore a full girdle with American tan stockings

Tomatoes - she had a little greenhouse

A new higher count of tablets … she seemed super-proud of the high number

A box of mis-shaped chocolates and broken biscuits from woollies

Awww my Nan … she was lovely. But if you were naughty she could just give you the eye and you knewwww to stop it

… oh and possibly a ghost in the hall that moved stuff

xxx

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Strange thing really she always had a bowl full of spare buttons you never know "

… they always have a spare button for every occasion. And ribbons. And really unusual colours of cotton. And some dodgy looking hooky thing for fixing upholstery buttons too lol - I loved her sewing box - it was given to me when she died - I use it all the time and never fail to think about her talking to me with bright headed pins in her mouth

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By *r.SJMan  over a year ago

Wellingborough

A tin of coppers she used to let us count and always battenburg cake x

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"A tissue up her sleeve or tucked under a bra strap.

NBVN x"

this

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Camp coffee and tracing paper loo roll."

And a knitted doll covering the roll

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Talcum powder.

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