Naughty tooth fairy General Chat

I lost a tooth last night biting into a slice of toast, so I put the tooth under my pillow, when I went to bed but that naughty tooth fairy didn't leave me any money but had taken my tooth away (or K9 has ate it)
But on a more brighter note I did find £20 on the park, it was wet & covered in mud, but I stilled picked it up & now its drying on my AGA (not in oven on top of ring dome cover) so I am happy again

Sorry about the tooth, but I think the £20 must be a reward for your good deed. (Brian).

What is the going rate from the Tooth Fairy these days? Less than £20 but then again you will have to pay a dentist's bill...

...hmm.

Was 3d which was threepenny bit & 6d which was a sixpence coin when I was growing up

3d coin


6d coin

Dental work is free as I am a diabetic, so don't know how much it is to have work done.

Tooth Fairy used to leave 1d [one old penny] for us - the Parents said she could not afford any more as there were two of us.

Use to get a shilling pocket money every week was told it at to go into the money box that was fastened to wall, only when I turned 10 did I realise it was a gas meter

Oh my!

Gosh that brings back memories, when mum didn’t have right change in went the tiddly winks,the meter mans face was a picture to behold, needless to say we seldom got a rebate

What are tiddly winks?

Do not blame me - I did not write this!
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Tiddlywinks is an indoor game played on a flat felt mat with sets of small discs called "winks", a pot, which is the target, and a collection of squidgers, which are also discs. Players use a "squidger" (nowadays made of plastic) to shoot a wink into flight by flicking the squidger across the top of a wink and then over its edge, thereby propelling it into the air. The offensive objective of the game is to score points by sending your own winks into the pot. The defensive objective of the game is to prevent your opponents from potting their winks by "squopping" them: shooting your own winks to land on top of your opponents' winks. As part of strategic gameplay, players often attempt to squop their opponents' winks and develop, maintain and break up large piles of winks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiddlywinks

Kids would think you were mad if you expected them to play Tiddlywinks these days, but in the olden days it was considered to be normal family entertainment.

I loved playing tiddlywinks & marbles outside house on pavement

Sounds complicated lol

Snakes and Ladders, Ludo... who needed television in those days? Come to think of it, we did not have a television in those days!

We had TV but only the adults watched it, us kids would only watch TV at Easter & Christmas, as we would be outside playing tiddlywinks & marbles or Fivestones and Jacks.

I always thought that Fivestones and Jacks were the same thing - just that Fivestones used small square "stones" and Jacks were played the same but different shapes

Fivestones



Jacks

Where I lived, the lucky kids had Jacks and the rest of us had to make do with pebbles! Can't remember ever seeing the coloured squares.

And the lucky ones had proper skipping ropes with wooden handles whilst some of us just had bits of old washing line to skip with!

Hopscotch of course was another favourite - and then, best of all, was the Hula Hoop craze! I've now got an adult one as part of my fitness routine!

Don't forget the whip and top, yo yos and conkers