On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:25:22 +0100, wrote:

back in the late forties and early fifties one of our parents used
to look after us while the other did the shopping .

And who went out to work to pay for the food? No late night or
internet shopping then, so I guess your family must have scrounged of
the state.

In the sixties as a young child I was taken shopping by my Mum as Dad
was out working. The same applies today.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail