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my parents weren't around that much andy so they never knew what i got up to.i was a rebel but never hurt anyone in the processxxxxxxxxx(:

I wasn't allowed chewing gum or bubble gum either....... and I HAD to wear a dress on sundays........LOL!'

I had the same as Maragret. Don`t go near Squaddies, but telling me not to do it made me do it even more! xxx

The only thing my lovely Dad outlawed was bad manners, but my Mum basically outlawed just two things - everything I said and everything I did. Maid Marian

My Mum had three of us to look after when Dad was in the Army during world war 2, as well as working on munitions. She did a wonderful job of it but was she strict ! we all had to sit down together for meals, wash our hands before doing so, knife in right hand fork in the left, no elbows on the table, and when finished our meal we had to say 'can I leave the table please? the reply would be 'Yes! and take your plate out ' On visiting relatives we were inspected, and given orders to say 'please and thank you, and only speak when spoken to . To put it bluntly, to be seen and not heard ! It didn't do us any harm though ! Look what kids do today ! watching TV with their meal on their knees ? and as for eating in the street !!!! I am lost for words ? so I had better get off my soapbox and shut up ! As my daughters says ' It's 2005 now Dad !

Well of course everything was disapproved of but what I particularly remember is every meal being served with 'Eat it nicely.' If I eat in a restaurant now there always seems to be something missing when the waiter or especially the waitress doesn't say it.

My nephew was bought one of those little wooden dogs that you pull along on a string, when he was 2 or 3, for his birthday. This was in around 1980 ish. My father-in-law turned up to give his present, saw the dog and immediately cut the sring off saying 'thats dangerous that, he'll strangle himself'! Needless to say my nephew promptly bawled his eyes out. He was right I suppose but at the time it certainly wasn't funny! Vikki xx

I couldn't listen to 'heavy rock' music. If I had it on radio in my room so I could just barely hear it my mum used to find out. Could hear a pin drop from 40 yards!

no Boiled Sweets?!!! That IS harsh!

Saturday morning pictures. My cousin who went to a grammar school was not allowed to eat in the street as that's not what young ladies did. Nor ollowed to eat peas using her fork as a spoon

i cant really remember anything being outlawed as such, i just knew what i could and couldnt do and am such a Daddy's girl that i wouldnt have done anything to upset him or my mum - well untill i hit my teens lol and in came the Goth look! and my dad nearly had a fit when i showed hm my tattoo! i was 20 by then! lol we always had to have sensible shoes - am so glad DM's were in fashion at the time so i could get sensible AND trendy shoes! lol

My parents outlawed just about everything Andy so needless to say I went behind their backs and did it all! lol. A few years ago my Mum said that I was their most 'difficult' child to bring up. I explained to her that if they hadn't been so strict with me I probably wouldn't have had to rebel. She said that as I was the oldest they expected me to set an example for the other 2. Well I did - an example of what not to do! lol Jeanette x

No boys No chewing gum No answering back No Dumb insolence No slumping in chairs No interupting adults; Ach whats the use..............I'll be here all day. He was a Regular Soldier..........what else do I have to say? Deanna

I wasn't allowed to eat in the street because it looks common. Now that I'm older I can see what mum meant; it isn't pretty watching people in chav tracksuits scoff Big Macs and dribbling ketchup down themselves.

My Mum and Dad were very over-protective, Bless Them. No roller skates, bikes, scooters. Dr. Who, Peyton Place (who remembers that). All I did was borrowed them from all my friends and went to their houses to watch. tele. My Mum knows now and said 'you little monkey' See she still thinks I'm 5 lol and I'm nearly 60 (don't tell anyone) Linda

I was a convent girl in the early 60's - we were not allowed to eat in the street, take off our school hats in the street, skirts had to be to the knee, no chewing gum or bubble gum, and no comics. The best one of all was our 'sex education' - we were told not to go out with boys! Jackie

Derek, my dad is from the 'short back and sides' school of thought. My brother (25 this year) now wears his hair at about shoulder length and sometimes has it tied back....but our old man still can't get comfortable with the idea about it being that length and keeps asking when he's going to get it cut properly, lol. Mine's taking on a bit of a Worzel Gummidge look, these days. :-)

Wasn't allowed to have chewing gum, to dunk my biscuits or to grow my hair - short back and sides every two weeks. Made up for it all since. :o) Derek

Oh Paul that last comment - what's that all about - so Peter Kay!

Hi All, I was allowed to go to the Wimpy Bar!!! My parents thought that the clintele were a bad influence!! Gillian