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[disneypars]

Definitely especially in 1963 when the sea froze over where I lived in Kent.

Remember trying to play football on the frozen canal was fun (or so we thought) reckless teenagers 😂

[Mqt]

Originally Posted by daisymae

My brothers all had these hand knitted balaclavas. Mine was a bonnet that had loops all over it.

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Oh I remember those bonnets with loops!

[Feebee2]

Yes there's a photo of me in one of those. When DD was a baby her Nana knitted her some knickers!

[MinniMouse]

No, wasn't born then but I do remember having knitted mittens attached by a long length of wool. You threaded the wool through each arm so you wouldn't lose your mittens. Great idea. Probably not allowed now due to H&S

[dogken]

Originally Posted by salmim

We were just talking about the winter of 63 yesterday! The cold!
No central heating, coats upon coats on the bed at night, ice on the inside of the window (Jack Frost), getting the coal fire going in the morning with the Newspaper!
The snow lay for months, river froze.

Eee imagine them surviving it today!🤣🤣

And yes mum would knit those for us as well.

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Dad holding a sheet of newspaper in front of the fire to try and get it going, it was like the start of Bonanza 😂

[TinselAngel]

I wasn’t born in 63 but I can remember having a balaclava when I was in infant school (early 70s). Looked horrid but wonderful for keeping out the cold

[Libby]

My mum knit one for my brother in about 1965 and I knit one for my son some 30 years later.

It was definitely a boys' hat. I had a woolly helmet which tied under my chin (back in the days when I only had one chin!)

[Borderbairn]

Aye, my brother had one.

[janeywaney]

No wasn’t born in 1963 😂 I had a wool hat though, looked like flump! 🙄

Jane

[lyn1]

Definitely had one in the 60s. I think my mother knitted it for me.