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The Unicorn Challenge-02/02/24

© Ayr/Gray

A magical new weekly writing opportunity from me – Jenne Gray – and him – C. E. Ayr.
Visit this blog every Friday, read an amazing story from each of us, and then post your own even better effort in the comments below.
Or on your own blog and stick the link down in the comments.
The rules are:
Maximum of 250 words.
Based on photo prompt above.
That’s it.

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  6. RECYCLING – WITH OR WITHOUT A BIKE

    These days, recycling or repurposing have become fashionable as a number of dedicated people try to save the planet.

    Yet it’s nothing new! Back in the 1950s, it was known as “Make Do and Mend” and if the Internet had been around in those days, my mother could have become a major influencer.

    Bedsheets that had worn thin in the middle were given the “sides to middle” treatment. They were cut down the middle and the sides stitched together with a flat French seam. The original, thin middle sections were hemmed and tucked in under the mattress, out of sight.

    My brother and I had a number of natty fair isle jumpers, replaced in the 1960s by striped pullovers after Mum got a knitting machine. I remember a bilious lime green sweater which I wore for a couple of years from the age of about ten. Having caused severe eyestrain to several friends, I was relieved when I eventually grew out of it but hey, all that wool…. Reincarnation was the name of the game and it morphed into a lime green cardigan with white stripes.

    When we left home, the ends of wool were crocheted into blankets. Pieces of fabric from homemade dresses etc. became hexagons in a patchwork quilt. Not-too-crushed Christmas paper was kept for the following year. Vests that no amount of Persil could whiten appeared as dusters.

    Recycling? Seen it, done it, been there – but no t-shirt. That would be wasteful!

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  22. Thank you to all those who enjoyed the trip back down memory lane. It was great to know that others also suffered! Though, to be fair, we actually had brilliant mothers who could keep house, cook, sew, knit etc. Not to mention manage to iron enough shirts/blouses to keep the family smart every day despite bringing said shirts/blouses in from the line stiff with frost.

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