Hi Min
I was the 2nd of 7 children and my mum let me at the age of 11 get the bus into town (cost hapepenny (half penny)to go to Littlewoods to do shopping. They sold groceries then. The only thing I remember buying was Goblin Meat pudding!! I thought I was the big girl.
Eve as Min days I raise you one. All seven of us went to church in the morning, Bible class , during the service, sunday school in the afternoon and church again at night (and vaguely remember going to Fellowship, but not for very long). When you think about it haveing 7 kids you would do anything "to get your head showered" as we say in Northern Ireland.
Jean x