Hair Frost

[paul mann]

Was anybody else sae cahd in the wintah they'd wake up i' the mornin' wi frost in tha hair?

[Canny lass]

Never experienced that, Paul, but I was often subjected to a very strange hair-drying procedure so that my newly washed hair would be thouroughly dried Before going to bed (That's probably the reason I never experienced frosty hair). I had long hair which my mother dried by ironing it between two sheets of newspaper. I had the tops of my ears 'singed' (there's a Lovely Word) a few times. Was this perhaps the fore runner of the modern day Electric straightening tong?

[Maggie/915]

The hair never stayed straight for long.

Damp air and cold created their own version of style for me.

Still do !

[Symptoms]

I remember my Mum drying her long hair in front of the open fire.

 

It always was cold back then as so few of us had central heating;  I think that only became wide-spread in the 70s when North Sea gas arrived. As a kid my bed was always piled-up with extra blankets and an old eiderdown and heated by hot breath ... head under, deep breathing.

[keith lockey]

At least five blankets, a duffle coat, thick socks, two hot water bottles (one for feet the other for tummy) and the lucky one got the cat cuddled up on top of you head.

[Maggie/915]

Stone hot water bottles that had been warmed by the fire.

They stayed warm all night.

The weight of blankets was sometimes a little too much.

Quilts made a difference.

Embroidery stitched they could be elaborate and beautiful.

[paul mann]

Sometimes me dad would put his police cape on top of the blankets to keep me warm. I still have the cape.

[Canny lass]

Oven shelf wrapped in a blanket was the usual hottie for me.

[Tonyp]

Just leave they heating on & shut the windows