Re: Davenport??

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

On 7/22/2014 J Town Girl said:
On 7/22/2014 faeriemoon said:
Does anyone remember the "cloak room" at school? I'm not that old, but my elementary school had a cloak room in the back of each classroom. It was for coats, lunches, boots and "rubbers" (which had a whole different meaning back then. ${#emotions_dlg.laugh}$ )

I definitely remember the "cloak room" from back in my parochial grade school days.

Does anyone remember taking the blackboard erasers outside to clean them? In my school the nuns would choose two students and they would get to go into the school yard about 30 minutes before school ended to clean the erasers. Nobody feared a child being abducted in those days.

Yes; we went outside to "clap the erasers."

~What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.~ William Shakespeare

stevieb · ‎03-10-2010

I'm aware of the word davenport, but never heard it actually used. To me it's a sofa... or occasionally a couch. I think Chesterfield was a style of sofa...

Incidentally, just because we're comparing differences doesn't mean anyone is making fun of those differences!

In my pantry with my cupcakes...

Lynneuk · ‎03-10-2010

My in laws say davenport. I'd never heard it before and as I'd just come from the UK I thought all Americans must say that,lol.

Lynneuk · ‎03-10-2010

They also say 3 piece suit instead of suite.

misspammie · ‎03-14-2010

On 7/23/2014 Lynneuk said: They also say 3 piece suit instead of suite.

I just thought that 'three piece' meant it included a vest. ?? The breezeway I remember as a child was a small 'porch type area' which ran from front to back of house and was the area between the garage and the house. It was breezy! It was kind of like a large mud room of today??