FATHERS LEATHER BELT

[OLLY]

HIYA ALL...... .....BOUGHT MISELF A NEW WIDE LEATHER BELT....
......SORT OF ....CHRISSIE PRESENT.....
AN A WER THINKIN ABOUT THE BIG BELTS OUR OLD DADS HAD....
AN A WAS TOLD BY OLDER PEOPLE....... ....THAT THEY EVEN WORE THE BELTS...EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD BRACES ON.......
MUST AV BEEN A SCARY SIGHT...SEEIN YEH DAD GLARIN AT YEH WHILE UNBUCKLIN HIS LEATHER BELT...........

WOULD LIKE TO READ OUR MEMBERS MEMORIES OF....THE GOOD OLD DAYS........... ;D ;D

[roofingman]

Reminds me of Charles Laughton in Hobsons Choice playing a typical Manchester father in the movie..set in Salford in the 1890's.....Not only would he take off his belt and threaten his kids but also his employees in his boot shop....Yep..Happy Days.....Ian..vancouver..

[OLLY]

ROOFIN MAN......... ........YEV JUST MENTIONED MY FAROURITE FILM OF ALL TIME........ ;D ;D

[roofingman]

Hi Olly.....I have lived in America and canada for 45 yrs but still have a thick Manchester accent ..I said to my 5yr old kid in Oklahoma "" You have been naughty and you know what happens when I take off my belt to you"..??............He said ..Yes Dad.!!...your pants are gonna fall down..!!....still a a family joke..!!...(.Er Henry Hobson would not have let him get away with it,,!!..).........Ian...Vancouver,,

[Lisa]

My Dad's leather belt hung on a nail by the fireplace and we only had to step out of line.........he would clear his throat to give us a warning then........if you did it again........ I only ever got the belt once from my dad. I was about 11 or 12.....my mum was out shopping and my dad asked me to lay the table for tea. I was laying the table with knives and forks in my hand when I gave cheek to my dad for some reason......he chased me up the stairs with his belt in his hand. To try to stop him getting to me I decided, in my wisdom , to throw the knives and forks at him from the top of the stairs. It only made him angrier and he caught me in my bedroom......he was just about to give me my third whack on my btm when, luckily, my mum came in from shopping and stopped him. I think he felt guilty about it for ages but the smarting on my btm made me realise that I should never again answer my dad back. I can still see that belt on the nail.

[jnealedroylsden]

I can remember getting whacked with my dads belt, can't remember what for though but whatever it was I hadn't done it, my sister had done something and she had blamed it on me, and of course her being the youngest and my dads favourite he believed her..................only good thing was a while later my dad (bless him) must have realised and he waited till Granellis (ice cream) came round and bought me a large cornet...........

But yes we all knew that if we stepped out of line and did something bad chances were you would "cop" for the belt,or a good slap, so obviously we were quick to realise never to do anything that would result in us getting the belt, and we never did get the belt again..........
no such thing then as childline we took it in our stride..........
and no I haven't abused my kids in any way because of it

[lin]

WELL I WOULD GET A GOOD HIDING IF I HAD DONE SOMETHING BAD, OR CHEEKY...BUT IT WAS NEVER WITH A BELT, AND YOU DID LEARN NOT TO DO IT AGAIN..NEVER LOST ANY RESPECT FOR MY DAD EITHER...IT WAS RARE THAT I HAD A GOOD HIDING THOUGH, JUST A LOOK COULD DO IT..OR SOMETIMES HE WOULDN'T SPEAK TO ME...NOW THAT WAS A KILLER FOR ME, I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE GOOD HIDING THAN MY DAD NOT SPEAK TO ME ;D
MY KIDS HAD THE SAME BUT LIKE JEAN SAYS, I NEVER ABUSED HER KIDS, I NEVER ABUSED MINE...LETS FACE IT MOST KIDS WERE BETTER BEHAVED.

[june]

my dad never had a belt he wore braces ;D my mam was the one who dished out the punishment and woe betide you when she did very rare my dad lifted a hand to us ...

[Tigger]

No leather belt ..... but my Father used (but very rarely) the dreaded Army issue belt - with solid brass buckles and fasteners. Though he NEVER used the metal ends. He only used it when under 'instruction' from my Mother.