I wonder where they all went

There were loads in our street when i was a lad and plenty in my class at school.
But I've not come across any for ages

Dog poop?

Sadly I'm still sidestepping that most days

Slates?

They had disappeared when i started school Jo Anne - we even had pens and paper

Kids with a club foot?

Conkers ?

Children who skip? (They might not be allowed - Wigan Council)

Dostaf's old joke - Skip hire

Ah well, loads do get dumped!

Apparently they still lead the way. Maybe they've just disappeared from my world.

Propelling pencils?

There are some famous ones

Theresas?

Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog's wearing clogs!

jo anne

Some are of the opinion that the piece of music we know as Für Elise, is really Für Theresa. Apparently, Beethoven's handwriting is very difficult to decipher.

" I wonder where they all went "

Have you been brushing them with Pepsodent?

I always thought that was one of the most disgusting adverts ever .
I was haunted by visions of yellow teeth
But back on track and so's Jo Anne

Priscus: Beethoven's handwriting is very difficult to decipher. (Wiki)

That sounds like I-Spy's cryptic threads.

May Queens, I-Spy?

Wigan had a famous one but tonker would dispute it

Georges? Which would be quite topical as it's St George's Day

A genealogy nightmare

Marbles.

I think I've lost mine momac

Was it George, I-Spy, or could this thread drag-on?

Not George Jo Anne

Our famous one was hero worshipped

A real bulldog

Some got together in a band

Was the one famous Wigan one a sporting hero, I-Spy?

A world wide one Jo Anne.

He was lucky to have met me once

Have you mentioned the meeting before, I-Spy?

Don't think so . He's not with us any more.

Even the shop disappeared

HMMM!

Davey Boy was the famous one.
Sid's son Trevor ran the shop
Miserable Morrissey was in the band..

They were all.......

Were some of them black?

Surely not Smiths I-spy

Yippee

I wonder if there are any in Wigan world

If there are more Smith's than anybody else why do we have to keep up with the Joneses

Why do we have 'word-smith' rather than 'word-wright'?

And why did Kilroy always get there first when he was so outnumbered by the Smiths

There were lots of them, but some were left-handed ones and some were right-handed ones.
So I suppose if you combined the left-handed ones with the right-handed ones, there were lots of them.
But rumour has it that someone has a universal one, can be either left or right handed.

And there was me thinking I was all on my own