The Malory Towers and St Clare's girls and also George Kirrin found them useful ... you put them in your bed and it looked as if you were in there, sound asleep.
What are/were they, though? And has anyone ever made use of them in this way?
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Kate Mary
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Re: Bolsters
As I understand it a bolster is a long pillow that extends the full width of a double bed, my parents used to use them, but in this case, perhaps it is just another word for a pillow.
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Re: Bolsters
Yes, someone certainly has made use of them in that way, and right under the tip of my nose too, so to speak. A most deceitful trick.lizarfau wrote:... you put them in your bed and it looked as if you were in there, sound asleep.
And has anyone ever made use of them in this way?
I will not be fooled again though.
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Re: Bolsters
bolsters were long tube-shaped pillows, which stretched across the bed. They were put under pillows, i suppose to 'bolster' them and make them higher. They were also used in the 1800's, laid down the middle of the bed to stop any 'hanky panky'!! 
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Bolsters
I used bolsters for a trick like that, once, a long time ago. And I wasn't caught either. 
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I never realised that my wife was that old...Robert Houghton wrote:They were also used in the 1800's, laid down the middle of the bed to stop any 'hanky panky'!!
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Re: Bolsters
Nothing to add apart from that when I read the word "bolsters" it sounded so funny in my mind I laughed so hard I now have jaw ache!
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Re: Bolsters
I bet the word "bolsters" is bandied about all the time by midwives! 
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Re: Bolsters
Moonraker wrote:I never realised that my wife was that old...Robert Houghton wrote:They were also used in the 1800's, laid down the middle of the bed to stop any 'hanky panky'!!
It's only just clicked!!!Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
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Re: Bolsters
Do you know I've bought them for our beds! Because of Enid Blyton I have always been endlessly fascinated by them!
They look very decorative but my husband hates them
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They look very decorative but my husband hates them
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