My mother said I never should...

have sex before I got married...this advice was disastrous!!!

Diane Anand-Bodhi

My mother said I never should...

go out straight after a bath.

V. Read

My mother said I never should...

play with gypsies in the wood!

Rona Smith

My mother said I never should...

get married!!!

Zosia from Ulverston

My mother said I never should...

wear pink with my hair (I was a redhead!)

M. Ridley

My mother said I never should...

trust a man who tucks his shirt into his underpants.

George Purvis

My mother said I never should...

swallow chewing gum because it would wrap around my heart!

C. McTernan

My mother said I never should...

leave my crusts because my teeth would fall out!

Matty from Lancaster

My mother said I never should...

go out without a vest!

P. Fielding

My mother said I never should...

laugh too much, or there would be tears before bedtime!

Anon

My mother said I never should...

wear stilettos;

go out with wet hair!

C. Butler from Kent

My mother said I never should...

pick my nose (or my eyes would fall out!);

leave my crusts (otherwise my hair wouldn't curl);

run barefoot (or I would get rhumatism in old age);

sit with my back to the fire because I would melt my backbone!!

Anon

My mother said I never should...

speak unless I had something nice to say!

Gary Bartlett from Preston

My mother said I never should...

take notice of children who called me names, she would say 'Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you!'

Marian Evans

My mother said I never should...

put my elbows on the dining table during a meal!

S. Heney from Ansdell

My mother said I never should...

take sweets from a stranger.

Kath from Milnthorpe

My mother said I never should...

use lipstick when wearing trousers (do it all the time!);

play with rough boys from Liverpool (I married one!);

do anything that would make her ashamed (kept to it).

K. Lane from Crag Bank

My mother said I never should...

pull a horrible face because if the wind changed, it would stay like it!

J. Jewell from Overton

My mother said I never should...

pick my nose, as it would make it grow bigger; hold hands with a boy in the street because people would think I was fast!!

Joy from Tipton

My mother said I never should...

eat with my mouth full!

Ashlie from Kendal

My mother said I never should...

forget: it's better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.

R. Carr from Knott End on Sea

My mother said I never should...

cut an onion and use the remainder the next day!

C. Cooper

My mother said I never should...

sit on cold pavements; go out without a vest; not smile unless it would rain!

S. Senior

My mother said I never should...

go out with dirty knickers on, in case of an accident!

V. Rogerson.

My mother said I never should...

go out with my hair wet;

eat whilst walking down the street.

Joyce, from Chorley.

My mother said I never should...

marry the first man I slept with.

Heather Brand

What did your mother say you never should?

Forget to always walk tall.

Anne Kavanagh, Actress
Playing Doris Partington in My Mother Said I Never Should

What did your mother say you never should?

Talk with my mouth full.

Josie Daxter, Actress
Playing Rosie Metcalfe in My Mother Said I Never Should

What did your mother say you never should?

Well they were mostly things about playing on the farm where I grew up. Things like 'never ever play anywhere near the grain bins'. So, of course, we played on top of them. Not good.

Lorna Beckett, Actress
Playing Jackie Metcalfe in My Mother Said I Never Should

What did your mother say you never should?

Wear black underwear under white trousers.

Christine Mackie, Actress
Playing Margaret Bradley in My Mother Said I Never Should

My Mother Said I Never Should

My mother said I should never marry a man who:

a) wears white socks
b) works in the armed forces
c) is an only child (although she didn't follow her own advice on this one!)

I got married in 2009 and I managed to follow her advice on all three points. Phew!

Amy Leach, Director

My Mother Said I Never Should...

My mother said I never should... suck the flannel in the bath.

Julie Brown

Pictured: Our family on holiday. We went to Morecambe, Heysham and Blackpool.

My Mother Said

My mother said I never should ... ask how much things cost! She always retorted "Money and fair words" - which drove me mad. Now I drive my children mad saying the same thing! Revenge is sweet.

Thank you for listening.

Gail Howie from Preston

Pictured: Gail's Mum, Patricia Ann Rawlinson, nee Jones